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COVER/Jake Blumgart p. 1
Vulture capitalism — not unions — killed Twinkies
EDITORIAL p. 2
Stop the Grand Con; Chinese credit
JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
Lord help us — Bosses gone berserk; Election weirdness; Brecksvillians beat City Hall; New man atop pedestal of political goofiness; By axing parks, politicos steal from people
BILL JOHNSTON p. 4
Why do Washington voters hate democracy?
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
Time to provide the muscle behind the vote
DISPATCHES p. 5
Dems’ resistance to ‘entitlement’ cuts grows; Unemployment insurance kept 2.3M out of poverty; Fla. GOP exes confess plot to suppress voting; Worker unrest at Walmart; Special payments drive Postal Service losses ...
FROMA HARROP p. 6
Health coverage ‘gift’ to ourselves
HILLARY GIBSON p. 6
Voting can be good for your health
JONATHAN THOMPSON p. 6
What war on coal?
GENE LYONS p. 7
Searching for answers in real America
PLAIN TALK/Dave Zweifel p. 7
Walker gets to walk high wire for two years
DAVID SIROTA p. 7
Ending the drug war
LEO W. GERARD p. 8
Party of entitled rich threatens economy
WENDELL POTTER p. 9
Usual suspects who would gut Obamacare
NATE C. HINDMAN p. 9
Papa John’s Obamacare price hike cheers Ian’s Pizza
MARK ENGLER p. 9
After election: Time to stop settling for lesser evil
RANDOLPH T. HOLHUT p. 10
Obama, Dems needs to think like winners
SAM PIZZIGATI p. 10
The return on those bad bets on Romney
BOB BURNETT p. 10
Reappraising Obama
ARIANNA HUFFINGTON p. 11
Help Obama be a better president
DEAN BAKER p. 11
The shrill and the serious
SARAH ANDERSON p. 11
The Trojan horse in the debt debate
STEVE COBBLE p. 12
The classy election of 2012
TA-NEHISI COATES p. 12
Republican problems more than packaging
KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL p. 12
The budget deal we deserve
MIKE LUX p. 13
Centrism, the other loser in 2012
GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet p. 13
More of the right kind of Socialism
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
False fears and horrors
WENONAH HAUTER p. 14
Organizing CAN trump special interest money
ROBERT SCHEER p. 14
The land of milk and honey once more
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
The fed-up contingent: Drugs, prices and Beale
SAM URETSKY p. 15
Time to get serious about saving the planet
RAUL REYES p. 15
Will Supreme Court dismantle Voting Act?
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
What we have (and haven’t) learned
JOHN BUELL p. 16
Inequality and climate change
DON ROLLINS p. 16
Pastoral politicking puts church-state in question
MARGIE BURNS p. 17
Eyeless in Gaza, shirtless in the FBI
ROBERT REICH p. 17
BP is not a criminal
JOE CONASON p. 18
Mitt Romney’s sneering farewell to ‘47%’
TINA DUPUY p. 18
Reclaim Obamacare, Republicans!
JEFFREY YOUNG p. 18
Medicaid expansion to poor Southerners denied
PUBLIC INTEREST/Ralph Nader p. 19
Preserve benefits: cut gouging and inequities
TED RALL p. 19
The leftist Republican party of the future
MOVIE REVIEW/Jim Castagnera p. 20
‘Lincoln’ reminds of worthy causes
MIMI KENNEDY p. 20
The curious case of Don Siegelman
ROB PATTERSON p. 21
Post-political pop music
POPULIST PICKS p. 21
EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
Killing hope: Why Israel targets sports in Gaza
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
It’s the occupation, stupid
CONNIE SCHULTZ p. 22
Navigating the post-election divide
JASON STANFORD p. 23
P***ing away taxpayer money
POET/Michael Silverstein p. 23
Twinkienomics tale
Cover illustration by Dolores Cullen
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