Homeless in New Orleans
Lizzy Ratner : Gap Between Wealth & Poverty
The aftermath of Hurricane Katrina has turned New Orleans into a tragic Tale of Two Cities.
2006
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Undone by Neoliberalism
Adolph Reed Jr. : Economic Policy
Before the storm, neoliberalism shaped the social and economic inequities of New Orleans; after Hurricane Katrina, it worsened them by making government the tool of corporations and investors.
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New Orleans Forsaken
Gary Younge : Racism & Discrimination
One year later, how will we come to terms with what happened when Hurricane Katrina washed up the disenfranchised most people, including the President, have tried to forget?
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A Right to Food?
Frances Moore Lappé : Food & Nutrition
Hunger is a violation of basic rights: a right to food, but more important, Bolivian and Brazilian experience suggests, a right to power.
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The Sunkist Utopian
One hundred years ago, Upton Sinclair exposed the meatpacking industry. Three new books expose Sinclair as an activist dreamer with a messianic streak.
2005
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Katrina Lives
Susan Straight : African-Americans
African-Americans were at the center of hurricane destruction and suffered the hardest and the longest--stranded first in their segregated neighborhoods and now stuck in motels or cars, waiting for their FEMA checks.
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Students Confront Sweatshops
Richard Appelbaum & Peter Dreier : Student Movements
With a new wave of activism against sweatshops sweeping college campuses, student interest in the morality of their clothing choices can set a standard for the rest of us.
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Beyond Shelters
Michael Tisserand : Urban Issues
Advocacy groups like ACORN want New Orleanians to play a role in the rebuilding of the community they had to leave. The biggest issue so far: getting refugees of the storm back home.
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Hurricane Gumbo
Mike Davis & Anthony Fontenot : Environment
The Cajun and Creole folks of Ville Platte, LA, learned long ago not to rely on the government for help. It the wake of hurricanes they launched a homemade rescue-and-relief effort to save their community.
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Building a New Table
People of the Gulf Coast should build community networks to ensure they have a voice in rebuilding discussions usually limited to real-estate developers and government officials.
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'One Nation, Fragmented'
It took a Gulf Coast hurricane to make Americans aware of the poverty in their own backyard. Now it's time for public policies that end racial segregation, so that the poor in this country will not continue to suffer.
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The Power of Outrage
A nation's conscience is stirred by the abandonment of the poor and the frail: This may be the one bright spot of the man-made disaster on the Gulf Coast. Eric Foner gives a history lesson.
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Another World Turns
Imagining the possibilities at the World Social Forum.
2003
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Let Freedom Roll
Julie Quiroz-Martínez : Immigration to the US
Immigrants hit the road for civil rights.
2002
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Monterrey and the World
Did Monterrey represent an authentic break with the Washington consensus?
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Letter From Pôrto Alegre
Read daily dispatches from the World Social Forum in Brazil.
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Reforming Welfare--Take Two
As Congress revisits the welfare debate, it's time to look at what the law has wrought.
2001
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The Right and US Trade Law: Invalidating the 20th Century
How the right is using trade law to overcome American democracy.
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Global Apartheid
Salih Booker & William Minter : HIV & AIDS
The glacial pace of the global response to AIDS reflects an entrenched double standard characteristic of the apartheid system.
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Liberating Vieques
Besides bringing environmental and health problems to Vieques, the Navy's presence has been an assault on democracy.
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Building to Win
If the progressive movement is to oppose Bush's agenda, a new strategy is needed.
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Harvard's 'Fitting Choice'
Harvard may have an endowment of billions, but incoming president Larry Summers is unlikely to embrace the living-wage drive.
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No FTAA, No Fast Track
The protesters have done their job well, making it clear that the spirit of Seattle is not only alive but growing stronger.
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Corporate Welfare Spoils
It would be hard to script a more brazen corporate giveaway than a billion-dollar donation to the emblem of global capitalism.
2000
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Human Rights--The Next Step
A consideration of economic rights as coequal with civil and political rights may be the only way for the human rights movement to recapture its power and urgency.
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