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Managing editor: Julie Hollar
Publisher: Deborah Thomas

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"In Extra!, I find all the news that the Respectables find unfit to print.
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—Studs Terkel


Extra! December 2009

Current Extra! cover
In Afghan Debate, Few Antiwar Op-Eds
Elite papers marginalize public opposition
By Steve Rendall

Not So Fast, Filibuster
Quietly changing the rules of democracy
By Jim Naureckas

Articles only available in print:
National Equality vs. Tea Party
Which march matters for media?
by Julie Hollar

Iraq All Over Again
The press & Iranian nuke allegations
by Peter Hart

U.S. Media Bury Story of Afghan Civil War
'Combating extremism'--or intervening in an internal conflict?
by Robert Naiman

Fox News--Wing of the GOP?
More like a Republican slugging arm
by Steve Rendall

Voices from the Hellmouth
For convict journalists, freedom of the press is not so black and white
by Beau Hodai