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January / February 2006
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The Chicago Reporter
Local Coverage
With an eye toward race and poverty, this nonprofit magazine reports on issues facing metropolitan Chicago. Tackling tricky topics from teaching abstinence-only sex education to teenage parents (with the materials that are supplied free to schools) to how to keep ex-offenders from returning to prison, each bimonthly issue is hard-hitting, readable, and relevant. $12/yr. (11 issues) from 332 S. Michigan Ave., Suite 500, Chicago, IL 60604; www.chicagoreporter.com.
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New Internationalist
International Coverage
Focusing on social justice issues such as caste, homelessness, and economic migration, this monthly magazine features digestible political profiles (both geographic and personal) and comprehensive coverage of the Southern Hemisphere. $44/yr. (12 issues) from Box 1062, Niagara Falls, NY 14304; www.newint.org.
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Shameless
Personal Life Coverage
Imagine being up to beat on news, gender issues, activism, career choices, and health -- at age 16. With great writing and a hip design, this quarterly publication proves that a magazine for young women can be as readable as it is essential. Outside Canada $22 Canadian/yr. (4 issues); in Canada, $12 from Box 68548, 360A Bloor St. W., Toronto, Ontario, M5S 1X1; www.shamelessmag.com.
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The Texas Observer
Political Coverage
We grab this low-budget biweekly for its wealth of rich local color, resourceful reporting, and political savvy. While blue state pundits squander barrels of ink on second-guesses, this progressive nonprofit sticks to its guns, a prerequisite when you're tracking outlaws from Texas. $27/yr. (24 issues) from 307 W. 7th St., Austin, TX 78701; www.texasobserver.org.
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Small Farmer's Journal
Environmental Coverage
This robust quarterly journal, with its sumptuous 11- by 14-inch pages and pleasing antiquated design, has been 'defending craftsmanship and believing in people' since 1976. The writers cover everything from old-fashioned ice cutting to horse farming in Italy, with an emphasis on sustainability and an eye toward entertaining prose. $30/yr. (4 issues) from Box 1627, Sisters, OR 97759; www.smallfarmersjournal.com.
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