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THE LATEST
Common Dreams (Sept. 30, 2009)
Counterpunch, (Sept. 1, 2009)
The Oregonian (June 21, 2009)
Common Dreams (Aug. 7, 2009)
As Long As We're Talking About Socialism
Common Dreams (April 28, 2009)
MAGAZINES
COVER STORY: Could Marijuana Be Legal in Illinois?
Who Speaks for a Different Future?
Paying for Alternative Medicine
What Will Obama Presidency Bring?
Chicken Soup for the Activist Soul
BOOKS
"The Flexible Writer: A Basic Guide," (Longman, 2003)
Guide to College Reading 6th Edition (Addison Wesley)
Six-Word Memoirs on Love & Heartbreak
RADIO
Loud! Rude! Wrong!
Essays on Talk Radio and Other Right-Wing Media Read More
INTERVIEWS
Riane Eisler: Sex, Spirituality, and Evolution
Noam Chomsky: Power and Powerlessness
Christiane Northrup, MD: Creating Health
Tony Mazzocchi: Redefining Society
The Story of a Women's Basketball Pioneer
COMING SOON
All My Tender Dreams: A Father, a Son, and the '60's Generation: A Memoir
MUSIC
Welcome to www.Mark-T-Harris.com
Mark Harris is a writer with a flair for incisive social commentary. His essays explore topics ranging from women's basketball to alternative medicine, health to human rights, talk radio and more. He is a contributor to Amandla, Conscious Choice, Dissent, Z, Utne (formerly Utne Reader), and other magazines. His work also appears online at Alternet, Common Dreams, OpEdNews, ZNet, and other popular news sites.
As an investigative journalist, Harris is the author of a popular 2006 Dissent magazine expose, "Welcome to 'Whole-Mart'—Rotten Apples in the Social Responsibility Industry." His 2003 report, "Could Marijuana Be Legal in Illinois?" told the story for Chicago's Conscious Choice magazine of glaucoma sufferer Brenda Kratovil's efforts to enforce a little-known Illinois medical marijuana statute. The Kratovil story was later widely reported by Chicago media, including the Chicago Tribune and the local Fox News TV affiliate. Notably, his 2001 essay, "The Game of Life," was a national cover story for the Utne Reader.
Harris is a past features writer for Nightingale-Conant's Insight magzine, writing on health, music, and other topics. He is also a former Choice Books columnist for Conscious Choice magazine. His book reviews and interviews have featured such authors and their work as Melody Beattie, Joan Borysenko, Noam Chomsky, Riane Eisler, Lewis Lapham, Christiane Northrup, Studs Terkel, Marianne Williamson, and others.
Harris is a featured contributor to "The Flexible Writer," fourth edition, by Susanna Rich (Allyn & Bacon/Longman, 2003); and "Guide to College Reading," sixth edition, by Kathleen McWhorter (Addison-Wesley, 2003.) He is also a contributor to the national best-seller, “Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous and Obscure" (Harper Collins, 2008), by Larry Smith and Rachel Fershleiser. His flair for the ironic earned his contribution a mention in The New Yorker and on NPR’s national website.
Additionally, Harris is a contributor to professional health care publications including CMA Today, Laboratory Medicine, and The Quality Letter for Healthcare Leaders.
Mark Harris is a member of the Association of Health Care Journalists. A native of San Francisco, he currently lives in Bloomington, Illinois.
GUEST COLUMNS
Passage of Time Brings "Dad" into Sharper Focus
What Makes Someone a Campus Murderer?
COMMENTARY & FEATURES
Coming Out in an Up-and-Coming Sport
The Health Care Debate Has Only Just Begun
As Long As We're Talking About Socialism
Chicken Soup for the Activist Soul
Swine Flu Threat Highlights Need for Single-Payer
Will Obama Be Democrats' Herbert Hoover?
Bill Ayers and the Talk Media Circus
What Does It Mean to Support the Troops?
'Alternative' Media Quietly Sells Out
New Labor Spirit Stirs in California Grocery Workers
Could Marijuana be Legal in Illinois?
Whole Foods CEO's Dumb, Hypocritcal Conservative Talking Points
Where Are the Slander Merchants Taking Us?
Broken Health Care Demands More Than Conservative Apologetics
The Story of Parvin: Reflections on Hope in an Age of War
SiCKO & the Health Insurance Rip-Off
The Devolving World of the Right-Wing Media
Border Guards Are Not the Answer
Lies That Sell, Lies That Kill
U.S Labor Against the War
Iraq War and "Homeland Security"
"Here is a voice of great clarity and conviction.
Mark Harris writes convincingly, even beautifully,
of the possibilities for a transformed world."
—Riane Eisler, "The Chalice and the Blade"
(HarperSan Francisco, 1986)
"In a world of shrill, divisive voices, Mark Harris
is a welcome north star. A beautiful writer, he
navigates the way to a more humane world."
—Susan Skog, "Radical Acts of Love"
(Hazelden, 2001)
"Mark's contributions stand out as among the best
we've had the privilege to publish. He is a writer
of original talent."
—Robert Stuberg, Nightingale-Conant
"Mark Harris is not afraid to raise his voice
about topics others prefer to ignore. He is a
powerful and eloquent writer."
—Carl Finamore, journalist, labor activist
“Mark Harris has consistently been one of Conscious
Choice's strongest voices. His thoughtful work
illuminates complex issues and engages the
reader at a heartfelt level.”
—Jim Slama, founding publisher and editor,
Conscious Choice magazine
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