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COVER/Martha Rosenberg p. 1
‘Big Meat’ breeds super bugs
EDITORIAL p. 2
Who owes apology?; GOP war on women
JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
‘Citizens United’ spawns Gingrich; Chief Twinkie at Hostess goes Ding Dong; Supreme Court, what a joke; Watchdogs with cameras; Tech execs say US fails them
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
JOHN FENTON p. 5
Let EPA protect groundwater from drillers
DISPATCHES p. 5
Weakest inevitable nominee ever; Senate Dems concede to GOP on union rules; Romney defends Planned Parenthood defunding; Catholics support birth control; Sanders proposes curb on corporations; Corporate tax rate plunges; Arizona unionbusting; Quiet triumph of Obama care ...
JULIA OLMSTEAD p. 6
Crop insurance protects food supply
JIM VAN DER POL p. 6
Enlarge loaf with trickle-up economics
FROMA HARROP p. 6
What Komen affair means for November
DON ROLLINS p. 7
Farming while black is extra risky
DAVID SIROTA p. 7
Consumer spending rises, income stagnates
GENE LYONS p. 7
GOP hysteria part of Obama’s strategy
ANDREW LEONARD p. 9
Tougher laws drive immigrants underground
R. TRAISTER & J. WALSH p. 9
Komen’s gift to Planned Parenthood
BOB BURNETT p. 10
Obama’s common sense resonates
ROBERT BOROSAGE p. 10
President Obama talks American Dream
STEVE KORNACKI p. 11
Mitt wins Fla. but Newt wins Deep South
ARIANNA HUFFINGTON p. 11
Repub challengers call Europe welfare state
DEAN BAKER p. 11
Manufacturing agenda depends on dollar
MICHAEL LIND p. 12
Who’s afraid of industrial policy?
WILL DURST p. 12
Mitt no weird-shoe-wearing hip-hopper
B. MOYERS & M. WINSHIP p. 13
Wall Street throws frat party in Manhattan
SALLY HERRIN p. 13
Rust never sleeps and money never gives up
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
Campaign of insults slung on President
KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL p. 14
Schneiderman fights to rein in Wall St.
SETH SANDRONSKY p. 14
Tea Party rise to power rebrands GOP
ROBERT REICH p. 15
US companies still create jobs overseas
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
Confederacy of hypocrites cuts health care
SAM URETSKY p. 15
Paul and Romney’s half-baked health care
ROGER BYBEE p. 16
Liberals ignore free trade, unionbusting
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
Bain as in pain
MARK WEISBROT p. 17
US ‘democracy promo’ rings hollow in Mideast
RANDOLPH T. HOLHUT p. 17
‘Other America’ back with vengeance
TINA DUPUY p. 18
GOP preaches prosperity gospel
ALEXANDER COCKBURN p. 18
President Obama all talk, little action
JOHN BUELL p. 18
Mitt blames Europe for broken economy
TED RALL p. 19
Tax ‘fairness’ won’t reduce inequality
PUBLIC INTEREST/Ralph Nader p. 19
Follow the hospital bills
RICHARD R. TROXELL p. 20
Restore opportunity with a living wage
JEFF BIGGERS p. 20
Groups demand release of detained books
ROB PATTERSON p. 21
Power, control, sexuality and sports
POPULIST PICKS/Rob Patterson p. 21
Life changes
EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
Final insult: Nike CEO eulogizes Joe Paterno
CONNIE SCHULTZ p. 22
Answer the question, candidate Gingrich
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
Obama’s payment to mortgage fraud vics
DONALD KAUL p. 22
Profiting from the Pentagon
POET/Michael Silverstein p. 23
The marketing security complex poem
Cover illustration by Dolores Cullen
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