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Table of Contents
July 24, 2003, Vol. 10, No. 16
Headlines:
- Summer Books:
- Harry Potter Schools Dubya, Imré Kertesz’s Haunting Holocaust, and more
- Nicastro Sounds Off
- Death Stalks the Streets
- Eviction in the ID
Cover graphic by Greg Stump
Note: Page 8 is followed by Page 13. The Mockingbird Times was inserted in-between.
Table of Contents:
The Big Empty. Puget Sound’s business bust has meant high unemployment and vacant commercial space. Why not make those new office towers home? By Jess Grant, Pages 1, 13
- Illustration: Graphic by Tim Swope
Mailbag, Page 2
- Protecting the “poverty draft” by BJ Mangaoang
Opinion: Cheap Shot. Why the deaths, and lives, of homeless people matter. By Adam Holdorf, Page 3
News You Can Use! Close to Home. By Adam Holdorf, Page 4
| Opening, shifting, moving on
- Methadone OK’d in Everett
- International District exile
- Outdoor meals program moves
- Janitors win labor talks
- Green building [RE: Traugott Terrace]
Nicastro Speaks: Incumbent candidate says she’s won the winnable fights. By Adam Holdorf, Page 5
| Judy Nicastro
North American Newsbriefs: Off the streets, into the jails. Compiled by Molly Rhodes, Page 5
Adventures in Poetry: A word about handouts with © Dr. Wes Browning, Page 6
Poetry, Pages 6, 7
- Does do by Roberto Valenza
- She by Galaxie S. Starliner
- Rumpelstiltskin for Anne Sexton by Elizabeth Romero [1981]
Book Reviews: Pages 8, 14, 15, 16
- The Underground Economy. Book: Reefer Madness: Sex, Drugs, and Cheap Labor in the American Black Market by Eric Schlosser. Review by Silja J.A. Talvi
- A Wizard’s Guide to Fighting Terrorism. Book: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J. K. Rowling. Review by Michele Marchand
- Beyond Comprehension. Book: Fateless by Imré Kertesz. Review by Joe Martin
- Lessons of History. Book: War Against the Weak: Eugenics and America’s Campaign to Create a Master Race by Edwin Black. Review by Anitra Freeman
Street Talk: What should the U.S. do in Iraq? By Polly Keary, Page 16, 17
- Michael O’Conner, 50
- Rob Tyler, 38, scientist
- Jarod Bishop, 23, student
- Neil Stamp, 29, carpenter
- Bryan Wilson, 21, student
- Laura Sand, 31, teacher
- John, 23, student, Middle East Studies
- Natasha Merchan, 20, student, political science and Near East Islamic studies
Street Watch. Compiled by Emma Quinn, Page 17
I Know You Know Me: Real Change play preview. By Anne-Marie Townsend, Page 18
Timeless Astrology. Genuine light and warmth. By R.W. Reid, Page 18
Calendar. Compiled by Sandra Enger, Page 19
Citizens Participation Project. ACT NOW! Page 20
Make a space for homeless people
- Issue: Beginning this summer there will be a critical decline in hygiene and day services in downtown Seattle, primarily in Pioneer Square. Hundreds more people will have no access to toilets, showers, or a place to rest.
Mockingbird Times August 2003, Vol. III, Issue 8, 4 pages