The Progressive POPULIST

A Twice-Monthly Journal from the Heartland
January 1-15, 2014 -- Volume 20, Number 1


TABLE OF CONTENTS

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COVER/David Dayen p. 1
America’s next big ripoff: car subprime crisis

EDITORIAL p. 2
No ‘fast track’ for secret trade deal

JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
Billionaires reap farm subsidy cash; Coca-Cola’s fat-headed front groups; A curse, a blessing, and a good food movement; Slapping the poor just for the hell of it; Lawmakers who force the poor to take drug tests should be drug-tested
DON ROLLINS p. 4
Obama and the reverse coattail effect

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
Stories that move society forward

DISPATCHES p. 5
Healthcare 2.0 threatens GOP; Squeals at filibuster neutering; GM survives rescue; Teabag challengers; Libs losing radio stations turn to web

FROMA HARROP p. 6
The greatness of Obamacare
S. ANDREWS & M. GARRINGTON p. 6
Oil shale never stays down long
SARAH ANDERSON p. 6
Fast food giants gorge on subsidies
GENE LYONS p. 7
The South keeps America interesting
DAVID SIROTA p. 7
Ending the fire zone subsidy
JOHN YOUNG p. 7
Worshippers at church of the immaculate profit
JASON LINKINS p. 8
‘Third Way’ warns Dems off populism
DEAN BAKER p. 9
Everyday low wages at Walmart
ROBERT B. REICH p. 9
The true price of great holiday deals
BRIAN BEUTLER p. 10
Obamacare repeal crusade officially dead
MARGIE BURNS p. 10
‘Obamacare’ neglects insurance company abuses

MARY SANCHEZ p. 11
A year after Sandy Hook, we’re still in denial
BOB BURNETT p. 11
Polarization: Worse than you think

SAM PIZZIGATI p. 11
The retirement deficit
SEAN McELWEE p. 12
Regulations don’t kill jobs, they save lives
GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet p. 12
Minimum wage is a minimum right

JOAN WALSH p. 13
Republicans’ self-hatred swells
WENDELL POTTER p. 13
Obamacare website will be spin from here on in
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
Pope raises call for justice
JILL RICHARDSON p. 14
Islands in the storm
MARK ANDERSON p. 14
Trans-Pacific trade pact plows ahead
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
Mad victors
SAM URETSKY p. 15
Sentencing laws need rational reforms
JASON STANFORD p. 15
Texas vs. California
Retrograde trade

JOHN BUELL p. 16
Glass/Steagall isn’t enough

MICHAEL I. NIMAN p. 17
The biggest crime story nobody’s reporting
N. SOLOMON & A. SOLOMON p. 17
Overplaying its hand, Israel still holds US cards
JOE CONASON p. 18
Why GOP can’t address rising inequality
TINA DUPUY p. 18
2013’s hunger strike round-up
ROBERT SCHEER p. 18
Obama finally earned that peace prize
PUBLIC INTEREST/Ralph Nader p. 19
Shake ’em up Harvard Law School day
TED RALL p. 19
Smart young people reject public service
AVIVA SHEN & JUDD LEGUM p. 20
Six things Nelson Mandela believed
RICHARD ESKOW p. 20
What’s the best way to remember Mandela?
ROB PATTERSON p. 21
‘Louie’ is just one of the guys

POPULIST PICKS p. 21
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
Cowsills; Jess Klein; ‘I Claudius’

EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
Mandela’s use of sports
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
Poverty wages in the land of plenty
CONNIE SCHULTZ p. 22
Tip in cash, and don’t be a jerk
WILL DURST p. 23
The foggy crystal ball
POET/Michael Silverstein p. 23
Dear HP, please marry me

Cover illustration by Dolores Cullen


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