Silja J.A. Talvi
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All Work, No Play
Vacation time shouldn't be the privilege of a few, but the right of all
vol. 32, iss. 11 fair labor standards act, vacation time, worker rights
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Seattle Battles the Homeless
Underneath the I-5 highway in south Seattle, Isaac Palmer had found a spot to sleep. Hidden away from… more
vol. 32, iss. 04
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Tupperware and Tasers
The SUV-driving, stun-gun-wielding housewife is coming to a suburb near you. In Arizona, Tupperware-style Taser parties have become… more
vol. 32, iss. 02
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Suffering Secondary Trauma
Finding Iris Chang: Friendship, Ambition and the Loss of an Extraordinary Mind explores the complexity of Chang's psychology as it formed around the demands of her profession and her personal struggles stemming from her writing about The Rape of Nanking
vol. 31, iss. 11 book, war
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Justice Denied
One man stands between Flozelle Woodmore and the "free" world--California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger
web only civil liberties, prison, womens rights
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The Drug War’s Collateral Damage
Those victimized by a crackdown on marijuana since the early '90s can be denied everything from food stamps to voting rights to the right to adopt a child
vol. 31, iss. 08 civil rights, drugs
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Non-Lethal Weaponry: The Next Generation
Plasma clouds, microwave beams, electrified bullets--military contractors have been developing futuristic new combat technologies under the public radar.… more
vol. 31, iss. 01 weapons
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Stunning Revelations
The untold story of Taser-related deaths
vol. 30, iss. 11 corporations, criminal justice, weapons
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End Medical Experimentation on Prisoners Now
Prisoners have no rights regarding the quality of their medical care or their participation in experiments.
web only medical health, prisons
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Follow the Prison Money Trail
Private prison companies invest millions in elections.
vol. 30, iss. 09 economy, prisons
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Narcissists Rђ Us?
Three decades later, Christopher Lasch's analysis still neatly explains why self-love will tear us apart
vol. 30, iss. 08 art culture, books, politics
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Kal (Black) Like Me
A Belgrade-based music group hopes to bring Romani issues to the forefront.
vol. 30, iss. 07 art culture, music, race
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Convict Nation
The American prison system grew by more than 1,000 new adult prisoners per week in one year, confirming our position as the world's unsurpassed leader in mass incarceration. Statistics obscure the everyday pain for millions upon millions of Americans who feel like nearly everybody has given up on them.
web only criminal justice, drugs, judiciary
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Pow! Shazaam! Its ғMinoriteam!
Behind the scenes of a controversial new Cartoon Network show
vol. 30, iss. 06 art culture, race, television
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No Room in Prison? Ship Em Off
Prisoners have become unwitting pawns in a lowest-bidder-gets-the-convict shuffle game
vol. 30, iss. 05 criminal justice
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Reporting on Americas Most Unwanted
Immersion journalists Sasha Abramsky and Steve Bogira bring the lives of the impoverished, adjudicated and disenfranchised to life.
web only criminal justice, media
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Race Riot?
It's far too easy to pin recent violence in the L.A. County Jail on ethnic tensions
vol. 30, iss. 04 criminal justice, race
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Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome
Dr. Joy DeGruy Leary talks about her provocative new book
vol. 30, iss. 03 race
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Cult of Character
How the 'secular' Character Training Institute is working to build evangelist Bill Gothard's vision of a First-Century Kingdom of God--one city, one state, one school board, one police force and one mind at a time.
vol. 30, iss. 01 religion
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Bad Girls
The typical American female TV criminal is nasty, cutthroat, cunning, duplicitous and sexy to boot. Oxygen, a women-oriented… more
vol. 29, iss. 26 gender, media
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Cops and Harm Reduction Hotties, Oh My!
You wouldn't have expected it during any other week, but for a few days in mid-November, pot smoke… more
web only criminal justice
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Mo Money for Monogamy
Pro-life organizations are receiving millions of federal dollars in the name of "abstinence education."
web only gender
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Breaking Rank
Former Seattle police chief Norm Stamper takes on the drug war, domestic violence, community policing, and the WTO
vol. 29, iss. 24 criminal justice
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Torture Fatigue
"The Christian in me says it's wrong," Army Specialist Charles A. Graner Jr. said of torturing prisoners in… more
vol. 29, iss. 16 media, military
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Cashing in on Cons
Undercover at the American Correctional Association's 2005 Winter Conference
vol. 29, iss. 07
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State of Emergency
Comedian Margaret Cho speaks out on revolution, haters, and same-sex love
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Prison in the Cards
Many black men face a rough new rite of passage
vol. 28, iss. 20 race, social justice
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Only Skin Deep
How American photography creates and reinforces concepts of race and national identity
vol. 28, iss. 17 race, social justice
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Tech Workers Combat Offshoring
Seattle, Washington—“Tech workers thought that they were going to be the winners in building the bridge to the… more
vol. 28, iss. 06
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Women on the Edge
In the early part of the 21st century, American women find themselves at a powerful, transitional place in… more
vol. 27, iss. 21
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- Joined January 17, 2003
- Last Visit November 5, 2008
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