Contents
1 The Environment The Obligation to Endure Rachel Carson The Next Step for U.S. Climate Change Policy Warwick McKibben U.S.Forest Conservation May Increase Deforestation Elsewhere Pam Mayfield Big Mac and the Tropical Forests Joseph K. Skinner The Ugly Guzzlers Derrick Z. Jackson 2 The Media Propaganda Under A Dictatorship Aldous Huxley 15 Questions About the Liberal Media Jeff Cohen and Norman Solomon Television: The Plug-In Drug Marie Winn The Coolhunt Malcolm Gladwell 3 The Arts Why The Record Industry is in Trouble Jann S. Wenner Cop Out? The Media, "Cop Killer," And the Deracinialinization of Black Rage (Constructing [Mis]Represetnations Christopher Sieving Born in Fire: A Hip Hop Odyssey Jeff Chang Understanding Youth, Popular Culture, and the Hip-Hop Influence Patricia Thandi Hicks Harper 4 Technology We Are Not Special Rodney Brooks Isolated by the Internet Clifford Stoll Text as Mask: Gender and Identity on the Internet Brenda Danet 5 Gender and Race The Girls of Gen X Barbara Defoe Whitehead Marked Women Deborah Tannen Just Walk on By Brent Staples 6 Literature and Language Mother Tongue Amy Tan What We Talk About When We Talk About Love Raymond Carver The Story of an Hour Kate Chopin Ode to My Socks Pablo Neruda
