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COVER/Thomas Frank p. 1
The 1 Percent’s long con
EDITORIAL p. 2
Don’t bite terrorist bait
JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
A billionaire’s sound advice to billionaire club; Burger King pulls a Whopper on us; Let’s turn Pope Francis loose on Wall Street; Scary Perry foments fear that terrorists ‘could be’ coming from Mexico; Cargill’s GMO hypocrisy
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
JOEL D. JOSEPH p. 4
Shame on Ralph Lauren, US Open
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
Know details when working the polls
DISPATCHES p. 5
Living wage works for SeaTac;
GOP nightmare: Obamacare is working;
Va. Gov. McAuliffe gets limited Medicaid expansion;
Obama beats Reagan on economic recovery but can’t get word out;
Dems can win on fighting for Social Security;
Ga. GOP'er complains about early black voters;
Senate Republicans block constitutional fix to 'Citizens United';
The race is on;
McCarthy breaks promise on closing Ex-Im bank;
House passes bill to halt EPA water rule;
Former coal mine foreman: 'Fired because I wouldn't contribute to GOP'
...
FROMA HARROP p. 6
What about that VA hospital scandal?
ALLEN RUTBERG p. 6
Yes, wildlife contraception works
JILL RICHARDSON p. 6
The case for making foreign aid a two-way street
GENE LYONS p. 7
Murky facts in Ferguson resist easy conclusion
DAVE JOHNSON p. 7
Why fight for unions?
DAVID SIROTA p. 7
Should US companies have to pay taxes?
J. RENAUD and J. WESTBERG p. 9
Solid data emerges on people killed by officers
WENDELL POTTER p. 10
Insurers using familiar playbook to protect profit
DEAN BAKER p. 10
Labor day victories to celebrate
MARJORIE E. WOOD p. 10
Prescription for treating runaway CEO pay
MARY SANCHEZ p. 11
The enduring significance of Anita Hill
TIMOTHY KARR p. 11
Staving off jams on information super-highway
DON ROLLINS p. 11
Poverty of mind affects graduation rate
EDWARD McCLELLAND p. 12
GOP thrives on split between whites, unions
THOM HARTMANN p. 12
GOP war on workers has killed again
JOAN WALSH p. 13
What the left must do to defeat wingnuts
SAM PIZZIGATI p. 13
Taming modern monopolies
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
A level playing field
WENONAH HAUTER p. 14
Protect public lands from becoming private profit
MARK ANDERSON p. 14
Send money to Main Street, not Wall Street
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
Battling Obamacare
SAM URETSKY p. 15
Tax cuts result in revenue shortfalls
ROBERT B. REICH p. 15
Back to college, the only gateway to middle class
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
Yes, Toto, we are in Kansas
JOHN BUELL p. 16
Public campaign finance reform: What’s at stake
MIKE LUX p. 16
The meaning of the Koch Brothers tapes
BRUCE A. MORRISON p. 17
The day the world changed: ’94 IRA ceasefire
J. CAVANAGH and R. BROAD p. 17
Weapons take aim at El Salvador
JOE CONASON p. 18
Rush Limbaugh exposes hole in his soul
TINA DUPUY p. 18
Punishing Africa for buying our exports
KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL p. 18
US condemnation of press restrictions abroad
PUBLIC INTEREST/Ralph Nader p. 19
The crime of overbilling healthcare
TED RALL p. 19
Half of Americans are or have been poor
JOHN YOUNG p. 19
‘Overkill’: Inexcusable term for policing
ERIC J. SEGALL p. 20
The last honest conservative
SETH SANDRONSKY p. 20
A world to win
ROB PATTERSON p. 21
Entertainment and responsibility
POPULIST PICKS p. 21
The Alamo; Labyrinth; Billy Connolly’s Rte 66
EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
The NFL and domestic violence
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
The guns of August
CONNIE SCHULTZ p. 22
Faith among the ashes
JASON STANFORD p. 23
Rick Perry loves the troops, hates feeding them
POET/Michael Silverstein p. 23
Middle East — no looking back
Cover illustration by Dolores Cullen
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