BLOG: PLANET OCCUPY
WHAT'S NEW
COUNTERPUNCH
Dec. 28: Hope, Solidarity, and Acupuncture
Aug. 12-14 : Shared Sacrifice?
TRUTHOUT
COMMON DREAMS
NEWSPAPERS/ MAGAZINES
THE OREGONIAN
* At the Scene of a Sudden Death
PANTAGRAPH
* What Makes a Campus Murderer?
DISSENT MAGAZINE
Z MAGAZINE
* Immigrants Are Not the Enemy
* Ann Coulter's War on Dissent
UTNE READER
CONSCIOUS CHOICE
* Choice Books Column (2000-2003)
* Could Marijuana Be Legal in Illinois?
* Visions for a New Millennium
* Who Speaks for a Different Future?
* Paying for Alternative Medicine
BOOKS
* "The Flexible Writer: A Basic Guide," (Longman, 2003), Contributor
* Guide to College Reading 6th Edition (Addison Wesley, 2003,) Contributor
* Six-Word Memoirs: Not Quite What I WasPlanning (Harper Collins, 2008)
* Six-Word Memoirs on Love & Heartbreak (Harper Collins, 2009), Contributor
UPCOMING
I Want to Change the World: A Father, a Son, and the '60s Generation: A Memoir
VIDEO
CONTACT HARRIS
ONLINE NEWS
COMMON DREAMS
* The Health Care Debate Has Begun
* We're Talking About Socialism
COUNTERPUNCH
* Coming Out in an Up-and-Coming Sport
OPEDNEWS
* The Story of Parvin: Reflections on Hope
* Broken Health Care & Conservative Apologetics
* SiCKO & the Health Insurance Rip-Off
* Devolving World of the Right-Wing Media
* Where Are the Slander Merchants Taking Us?
* Border Guards Are Not the Answer
THE HUFFINGTON POST
* When Students Become Teachers
ZNET
* The Drama of the Gifted Therapist
* Will Obama Be Democrats' Hoover?
* Bill Ayers and the Talk Media Circus
* 'Alternative' Media Quietly Sells Out
* New Labor Spirit in Grocery Strike
* Whole Foods CEO's Dumb, Hypocritcal Conservative Talking Points
* Could Marijuana Be Legal in Illinois?
MISCELLANEOUS
* Heartland Coach: Women's Basketball Pioneer (PDF)
* Lies That Sell, Lies That Kill
* Iraq War and "Homeland Security"
* What Will Obama Presidency Bring?
* Socialism and the New Millenium
* Right-Wing Radio Explains (Away) Torture
* Pat Robertson: Salvation or Assassination?
INTERVIEWS
RADIO
PHOTOS
WELCOME TO WWW. MARK-T-HARRIS.COM
"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: Our History, Our Future," (HarperSanFancisco, 1986)
"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 Harris is is a powerful and eloquent writer."
—Carl Finamore, Bay Area labor journalist
"Mark Harris has consistently been one of our strongest voices. His thoughtful work illuminates complex issues and engages readers at a heartfelt level."
—Jim Slama, Conscious Choice magazine
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Mark T. Harris is a Portland, Oregon-based journalist and essayist. His writing appears in a variety of magazines, newspapers, and online news sites.
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). A former features writer for Nightingale-Conant's Insight magazine, Harris was for several years Choice Books columnist for Chicago's Conscious Choice magazine.
His notable contributions include "The Game of Life," a national cover story for Utne magazine on the psychological and health benefits of play in modern culture. Harris is also the author of a popular 2006 Dissent magazine expose, "Welcome to 'Whole-Mart'—Rotten Apples in the Social Responsibility Industry." In 2003, another investigative report, "Could Marijuana Be Legal in Illinois?" told the story of glaucoma sufferer Brenda Kratovil's efforts to enforce a little-known Illinois medical marijuana statute. This story for Chicago's Conscious Choice magazine was later widely reported by the Chicago Tribune and Fox News.
On the lighter side, he is a contributor to the recent best seller, “Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous and Obscure,” By Larry Smith, Rachel Fershleiser (Harper Collins, 2008). His flair for the ironic earned his contribution a mention in The New Yorker and on National Public Radio.
As a professional writer and editor, Mark T. Harris is a contributor to a variety of industry health care journals, newsletters, magazines. Additionally, he has provided editorial assistance on book and writing projects for many organizations and individuals.