[Imc-chicago-audio] Dissent in the Ranks: In These Times May Issue

[Jeff Allen]

IN THESE TIMES May Issue

Articles from our May issue are available online at 
http://ent.groundspring.org/EmailNow/pub.php?module=URLTracker&cmd=track&j=205297974&u=2101349.
	
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FEATURES

COVER STORY: "Dissent in the Ranks" by David Moberg. SEIU is the
nation's fastest growing union--but at what cost? 

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: "Junot Diaz Redefines Macho" by Paul Jay. 
The winner of the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for fiction talks about 
masculinity, vulnerability and the art of stories. 

"The Clinton Firewall" by David Sirota. The New York Senator's 
last-ditch efforts to win the Democratic nomination could rely on the
"Race Chasm" and the trampling of democracy.

"Book Club of Champions" by Mike Levy. Kurt Vonnegut's books help
Chinese university students understand America. 

"Putin Is Gone! Long Rule Putin!" by Fred Weir. With new president, 
Russians continue to forgo political voice for economic security.

"They Can't Go Home Again" by Adam Doster. With their country 
ravaged by Bush's war, Iraqi refugees find the United States 
indifferent to their plight.

"Dirty Smoke Signals" by Kari Lydersen. Navajo Nation weighs costs 
and benefits of coal mining on its land.

"Rap the Casbah" by Michelle Chen. From French streetscapes to 
Gaza slums, Arab youth are seizing hip-hop culture as a platform for 
self-expression. 

"Big Trucking Deal" by Kate Sheppard. A diverse coalition wins a 
battle to regulate air pollution at California ports.

"Strikebreaker vs. Muckraker" by Jean Forst. Review of Steve 
Weinberg's "Taking on the Trust: the Epic Battle of Ida Tarbell and
John D. Rockefeller."


PLUS: "Louisville Schools Class-ify Brown" by Andrew Green. 
"Unlocking Bush's Chastity Belt" by Steve Yoder. "Connecticut's 
Immigration Duel" by Melinda Tuhus. "A Boon for T. Boone" by 
Sanhita SinhaRoy. "As Unions Fall, Lawsuits Rise" by Lawrence 
Joseph. "Collapse of the Fourth Estate" by Jon Whiten. 


VIEWS

"A Speech Even Condi Could Love" by Salim Muwakkil. "Who Would 
Ida B. Wells Vote For?" by Laura S. Washington. "News You Can 
Lose" by Susan J. Douglas. "Comcast: Worst. Company. Ever." by 
Craig Aaron. "As Hunger Rises, Chew on This" by Terry J. Allen.







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