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Articles in May-June, 2008 issue of Mother Jones

• Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden?
  by James Rocchi
• Scrapbook of the Stateless: Susan Meiselas revisits Kurdistan
  by Mark Murrmann
• Iron age
  by Paul Watson
• The seven myths of energy independence: why forging a sustainable energy future is dependent on foreign oil
  by Paul Roberts
• The roof is on fire: why home solar may soon get a lot more affordable
  by Joyce Tang
• The power and the glory
• Hospital: Man, Woman, Birth, Death, Infinity, Plus Red Tape, Bad Behavior, Money, God and Diversity on Steroids
  by Bradford Plumer
• Plowed under
  by Jim Timm
• Houston, we have a problem: Rep. Jay Inslee, coauthor of Apollo's Fire
• Breaking the gridlock: the smart grid could fix a big barrier to efficiency—us
  by Jennifer Kahn
• Damned spots: the best political ads you never saw
• Leisureville: Adventures in America's Retirement Utopias
  by Elizabeth Gettelman
• If I had a hammer
  by Joseph L. Bass
• Energy MythBusters: speaking truth to power
  by Kiera Butler
• The green-belt movement: some kick-butt energy-saving tips
  by Gary Moskowitz
• Warchild
  by Jon Young
• Tar wars: as Canada scrambles to dig up some of the world's dirtiest oil, a Bush doctor tracks mysterious diseases, poisoned rivers, and shattered lives
  by Josh Harkinson
• Work, then party
  by Michael Mechanic
• Prison complex: filmmaker Errol Morris
  by Dave Gilson
• Operation Iraqi Freedom
• Pay'em not to drill
  by Mark Engler
• Get your utility to use less power
  by Celia Perry
• Pershing
  by Jon Young
• Bottom of the barrel: going to new depths in the search for oil
  by Josh Harkinson
• Transportation security administration: if you're going to take my water bottle, can you freakin' recycle it?
  by Casey Miner
• Mr. Love & Justice
  by Kiera Butler
• HIV plan b
  by Justine Sharrock
• The greenback effect: greed has helped destroy the planet—maybe now it can help save it
  by Bill McKibben
• It keeps going and going … the search for a better battery is fraught with obstacles—namely the laws of physics
  by Britt Robson
• Opting In: Having a Child Without Losing Yourself
  by Rachel Fudge
• Art imitates art
  by Lincoln Cushing
• Srubbing king coal: how come energy companies are gaga over alternative fuels? First off, define "alternative."
  by James Ridgeway
• The myth of the moral majority: here's the church. Here's the steeple. Open the doors and—hey, where did everybody go?
  by Debra J. Dickerson
• Stronger
  by Jon Young
• Above the law
  by Daphne Eviatar
• Let the little guys play: energy-efficiency guru Amory Lovins
• Cars as a driving force: Chelsea Sexton, director of Plug in America
• A pill for everything
• Mr. Jarrar goes to Washington
  by Jonathan Schwarz
• Fossil fools: the foes and thwarters of renewable energy
  by Chris Mooney
• The hybrid
  by Laura Rozen
• Close the Enron loophole
  by Rebecca Clarren
• Rural renewal: small-town America looks to alternative energy for a lifetime
  by Jennifer Vogel
• Conspiracy watch: molar outrage
  by Dave Gilson
• Greening the Pentagon
  by Vince Beiser
• Editors' note
  by Monika Bauerlein
• Home is where the squat is
  by Tristram Korten
• Sol man: the founder of Match.com is making the case for solar energy, one roof at a time
  by Jon Mooallem
• The nuclear option: so you're against nuclear power. Do you know why?
  by Judith Lewis
• Inn excess: check your green values at the front desk
  by Kimberly Lisagor
• Torture hits a home run
  by Joan Kenneke
• 8 lbs, 21 inches, 3,800 diapers, and 1,525 tons of carbon: attack of the planet-pummeling baby
  by Kiera Butler
• Solar-powered malls
  by Joyce Tang
• Rebranding nukes: whole Earth catalog founder Stewart Brand
• Put a tyrant in your tank: so you thought ExxonMobil was bad?
  by Joshua Kurlantzick
• Cypress hell
  by Ron Thuemler
• Constant sorrow: a Haitian paramilitary leader linked to heinous crimes prepares to face American justice—over a petty mortgage scam
  by Bernice Yeung
• Search for the solar grail: Bill Weihl, Google's green-energy czar
• Spinning the atom: "environmentalists" are key to the industry's PR push
  by Justine Sharrock