Divided States
Peter Schrag : Immigration to the US
A patchwork of local laws reflects the complicated, contradictory national debate over immigration policy.
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Du Côté de Chez Madame Defarge
Alexander Cockburn : Science
These days, even London and Paris seem a bit like North Korea.
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Farewell, Sweet Ice
Matthew Gilbert : Global Warming & Climate Change
Melting ice is threatening the centuries-old society of the Gwich'in tribes.
2006
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Mad Mel and the Maya
Mel Gibson's violent new film Apocalypto exploits Maya culture and perpetuates racist stereotypes.
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Biker Mecca on Sacred Ground
Native American activists are braced for a tense summer, as a motorcycling entrepreneur goes forward with plans for a resort that will draw hundreds of thousands of bikers to the sacred site of Bear Butte.
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On Native Grounds
Alan Taylor's Divided Ground examines how land-grabbing settlers destroyed Indian society and how postrevolutionary politicians speeded their demise.
2005
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Dances With Ghosts
Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich : Environmental Activism
As the House of Representatives voted to allow oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Ohio Democrat Dennis Kucinich decried the back-door methods and contemplated the impact on the indigenous Gwich'in people.
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Frontier Injustice
In Andrew Jackson: A Life and Times, the frontier president is cast as a one-man beacon for democracy. But Jackson's core belief was a fervent defense of land.
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A Losing Gamble
David Rubenstein : Republican Party
Minnesota's GOP looks to cut taxes and build more casinos instead.
2004
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First Nations in the 21st Century
The largest gathering ever of Native Americans in the nation's capital greets the opening of the NMAI.
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DeLay on the Hot Seat
Jack Newfield : Corporate Influence in Washington
Two investigative bombs with long fuses are sizzling under Tom DeLay, America's Machiavelli of gerrymandering.
2003
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The Legacy of Hanford
Robert Alvarez : Radioactive Waste/Contamination
Washington continues to evade responsibility for forty-seven years of contamination.
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