Cover 1998 Summer
READERS SPEAK OUT 3 (Hard copy Only)
EDUCATION
Growing Without Schooling, Susannah Sheffer 5
"Bits "N Pieces," Sista Shiriki Unganisha 17
CORPORATIONS, ECONOMICS, GOVERNMENT
This is Jim Hightower Saying... 8
Media Beat, Norman Solomon 10
The Villain is the IMF, Lois Neville 12
The U.S. Paper Industry and Sustainable Production, Maureen Smith 14
Free Speech-At a Price, Michael Parenti 20
THE DRUG WAR & RELATED ISSUES
The Expert Witness, Michael Levine 18
Pot, Pity, and Politics, Paul Bischke 23
The Price of Complacency, Nora Callahan 27
Drug Policy Notes, Sam Smith 28
The Real Drug Lords, William Blum 30
Policing For Profit, Eric Blummenson and Eva Nilsen 32
Proposed Civil forfeiture Bill Threatens Innocent Citizenss, Robert Striker 33
Hidden Mikes and Secret Tapes, Ross Regnart 36
Prosecutorial Discretion & the Death of Common sense, Adam Smith 35
CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM
The Border, J.P. Bone 37
U.S. Bureau of Prisons Sexual Assault Suit, Cesar A. Cruz 40
From Death Row, Mumia Abu-Jamal 42
A Very Cold Place, Reginald S. Lewis 43
Texas and the Death Penalty, Dr. Pierre Duterte 44
North Coast Classifieds
Racism, Oppression in Prison System46