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COVER/Tim Donovan p. 1
Do Americans still not get Reaganomics?
EDITORIAL p. 2
Dems should fear the Left
JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
Wall Street hogs still running wild; Corporations abuse workers; If you’re poor, Republican lawmakers want your urine; The wisdom of the wealthy; Corporate chieftains say America is unattractive
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
Behold the Monsanto rider
DISPATCHES p. 5
Obama dares GOP on nominees; Lax gun states have more gun violence; Immigration reform advances; US collects less taxes; Modern GOP would reject ‘Iron Lady’ ...
FROMA HARROP p. 6
Often you don’t need a doctor
WILL POTTER p. 6
These laws make me want to gag
LISA JONES p. 6
White media kills Indians again and again
GENE LYONS p. 7
Race has nothing to do with shootings
DAVID SIROTA p. 7
The Supreme Court’s radical new precedent
PLAIN TALK/Dave Zweifel p. 7
What’s ahead? A dictatorship of wealth?
DEAN BAKER p. 8
Profit shares hit new highs
ROBERT BOROSAGE p. 9
Rising American electorate: Sinking together
MICHAEL LIND p. 9
Private sector parasites
WENDELL POTTER p. 10
Don’t let state lawmakers benefit the few
ROBERT WEISSMAN p. 10
The beginning of the end of ‘too-big-to-fail’
ARIANNA HUFFINGTON p. 11
Disconnecting from distraction is a good start
NORMAN SOLOMON p. 11
Digital grab: Corporate power seized Internet
JOAN WALSH p. 12
Mr. President, you won the election, not them!
MIKE LUX p. 12
Your budget represents your values
SAM PIZZIGATI p. 13
When workers foot the bill for bailouts
MICHAEL BRUNE p. 13
Tar sands: A matter of time
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
Dr. King’s last mission
WENONAH HAUTER p. 14
Environmental groups can greenwash
ROBERT REICH p. 14
Don’t cut Social Security and Medicare
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
Memo to physicians: Open up your offices
SAM URETSKY p. 15
Wrong money was cut by sequestration
JOHN YOUNG p. 15
Worst investment of the century
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
More market madness
JOHN BUELL p. 16
Cyprus and the quest for safe havens
ZACH CARTER and RYAN GRIM p. 17
Obama’s trade deal gives power to corporations
SCOTT KLINGER p. 17
Transplanting taxes from corporations to rest of us
DON ROLLINS p. 17
The girls who played ball 70 years ago
JOE CONASON p. 18
Heresies and vindications of Anthony Lewis
TINA DUPUY p. 18
Rites vs. rights
ROBERT SCHEER p. 18
It wasn’t Stockman who wrecked the economy
PUBLIC INTEREST/Ralph Nader p. 19
Corporations are unpatriotic
TED RALL p. 19
The mayors of Brokesville
JIM CULLEN p. 20
Grace, lawyers save victim of Texas injustice
JASON STANFORD p. 20
Turning Texas into a battleground state
WILL DURST p. 20
Equal is as equal does
ROB PATTERSON p. 21
Twitter happens
POPULIST PICKS p. 21
EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
Pro sports can help end rape
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
Edie Windsor’s day in court
CONNIE SCHULTZ p. 22
Celebrate the converts to marriage equality
DONALD KAUL p. 23
Watching Great Depression re-run
POET/Michael Silverstein p. 23
World reality, market dreams
Cover illustration by Dolores Cullen
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