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Contents                      August 1995


Illinois Issues

Vol. XXI, No. 8
Established 1974

Migrant Labor
Migrant labor:
Dirty work, but
'in your blood'

Stephen
Beaven

10


A portrait of the life of migrant workers
A portrait:
Hand-me-down
life of migrants

Judy Lutz
Spencer

15


Henry Hyde
Henry Hyde:
Conservative
compass

Harvey
Berkman

22


Examining Higher Education
Higher ed:
Examining the
role of the
university

Donald
Sevener

28


Cover Illustration: A photograph by Judy Lutz Spencer of Maria Carillo and 79-year-old mother, Marie Mauricio.

Columns

Politics
The Democrats face a dogfight over the U.S. Senate seat
Charles N. Wheeler III ______ 6

The State of the State
It's our loss when the Capitol pressroom has a revolving door
Tom Littlewood __________ 8

Your Turn
Time for lawmakers to let us vote on merit selection of judges
Robert W. Bergstrom ______ 38

A View from Chicago
Families are not at the top of anyone's list in the city
James Ylisela Jr. _________ 42


Etcetera

A critique of correctional industries
Jennifer Halperin ___________ 20

A mini-profile of Dennis Hastert
Madeleine Doubek ___________ 26

An analysis of congressional assignments
Jack R. Van Der Slik _________ 26

Departments

A Conversation with Our Readers
Ed Wojcicki ____________ 3

Innovations
Farmers go online
Beverley Scobell __________ 4

State Stix
The cost of college
Donald Sevener __________ 34

Court Briefs
F. Mark Siebert and Debi Edmund_________ 35

Books
The story of the Heath clan
Wes Smith ____________ 36

State Reports
Anna J. Merritt ___________ 37

Letters ________________ 37

People
Beverley Scobell and Jennifer Halperin _______ 40

Esprit de Pol ____ see back cover

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