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From back cover: How America shortchanges art and communities and what can be done about it"

Feature articles cover the genocide in Sudan and the upcoming 2004 presidential election.

In These Times is an alternative newsmagazine published biweekly by the Institute for Public Affairs in Chicago. It is a member of the Alternative Press Syndicate.

Political humor, satirical fiction, and a lot about television and comic books.

Spring of 2004. Optimistic talk of the then-upcoming election, pessimistic talk about climate changes killing us all, and a satirical piece about how the existence of homosexual marriages may end the human race. Talk of Kerry, talk of Nader, and talk of how much we all hate George W. Bush. Full size, 20 pages. <br /><br />

From Spring of 2002. Grant tears into our government, our president, our culture, and everything else that needs a strong dose of cynical attitude. Enron, business, consumerism, and Van Gogh! Also, lyrics of songs that are most certainly meant to lead the revolution. 20 pages, full size. <br />

&quot;For some months now, I have been engaged in the process of teaching youth-- who have a natural inclination for such things anyway-- that everything they have ever been told is wrong. Under the belief that it is not too late for the best and brightest of old dogs to learn new tricks, I wish to impart some of the same basic information that I have been giving them. My aim is to give activists and other critical thinkers new tools for dismantling the master's house.&quot;<br />

<p>&quot;Sometimes a disquieting idea, for at its core, an alternative signals difference: a state some may dustrust, others tolerate, still others, embrace. Fortunately, divergent views remain energetically alive, experience brings hope, exhilerating no matter what the outcome. In this anthology on less traditional and predictable lifepaths, the intensity, humor and spirit of these writing actually transcends differences, evidence of the strength found in exploring less travelled roads.&quot;</p><p>Contributors, cont'd: Mary Damon Peltier, Shirley Powers, Rita Reinert, Ellen Rosen, P. Kelly Rugg, Amy Sanderson, Patti See, Claudia Rosa Silva, Carol Smith, Grazina Smith, Sandra Tatara </p>