May/June 2003

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Right now is no time to come up short. It's time to fight like hell for a democracy where minority rule cannot impose an extreme and cruel agenda, where facts matter, and where accountability at the polls and in the press has a fighting chance. We have our work cut out for us, and we still need to raise upwards of 400,000 by June 30 to give it everything we can. Please help:

	Cover Story: Soldiers of Good Fortune By Barry Yeoman They’re in the Army now: how the Bush Administration is using private military companies to wage the war on terrorism.

	FEATURES What’s a River For? By Bruce Barcott Farmers, ranchers, fishermen, Native American tribes. In the fight over the Klamath River’s water, everybody loses — especially the salmon. Where Are You, Beloved General? By Jonathan Watts A xenophobic leader, an economy in free fall, a dogma of belligerent brinksmanship. Welcome to North Korea. The Torturers Next Door By Karen Olsson A thousand human-rights violators reside in the United States. Now, their victims — and an amateur detective in South Florida — are determined to bring them to justice.				In the Valley of the Dictator Photo Essay by Jonas Bendiksen Text by Matthew Brzezinski Uzbekistan is a crucial ally in the war on terror. So why should we care what Islam Krimov does to his own people? Fear and Fallout in Los Alamos By Bill Donahue In the town that Oppenheimer built, nuclear families and nuclear bombs go hand in hand. Cruising on the Ark of Taste By Michael Pollan Listening to Slow Food: notes on the art — and politics — of eco-gastronomy.

	DEPARTMENTS Editor’s Note Masthead Contributors Backtalk OUTFRONT The hydrocarbons behind the hydrogen car; fighting terrorism with Ecstasy; money orders and McCarthyism; supplements to die for; plus, the revolution will be emailed EXHIBIT Death, be not serious; pop and politics; stamping out drug use PUBLIC DOMAIN Stop Making Sense By George Packer Living with uncertainty: a guide to the mind at war. THE SLANT A Bully’s Pulpit By Jack Hitt The president of our TV Nation doesn’t understand how media now works. And it’s costing us dearly. EXPOSURE Tour de Force Pedaling weapons in Sudan MEDIA JONES Joshua Wolf Shenk on drug propaganda and functioning potheads; Lucinda Williams makes some noise; windows on war; Lil’ Kim vs. Kim Jong II, a Mother Jones smackdown; plus more book, music, film reviews P.S. Electronic Anti-Missive Defense Shield to Protect White House Cartoon by Bruce McCall

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