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Issue 268: November/December 2006

features

In Vieques, Puerto Rico, La Lucha Continua

Liv Gold

Residents fight for environmental justice after the U.S. Navy�s departure.
America�s Fringe Economy

Howard Karger

Financial services for the poor and credit-challenged are big business.
Turning Gas into Development in Bolivia

Aaron Luoma and Gretchen Gordon

Will Evo Morales' attempt at re-nationalization bring real change?

the regulars

the short run
active culture Organizing Rural Labor in Colombia
commentMicrocredit and Women's Poverty
in review Big Coal/An Inconvenient Truth/Lost Mountain
economy in numbersHealth Savings Accounts