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COVER/Quint Forgey p. 1
Evangelicals drive Ted Cruz in Iowa
EDITORIAL p. 2
The race gets serious; Obama should have dropped the mike
JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
Should big corporations pay the taxes they owe?; Why have TV networks pulled the plug on Bernie?; ISDS: A corporate clusterbomb to obliderate our sovereignty; Elites get their money the old-fashioned way: stealing; Willie’s reserve
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
DON ROLLINS p. 4
Obama, Plato and why leaders lead
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
We have the right to remain active
DISPATCHES p. 5
Pipeline promoter’s lawsuit might boost trade pact opponents;
New Louisiana governor expands Medicaid on first day;
US solar industry creates more jobs than oil & gas extraction;
Oklahomans sue frackers over earthquakes;
Good jobs report for December;
Bernie Sanders gets MoveOn endorsement;
Americans are happier and angrier than ever;
Major coal company files for bankruptcy;
Public sector unions brutalized at Supreme Court ...
FROMA HARROP p. 6
Taxes, regulations and a swell economy
JILL RICHARDSON p. 6
When life makkes resolutions for you
PAUL LARMER p. 6
Modern sagebrush rebels recycle fantasies
GENE LYONS p. 7
No racial double standard in Oregon
JOHN YOUNG p. 7
Gun lobby gets what it wants: fear
KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL p. 7
Michael Moore: Make America great again
SEAN ILLING p. 8
Bernie, Hillary war over Wall Street
ROBERT BOROSAGE p. 8
2016: When the voting starts
BOB BURNETT p. 9
2015: The year the GOP got conned
ROBERT B. REICH p. 9
2016: Ending the cycle of wealth and power
ELIAS ISQUITH p. 9
Trump’s in it to win it
ROBERT KUTTNER p. 10
Thinking twice about political correctness
GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet p. 10
Shutting the door
BILL JOHNSTON p. 10
Immigration is still making America great
MARY SANCHEZ p. 11
Trump: Think twice before picking on Bill
DEAN BAKER p. 11
Making America safer for predatory capitalism
HAL CROWTHER p. 12
Red altert: A cultural flatline?
AMANDA MARCOTTE p. 13
Oregon militamen: More free stuff for us
EMILY SCHWARTZ GRECO p. 13
A green and dirty gift
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
Guns and sense
BOB CESCA p. 14
The fanatical dogma of Alex Jones
WENONAH HAUTER p. 14
After Paris, our work continues
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
Medicare Part D: Rethinking public-private
SAM URETSKY p. 15
Who will prevail in climate change debate?
JOEL JOSEPH p. 15
Born in the USA?
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
Populism and its antithesis
JOHN BUELL p. 16
Governments, markets, entrepeneur success
JOHN KIRIAKOU p. 16
GOP candidates know nothing about Syria
JUAN COLE p. 17
Iraqi Shiites up in arms
MADEA BENJAMIN p. 17
Reason to rethink toxic US-Saudi alliance
JOE CONASON p. 18
Will corporate America confront climate denial?
ERIC BLUMBERG p. 18
Another apology for Congressman Steve King
DANA FLOBERG p. 18
Broadband rates are too damn high
SETH SANDRONSKY p. 18
Sanders socialism, then and now
PUBLIC INTEREST/Ralph Nader p. 19
The rumble from the people can work
TED RALL p. 19
Cops: too crazy to be trusted with guns
JOSEPH B. ATKINS p. 20
Four reasons for labor to cheer in the South
HEATHER SEGGEL p. 20
Searching for housing gets curiouser
ED RAMPELL p. 21
The surefire method to defeat terrorists
EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
Women in sports: The story of the year
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
Another unhappy year at Guantamo
CONNIE SCHULTZ p. 22
A president cries, and the NRA trembles
DONALD KAUL p. 23
Martin Shkreli: My person of the year
POET/Michael Silverstein p. 23
The Trump appeal to low-income Dems
Cover illustration by Dolores Cullen
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This page posted January 16, 2016