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Two New Articles Move Prisons to Public Sphere

August 22, 2007
It is interesting in this election year, while the Democrats are out to get out the vote to pull off success in 2008, and Senators Clinton and Edwards trying to out-Black Obama, the issue of massive imprisonment has only come … Continue reading read more »
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Happy 83rd James Baldwin Tonight at the Brecht Forum

August 2, 2007
There is too much for me to say about James Baldwin. No writer means more to me than him. But I cannot write all of that now, because I gotta get some sleep (I am writing this the night before … Continue reading read more »
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More on American Soldiers, Violence and Iraq

July 13, 2007
This week guest writer Tamara Nopper wrote a piece here detailing her top concerns for the anti-war’s movement’s growing focus (and deference to) veterans. The Nation has published an excerpt from an upcoming Nation Books project called Collateral Damage: America’s … Continue reading read more »
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