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COVER/Raul A. Reyes p. 1
GOP votes to deport as many kids as possible
EDITORIAL p. 2
Still cleaning up after W; Challenge Hillary
JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
The post office is a money-making operation; Damning nuttiness of GOP’s ‘Hell No’ faction; Why does John Brennan still have a job? What we’ve paid for war in Afghanistan and Iraq; Perry goes from callous to disgusting
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
DON ROLLINS p. 4
As public education goes, so goes the nation
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
Stand your ground at polls
DISPATCHES p. 5
GOP states refuse $423.6B in health coverage;
Improving economy doesn’t help Obama;
Congress more popular than Putin;
GOP lawsuit, impeachment talk helps Dems;
Arming Syrian rebels wouldn't have stopped ISIS;
Dems ready for Foley in Conn., other election notes;
Researcher funds only 31 voter fraud cases in 14 years;
Obama could end Argentina debt crisis ...
FROMA HARROP p. 6
Doing well by doing good — better by doing bad
DON NELSON p. 6
How to put out a paper in the midst of wildfire
JILL RICHARDSON p. 6
A prickly question
GENE LYONS p. 7
No peace in Gaza if Netanyahu can prevent it
WILL DURST p. 7
Pandora’s box of worms
DAVID SIROTA p. 7
Clinton vs. Warren: Big differences
DIANA ANAHI TORRES-VALVERDE p. 8
The other immigrant youth crisis
MARK HETFELD p. 8
Border problem, beltway crisis
HEATHER DIGBY PARTON p. 9
Wingnut scams troops
KATIE McDONOUGH p. 9
GOP suddenly fears social issues
SIMON MALOY p. 10
Conservatives get their Obamacare wish
WENDELL POTTER p. 10
Talking points trump truth in Washington
ROBERT B. REICH p. 10
Workers who serve society aren’t rewarded
MARY SANCHEZ p. 11
Border obsession overlooks trade with Mexico
DEAN BAKER p. 11
Inflation hawks: Job killers at the Fed
EDWARD McCLELLAND p. 12
Tea party’s self-defeating hate
ZACH CARTER p. 12
House Republicans finally surrender to ACORN
JOAN WALSH p. 13
GOP’s strategy: Do nothing, blame Obama
LEO W. GERARD p. 13
Let’s sue the GOP
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
Voting Rights Act to Voting Rights Amendment
KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL p. 14
Building a progressive alternative to ALEC
DAVE ZWEIFEL p. 14
Beware of those Koch brother candidates
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
When government behaves like big business
SAM URETSKY p. 15
Tax cuts have consequences
JOHN YOUNG p. 15
GOP’s answer now: ‘Dynamite the bridges’
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
School daze: Part 2
JOHN BUELL p. 16
Resisting Common Core by uncommon means
MARK ANDERSON p. 17
The best Trans-Pacific pact is no pact
PHYLLIS BENNIS p. 17
Violating international law in Gaza
A. SOLOMON and N. SOLOMON p. 17
New York Times: Thumbs up for Gaza slaughter
JOE CONASON p. 18
Why GOP impeachment fever is so predictable
TINA DUPUY p. 18
Children seek asylum and find antipathy
JIM GOODMAN p. 18
Sound science is deception
PUBLIC INTEREST/Ralph Nader p. 19
Obama and ‘public sentiment’
TED RALL p. 19
Clueless in Gaza
TIMOTHY KARR p. 20
The biggest lie about net neutrality
BOOK REVIEW/Seth Sandronsky p. 20
Monopoly capital now
BOOK REVIEW/Kristian Williams p. 20
The art of ‘war’
ROB PATTERSON p. 21
Alex Chilton is still worth remembering
POPULIST PICKS p. 21
‘Turn’; Springsteen; ‘Saving Mr. Banks’
EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
Former soccer star killed in Gaza
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
Hiroshima and Nagasaki, 69 years later
CONNIE SCHULTZ p. 22
Race-baiting for life, redux
JASON STANFORD p. 23
Obama’s secret diplomatic victories
POET/Michael Silverstein p. 23
Energy past and future
Cover illustration by Dolores Cullen
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