The Progressive POPULIST

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August 15, 2016 -- Volume 22, Number 14


TABLE OF CONTENTS

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COVER/David Dayen p. 1
The nightmare of college debt

EDITORIAL p. 2
Dems move toward unity

JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
What’s next for the Bernie Sanders revolution?
How to make a political platform progressive.
Banks don’t commit crimes, bankers do.
Paul Ryan’s hot new idea: more rank corporate giveaways
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
ERIC BLUMBERG p. 4
You can’t fix stupid

RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
Don’t wait to vote for the perfect candidate

DISPATCHES p. 5
‘Berniecrats’ keep revolution going by running for office;
GOP platform breaks Trump’s ‘no cuts’ pledge on Social Security, Medicare;
Va. court blocks felon voting order, gov readies pen;
Trump ordered to pay $300K legal fees for stiffing paint store;
Who's up in the Senate if Dems take over? ...

FROMA HARROP p. 6
Questions remain on Saudi role in Sept. 11
PAIGE BLANKENBUEHLER p. 6
Retreating glaciers a sign of Alaska’s meltdown
JILL RICHARDSON p. 6
Loving America means finding fault with it

GENE LYONS p. 7
They were never close to indicting Hillary
JOHN YOUNG p. 7
‘Open carry’s’ theater of the absurd

EBONY SLAUGHTER-JOHNSON p. 7
Still second-class citizens
DON ROLLINS p. 8
Is Ohio’s biggest online school too big to fail?
BOB BURNETT p. 8
Hillary can win big

ROGER BYBEE p. 9
Trump’s choice of Pence reaches out to donor class, undermines trade criticism

RICHARD ESKOW p. 10
Trump’s terrifying pitch: better than you think
KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL p. 10
The mind-set that drives fear, hate and Trump
MARY SANCHEZ p. 11
Trump strongman fantasy deeply un-American
DEAN BAKER p. 11
Is Trump serious about trade, or anything?
CHUCK COLLINS p. 11
The American dream moved to Canada
ROBERT KUTTNER p. 12
Hillary Clinton and the Obama legacy
BRENDAN GAUTHIER p. 12
7 things you need to know about Mike Pence
AMANDA MARCOTTE p. 13
Resistance is futile
ERIC BOEHLERT p. 13
Ailes, Trump and the Republican reckoning
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
After Dallas and Baton Rouge, we need action
MARGE BAKER p. 14
Trump isn’t the only Republican with a woman problem
JOEL D. JOSEPH p. 14
Trump’s trade, tax theories are seriously flawed

HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
Mentally ill: The dialectic of crisis, solution, crisis

SAM URETSKY p. 15
Trump takes the doubt out of voting
SAM PIZZIGATI p. 15
Big headlines for a tiny wage hike
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
Brexitology 101

JOHN BUELL p. 16
Don’t blame the robots

MARK ANDERSON p. 16
Brexit: One-way ticket to ‘Atlanticism’?

JUAN COLE p. 17
Newt should check out Pence’s Christian Sharia
JOE CONASON p. 18
French paradox: Terror attacks continue as ISIS loses ground
BOOK REVIEW/Heath Seggel p. 18
We’ve come a long way ... maybe

BOOK REVIEW/Seth Sandronsky p. 18
The myth of Paul Ryan

PUBLIC INTEREST/Ralph Nader p. 19
Vanishing people’s wealth to make bosses richer
TED RALL p. 19
Cop’s shouldn’t write tickets
FR. DONNELL KIRCHNER p. 20
Tribes: the black community can help heal white police

MOVIES/Ed Rampell p. 20
‘Zero Days’ takes on 21st century combat

ROB PATTERSON p. 21
Law & Order & Fire & EMT

EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
Media are totally wrong about the role of athletes in Black Lives Matter
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
Videotaping a crime is not a crime
CONNIE SCHULTZ p. 22
RNC message: be very afraid
ROBERT B. REICH p. 23
Hillary deserves presidency but must overcome public distrust
POET/Michael Silverstein p. 23
A Brexit, abraxas

Cover illustration by Dolores Cullen


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