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COVER/Joan Walsh p. 1
The case against Hillary
EDITORIAL p. 2
Let Uncle Sam do health exchanges
JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
The airline industry’s fee-for-all; Please, Obama, don’t do it!; Cluelessness of D.C.’s budget fixers; Who really killed the Twinkie?; Secessionist tempest in Texas
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
FR. DONNELL KIRCHNER p. 4
How church’s mission was helped by elections
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
EZ for corporate developers, hard on taxpayers
DISPATCHES p. 5
‘Right to work’ blitz starts war in Mich.; GOP ready to hold debt ceiling hostage again; Dem leaders back off from raising Medicare age ...
FROMA HARROP p. 6
How to kill Social Security, with a smile
LAWRENCE J. HANLEY and BILL McKIBBEN p. 6
Think about the transportation sector
SARAH GILMAN p. 6
Drilling: if not here, where?
GENE LYONS p. 7
Debt jockeying
WILL DURST p. 7
Top 10 comedic news stories of 2012
DAVID SIROTA p. 7
Dangers of a data-driven world
ROBERT SCHEER p. 9
A sign that Obama will repeat mistakes
SAM PIZZIGATI p. 9
To move forward, we must learn progressive past
JILL STEIN p. 9
Mother nature belongs at the bargaining table
JOHN NICHOLS p. 10
Is Paul Ryan making Socialism sound better?
MARK ANDERSON p. 10
Teen fights school tracking measures
ARIANNA HUFFINGTON p. 11
Grow economy by growing debate about it
DEAN BAKER p. 11
The serious people are on the war path
JOEL D. JOSEPH p. 11
How to raise revenue without raising taxes
ROBERT BOROSAGE p. 12
On the fiscal extortion; just say no
ROBERT B. REICH p. 13
Why we must stop obsessing about the deficit
RICHARD (RJ) ESKOW p. 13
The 1%’s ‘fiscal cliff’ counter-revolution televised
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
‘Fiscal cliff’ obscures lack of shared sacrifice
WENONAH HAUTER p. 14
How agribusiness harms the organic sector
BOB BURNETT p. 14
Global climate change: preparing for WWIII
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
Ideological resolve: the courage to be cruel
SAM URETSKY p. 15
Winning the debates
EMILY SCHWARTZ GRECO p. 15
Dodging the fiscal swindle
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
Life among the cliff dwellers
JOHN BUELL p. 16
Beware of the bipartisan menace
THE AMERICAS/Roberto Rodriguez p. 17
Anti-thesis to segregation: Raza studies now!
DON ROLLINS p. 17
Funding for pregnant teens under fire
PLAIN TALK/Dave Zweifel p. 17
As rich get richer, something’s gotta give
JOE CONASON p. 18
In persecution of Rice, Republicans sink
TINA DUPUY p. 18
Republican women: seen but not chairmen
GENE NICHOL p. 18
Racialized criminal justice
PUBLIC INTEREST/Ralph Nader p. 19
Reining in Obama and his drones
TED RALL p. 19
Awaiting a slut moment
BILL MOYERS p. 20
FCC may give Murdoch a merry Christmas
BOOK REVIEW/Seth Sandronsky p. 20
Is doomsday ok?
MICHAEL SILVERSTEIN p. 20
A prayer for higher taxes
ROB PATTERSON p. 21
Dems’ win little help for liberal talkers
POPULIST PICKS p. 21
EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
How can they play? Murder, suicide and NFL
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
A carbon tsunami in Doha
CONNIE SCHULTZ p. 22
More hope and less worry at Donna’s diner
JASON STANFORD p. 23
Rumpelstiltskin economics
POET/Michael Silverstein p. 23
Biblical politics
Cover illustration by Dolores Cullen
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