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School "reform" is a big money maker How hacked phones might spy on you A reporter's view of chemotherapy Morning Line: Even austerity's name is a fraud Georgia gun sales soar Talking guns FBI murder stats Federal judge rules against Bloomberg's unconstitutional stop and frisk policy 2012 warmest ever for U.S. Federal complaint charges DC schools test cheating Charter school con: dumping problem students Oregon goes after charter school scam National Labor Relations Board blows whistle on fake "public" charter school Current news favorites Things Romney and Obama agree on Word: On teachers Federal judge rules against secret evidence to support no fly list How to fix Congress Aaron Swartz: Bullied to death Hagel is not the only one to refer to the "Jewish lobby" Chuck Hagel's first assignment Charter school con: dumping problem students Alex Jones & Chris Matthews control A reporter's view of chemotherapy Signs the American middle class is over Other reader favorites. . . 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Aaron Swartz Faced A More Severe Prison Term Than Killers, Slave Dealers And Bank Robbers Anonymous hacks MIT web pages in tribute to Swartz Inside the new museum of math Miss Iowa's nuanced view of marijuana Schools Seattle teachers rebel against standardized tests Diane Ravitch on Michelle Rhee 19 year old socialist takes seat on New Jersey school board Women Getting feminism off the glass ceiling An Appreciation: Gerda Lerner, Founder of Women’s History Texas funding for Planned Parenthood ends World What difference has Osama bin Laden's death made? The new Hungary isn't pretty Climate Australia adds purple to its heat index Sea rise of three feet possible by 2100 Photos of burning Australia Justice & civil liberties How restorative justice works Illinois closes supermax Federal court rules students must wear RFID tag Meanwhile, furthermore & on the other hand Restaurant offers news with check Strange routes to behavior change Lighthouse celebrates 222nd birthday @GeorgeCarlinSez Some people see the cup as half empty. Some people see the cup as half full. I see the cup as way too large. Young New documentary on student debt Media There were 95 newspapers with weekly science sections in 1989; today there are 19. Time Warner blacks out Al Jazeera Print books down; E books up Politics Chuck Hagel's first assignment Hagel blew Iraq when it mattered The Hagel illusion Health U.S. Infant Mortality Rate Nearly Double That of Japan and Sweden Study Suggests Lower Mortality Risk for People Called Overweight Food Farmers Rally at White House to Protest Monsanto Poland Bans Genetically Modified Corn, Potatoes Global crop production stagnating in some areas Corporados Disney finds new way to spy on visitors And I sincerely believe, with you, that banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies; and that the principle of spending money to be paid by posterity, under the name of funding, is but swindling futurity on a large scale. - Letter from Thomas Jefferson to John Taylor, May 28, 1816, via Zero Hedge Money Signs the American middle class is over Long term unemployment is unprecedented Average household left with only $100 after normal monthly expenses How Spanish cooperative kept unemployment 40% below national rate Music Musician Who Had Vintage Guitar Destroyed by Delta Gets a New One from Gibson Rock stars die young Afghanistan U.S. may leave no troops in Afghanistan Torture Obamadmin lets Abu Ghraib torture contractor off the hook @AnonyOps - U.S. government is arguing in Manning trial that putting info into public domain is "indirectly" communicating w/ enemy. Goodbye journalism. Gays English to allow gay bishops as long as they don't practice gay sex Writing Why are English words so hard to spell Energy High methane emissions found in extraction Drugs Patrick Kennedy lobbies against pot legalization Gays ACLU wins suit against gay vet discrimination War Department How US government is using terrorism against American people @dangerroom - There were 506 drone strikes in Afghanistan in 2012, according to the Air Force. That's up from 294 the year before. Domestic drones may be unconstitutional Ecology Town bans bottled water SEARCH SITE BACK TO TOP Because we have different providers for the Review and Undernews pages you may have to search twice. SEARCH UNDERNEWS    SEARCH REST OF PROGRESSIVE REVIEW Thanks to Ron Unz, 40 years of issues of the Progressive Review ( and its predecessors, the DC Gazette and the Idler) are on the web and searchable. 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(SRFW)! Words and cruelty The rise of "fuck" What's a humanities? Young YOUNG & COLLEGE NEWS Skull & Bones An apology to younger Americans Becoming and being an activist PLAY IT AGAIN, SAM BACK TO TOP Sam Smith has been a musician for many decades. He started the first band his Quaker school ever had and played drums with bands up until 1980 when he switched to stride piano. He had his own band until the mid-1990s and has played with the New Sunshine Jazz Band, Hill City Jazz Band, Not So Modern Jazz Band and the Phoenix Jazz Band. Here are a few tracks: SAM SMITH'S DECOLAND BAND AVALON BUTTER & EGG MAN DR JAZZ INDIANA JELLY ROLL MAMA'S GONE GOODBYE SHINE Bob Walter, trumpet; Jimmy Hamilton & Coleman Hankins, clarinet; Paul Hettich, bass; Sam Smith, piano. Bob Resnik, drums PHOENIX JAZZ BAND led by Bob Walter ALGIERS STRUT APEX BLUES   George James sax CORRINE CORRINE OH MAMA  Sam piano & vocal HILL CITY JAZZ BAND led by Bob Walter ACE IN THE HOLE: With the lyrics altered to fit Washington BILL BAILEY BYE & BYE Sam piano & vocal JAZZ ME BLUES TISHOMINGO BLUES WHEN YOU'RE SMILING Sam piano, Bob Walter vocal WASHINGTON POST MARCH PROGRESSIVE REVIEW 96 Maine Street #255 Brunswick ME 04011 202-423-7884 Editor: Sam Smith © The Progressive Review, 2012 BACK TO TOP  DONATIONS BACK TO TOP DONATIONS  SAM SMITH'S BOOKS BACK TO TOP DONATIONS WHY BOTHER? $12 AN UTNE READER STAFF PICK A POWELL'S BOOKSTORE STAFF PICK WORKING ASSETS RECOMMENDED READING Why Bother, in a wonderfully engaging and erudite manner, addresses the great question confronting democracy, community and justice -- and that is civic motivation. Prepare to be motivated. Sam Smith is an antidote to mindless speed reading. He makes you pause between paragraphs in order to mull over the captivating morsels he is placing in your imagination. - RALPH NADER Sam Smith puts it to us straight in these essays about finding meaning and hope - JAY WALJASPER, UTNE READER An American original. . . He's got a big old cussed independent streak that keeps you guessing and hence keeps you reading. - CRISPIN SARTWELL GREAT AMERICAN REPAIR MANUAL $15 Published by W.W. Norton, New York & London. "Lucid . . . Keep going, Sam" -- Mario Cuomo "Desperately needed" -- Roger Morris, author of Partners in Power "Smith's book is a toolbox for hacking a corrupt system. It is also funny as hell . . . There are butts that need kicking in this country. . . Sam Smith is handing out the boots." -- Alex Steffen, The Stranger, Seattle weekly "Must read. . . combines laughter and trenchant critique to a degree seldom seen" -- John Rensenbrink, Green Horizons "The Tom Paine of the Nineties" -- Chuck Stone "Truly independent journalist" -- Patrick Mazza, Cascadia Times "Phenomenally interesting. . . recommend it highly" -- Michelle Laxalt, co-host of Newsmakers "You'll be enlightened, challenged, even entertained" -- Chuck Harder on the Talk America Network. Featured in Utne Reader and on Weekend All Things Considered.