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Berkowitz: Supressing Dissent at Drake
Zmag Article, April, 01 2004
Bill Berkowitz
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W hen students, faculty, and concerned community members gathered at an anti-war conference sponsored by the Drake Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild, on the campus of Drake University in Des Mo...
Berkowitz: Bush’s Faith-Based Parks
Zmag Article, March, 01 2004
Bill Berkowitz
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A lthough President Bush’s faith-based initiative—one of the centerpieces of his domestic agenda—has yet to win congressional approval, ramifications of the proposal have been fel...
Berkowitz: The Acton Institute
Zmag Article, February, 01 2004
Bill Berkowitz
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H ealth Care Without Harm is a Washington, DC-based environmental group that has taken more than its share of heat from the chemical industry over its campaigns against the use of mercury in medica...
Berkowitz: Alliance for Environmental Disaster
Zmag Article, January, 01 2004
Bill Berkowitz
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F or folks who think President George W. Bush is getting a “bad rap” on his environmental record, a new organization has emerged to set the record straight. Partnership for the West (PF...
Berkowitz: Iraq’s Agriculture Czar
Zmag Article, September, 01 2003
Bill Berkowitz
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I n late April 2003, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Ann M. Veneman, understanding that “the opportunities are immense,” appointed Dan Amstutz to head Iraq’s agricultural reconstructio...
Berkowitz: Faith-Based Finagling
Zmag Article, August, 01 2003
Bill Berkowitz
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A fter more than two years of haggling, in early April the Senate passed the Charity Aid, Recovery and Empowerment (CARE) Act of 2003 (S. 476), a severely stripped-down version of President Bush&rs...
Berkowitz: African American Muslims
Zmag Article, June, 01 2003
Bill Berkowitz
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T he grenade attack in Iraq by an African American muslim, Sgt. Asan Akbar, that killed two and wounded several, set off a maelstrom of right-wing criticism against black Muslims in the U.S. Right-...
Berkowitz: Operation Scrub
Zmag Article, March, 01 2003
Bill Berkowitz
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I n China, the government recently closed 3,300 Internet cafes under the rubric of “safety” issues. Apparently, a July fire in one of the underground cafes killed 25, injured 12, and re...
Berkowitz: FOIA Exemption in the Homeland Security Act
Zmag Article, February, 01 2003
Bill Berkowitz
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R etired Admiral John Poindexter’s sprawling Internet spying plan, dubbed “Total Information Awareness,” garnered the lion’s share of attention in the run-up to the passage ...
Berkowitz: Edison Schools Going Under?
Zmag Article, January, 01 2003
Bill Berkowitz
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I n February 2000, Samuel A. Walker, a communications specialist for the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, a conservative Michigan-based policy institute, touted Edison Schools as the wave of the ...
Berkowitz: There Is No Profit In Public Education
Znet Article, November, 21 2002
Bill Berkowitz
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For 10 years, Christopher Whittle's Edison Schools Inc. has been hyped by right-wing think tanks and privatization advocates as the poster child for the transformation of America's public schools. These days, the controversial for-profit company i...
Berkowitz: The Campus Crusades
Zmag Article, November, 01 2002
Bill Berkowitz
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David Horowitz, and his writing partner Peter Collier, were well-known lefties in the 1960s. Horowitz was a Black Panther supporter and editor of Ramparts magazine, the premier left-wing pub...
Berkowitz: Conservative Watch
Zmag Article, September, 01 2002
Bill Berkowitz
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Bill Berkowitz Neighborhood Watch In early March, consumate pitchman and former Johnny Carson sidekick, Ed McMahon introduced Attorney General John Ash...
Berkowitz: The Marriage Movement
Zmag Article, July, 01 2002
Bill Berkowitz
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On May 9, Dan Quayle showed up at the Washington, DC-based National Press Club to celebrate the tenth anniversary of his memorable speech condemning the television character, Murphy Brown. In the day...
Berkowitz: Bush & Bennett
Zmag Article, June, 01 2002
Bill Berkowitz
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While William Bennett is busy forming Americans for Victory Over Terrorism, the Bush administration has come up with a new catch phrase that sums up part of its strategy for the “War on Drugs.&#...
Berkowitz: Academic Bashing
Zmag Article, February, 01 2002
Bill Berkowitz
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Academic Bashing
Berkowitz: Shake, Rattle, and Rolling Over Roe v. Wade
Zmag Article, December, 01 2001
Bill Berkowitz
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Shake, Rattle, and Rolling Over Roe v. Wade
Berkowitz: The National Endowment for Democracy
Zmag Article, October, 01 2001
Bill Berkowitz
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The National Endowment for Democracy
Berkowitz: Welfare Privatization
Zmag Article, July, 01 2001
Bill Berkowitz
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In 1996, welfare as we knew it was changed radically by the passage and signing of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act. The new law gave states unprecedented leeway in determining how the new Temporary Assista...
Berkowitz: The Heritage Foundation Soars
Zmag Article, June, 01 2001
Bill Berkowitz
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The Heritage Foundation Soars
