The Progressive POPULIST

A Twice-Monthly Journal from the Heartland
August 1, 2015 -- Volume 21, Number 13


TABLE OF CONTENTS

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COVER/Paul Rosenberg p. 1
America’s worst governors want to be president

EDITORIAL p. 2
Court’s no friend; Croc tears on health mergers

JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
Marriage equality moves from taboo to justice; Let’s be generous to bankers in need; Billionaires-without-a-clue want to ‘fix’ Washington; ‘The Donald Show’; Flagging lies of Big Oil’s frackers on the 4th of July
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
BILL JOHNSTON p. 4
Let’s talk about race

RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
Dems buckle on fast-track vote

DISPATCHES p. 5
Congress greases skids for trade deals sought by Obama;
New OT rules would give 5M workers a raise;
Coming up: Revenge of the Court’s cons;
New rules help union organizers;
Obama to help low-income residents get solar power;
Warren backers swing to Bernie;
Stein to run again as Green;
Rubio rebukes Trump's Mexican bashing; Cruz 'not interested' ...

FROMA HARROP p. 6
Too many people still go to the ER
GRANT WIDEMAN p. 6
Finding my way back to me
JILL RICHARDSON p. 6
Pope Francis weighs in on newfangled crops
GENE LYONS p. 7
Why GOP has First Amendment upside down
DON ROLLINS p. 7
Why black liberation theology still applies
DAVID SIROTA p. 7
TPP gives corporations special legal rights
ROBERT B. REICH p. 9
Why we must fight economic apartheid
JOHN YOUNG p. 9
On the run, on campaign trail: The defiant ones

BOB BURNETT p. 10
Pope Francis challenges the Republicans
JOHN CAVANAUGH p. 10
Pope Francis vs. Washington
KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL p. 10
Behind the momentum for paid sick leave
MARY SANCHEZ p. 11
Supreme Court spared America a cataclysm
DEAN BAKER p. 11
The Fed, jobs and rewriting economic history
ANNA ELEANOR ROOSEVELT p. 11
What Hillary can learn from the Roosevelts
HEATHER DIGBY PARTON p. 12
John Roberts is an evil genius
KAREN DOLAN p. 12
A summer storm is brewing
JOAN WALSH p. 13
The mainstream media’s Bernie Sanders trap
RANDOLPH T. HOLHUT p. 13
The planet vs. the profiteers

WILL DURST p. 13
Rebel flag the ultimate dog whistle
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
Is a new South coming?
WENONAH HAUTER p. 14
Cutting off people’s water is just wrong

JIM GOODMAN p. 14
Free trade deals, a dirty secret of government

HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
Gotcha: The Obamacare word-game

SAM URETSKY p. 15
Sometimes patience isn’t a virtue

JASON STANFORD p. 15
A weapons-grade bad idea
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
Dissing Jackson

JOHN BUELL p. 16
Economics 101, revised edition

MARK WEISBROT p. 16
Congress weighs in on holding IMF accountable
JUAN COLE p. 17
Tehran press on talks
N. GUNASEKARAN p. 17
Anti-globalization movements’ victories

JOE CONASON p. 18
The Confederate flag’s real meaning
WENDELL POTTER p. 18
Wall Street overcharges at its hospitals
TINA DUPUY p. 18
Obamacare ruling is a conservative win
PUBLIC INTEREST/Ralph Nader p. 19
‘King Obama,’ his royal court, and the TPP
TED RALL p. 19
Welcome to the machine, President Sanders
ERIC BOEHLERT p. 20
The Christie collapse, a media dream dashed
SETH SANDRONSKY p. 20
Unraveling the Common Core

ROB PATTERSON p. 21
Rock is still here to stay
POPULIST PICKS p. 21
‘Salema’; ‘Path to War’; ‘Ballers’

EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
Steve Spurrier was right
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
‘What, to the slave, is your 4th of July?’
CONNIE SCHULTZ p. 22
What a gay day for Christians
DONALD KAUL p. 23
Obama’s amazing grace

POET/Michael Silverstein p. 23
The adults in the room

Cover illustration by Dolores Cullen


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