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Environmental and
community activists in Lynn, Mass., gather in front of two auto dealerships
to voice concern about the environmental impact of sport utility vehicles.
The SUV Action day was the first of its kind in the nation. Volume 85 |
in
this
issue:
"Transportation
and Conscience"
What
would Jesus drive?
An interview with Bill McKibben / A climate-change activist argues that one
of the most important environmental decisions a person makes in the course of
a decade is what kind of car to drive – it’s a decision, he says,
we should pray over. – by Julie A. Wortman Spanish
Translation Here
The
campaign to ‘green’ the ocean
Stopping cruise-ship pollution faces an uphill fight / As marine life suffers.
– by Jackie Alan Giuliano
A
soulful commute
Turning practical transport into ‘pleasing travel’ / Public policy
is responsible for today’s enraging traffic delays and road rage, sparking
yeasty futuristic innovation and religious introspection. – by Colleen
O’Connor
Transportation
security after 9/11
Failing the civil-liberties test? / Many security violations contributed to
the September 11th attacks, but new security measures may be posing
problems of their own – by Camille Colatosti
Seafarers’
rights
Advocating for the ‘forgotten people of the world’ / The Center for
Seafarers’ Rights of the Seamen’s Church Institute of New York and
New Jersey is "the only maritime ministry in the world that has a full-time
legal staff devoted exclusively to seafarers." – by Marianne Arbogast
Welfare
and transportation
Will there be justice for the poor? / When public transportation is inadequate,
says this transportation ethnographer, poor blacks who live in inner cities
will be disproportionately affected. – by Beverly G. Ward (A
longer version of this story is available here.)
Buy
American?
Exploring an alternative politics of trade with Dana Frank / A labor historian
talks about the rules that should govern the flow of goods from one society
to another. – by Jane Slaughter
Editorial
Notes
The benefit of taking in the world at a walk
by Julie A. Wortman
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