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COVER/Matt Davis p. 1
5 years later: A richer, whiter New Orleans
EDITORIAL p. 2
Shut door on plutocracy; Prove pollsters wrong
JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
Commitment to common good needed; What’s behind egg recall? Corporate assault on an honest senator; Dirty coal money; Cut Congress, not food stamps
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
JIM GOODMAN p. 5
The value of labor
DISPATCHES p. 5
Obama shows bark and bite; ‘Post’ banners GOP talking points; Muslim-bashing aids terrorists; Manufacturers say trade balance needed; Prog Dems nix Social Security fix ...
FROMA HARROP p. 6
Government protects the little guy
ANDREA GELFUSO p. 6
EPA hearings can be so, like, high school
ANDREA PEACOCK p. 6
Yellowstone neighbors wake up to drill threat
GENE LYONS p. 7
Glenn Beck’s religious rally nothing new
DAVID SIROTA p. 7
Despite celebration, Iraq war continues
JOE CONASON p. 7
Undeserving unemployed?
GREG PALAST p. 9
Bush’d again? N.O., Mr. O & Mr. Go
LARRY COX p. 9
Civil rights include right to return home
JANET REDMAN p. 9
Climate currency
ARIANNA HUFFINGTON p. 10
Hunger for purpose in times of transition
MARK BENJAMIN p. 10
At Beck rally, strong but vague feelings
MADISON CAPITAL TIMES p. 10
Sorry, Glenn, King’s ‘Dream’ marched in Detroit
JACK ROLLWAGEN p. 11
The real goal of the Beck rally
RICHARD TRUMKA p. 11
Stakes are high for Latino workers
TED RALL p. 12
Where did money go in Afghanistan?
ROBERT REICH p. 13
Cheaper money won’t mean more jobs
DEAN BAKER p. 13
Burning down the house
ANDREW LEONARD p. 13
Wall Street’s ridiculous Obama problem
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
Labor has a key role in restoring US
ROBERT BOROSAGE p. 14
Boehner’s half-baked economic plan
KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL p. 14
New York communities take on foreclosure
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
Sunshine for physicians
SAM URETSKY p. 15
Yesterday’s party
BOB BURNETT p. 15
No depression in heaven
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
Existential tempest in a teapot
GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet p. 16
Canary in a coal mine
JOHN BUELL p. 16
Profligate Europeans
MARK WEISBROT p. 17
Wrong lessons drawn from German recovery
BOOKS/Jake Whitney p. 17
What does it take to get US off war train?
ALEXANDER COCKBURN p. 18
Beck, Palin commandeer MLK’s dream
ROGER BYBEE p. 18
Mexican workers win union at NAFTA plant
MARGIE BURNS p. 18
In Blagojevich case, haste makes hung jury
PUBLIC INTEREST/Ralph Nader p. 19
Honoring those who toil
DAVE ZWEIFEL p. 19
Alliance calls for green technology
CHUCK COLLINS & SAM PIZZIGATI p. 20
Remember TR’s war on plutocracy
DON ROLLINS p. 20
Hallowed ground
DAVID ELLIOT p. 20
Happy 75th birthday, Social Security
ROB PATTERSON p. 21
‘Still Crazy’ is a great rock movie
POPULIST PICKS p. 21
War stories
EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
Revelations of rot in baseball’s crime wave
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
Rotten eggs and broken democracy
CONNIE SCHULTZ p. 22
Looking for blame in Glenn Beck’s America
DONALD KAUL p. 23
Case for killing Bush’s tax cuts for the rich
POET/Michael Silverstein p. 23
Dead in the water
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