Issue Number 28 July/August 1997
Cover illustration by Jim Gibbs
FEATURES:
- The story of Saipan, where labor abuses flourish under the U.S. flag.
- by Phil Kaplan
- Seattle slumps toward the future with little more than inertia and smugness to guide it.
- by Mark Gardner
- Environmental groups experience secret surveillance and strategic lawsuits.
- by Natalie Shapiro
- The untold stories of day-to-day police misconduct.
- by Doug Collins
- A boycott on labor issues is officially begun.
- by Richard Thorsten
SPECIAL:
- Take NAFTA's glowing reviews with a grain of salt.
- by Norman Solomon
- [includes information on how you can receive free copies of books by Solomon]
- Big organizations attract lawsuits over difficult public-records access.
- by Doug Collins
- Federal Nonprofits can be more trouble than they're worth.
- by Doug Nufer
- A guide for puzzled Mexicans.
- by Jonathon Gallant and Lorenzo Milam
THE REGULARS:
Free Thoughts The Red Herring Phenomenon
by John Bennett.
Reader Mail Actual letters from actual readers.
EnviroWatch
How humans treat their surroundings, each other, themselves.
Working Of and relating to labor.
reported and compiled by Doug Collins.
American Newspeak Orwellian language
and euphemism in corporate media.
Compiled and edited by Wayne Grytting.
Spike, the Rabid Media Watchdog
The poop on the local information industry.
reported and compiled by Steven Hill and Eric Nelson
Northwest Books Regional writers in review.
literary reviews by Kent Chadwick and Robert Pavlik.
Reel Underground Your guide to independent film.
film reviews and calendar by Paul D. Goetz.
Cartoon Page 'Toons by John Ambrosavage, Matt Wuerker, and Ron & Emily Austin.
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