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COVER/Joan Walsh p. 1
Obama II: Older, wiser, stronger
EDITORIAL p. 2
Gun-shy Dems; Missed opportunity for reform
JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
Inaugural address: Progressive and presidential; Let a grunt run the Pentagon for a change; Wither the Tea Party?; Who’s behind ‘Fix the debt’?; Bonuses for Banksters
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
Bring back hope
DISPATCHES p. 5
Bipartisan deal jumpstarts immigration reform; Gun attrition day shootings; Harkin to retire; Nevada Republican guilty in vote fraud case; States buck union decline ...
FROMA HARROP p. 6
Thinking gets better, the second term around
ANDREW KORFHAGE p. 6
Key proposal for administration’s second term
PETER ANDREY SMITH p. 6
Canadian gov’t cuts pollution research crucial
GENE LYONS p. 7
True believers in a firearm fantasy
DAVID SIROTA p. 7
The second amendment vs. first amendment
DAVE ZWEIFEL p. 8
Walker’s Wisconsin on downward slide
MIKE LUX p. 8
Obama speaks to our progressive traditions
JARED BERNSTEIN p. 9
President Obama’s second inaugural speech
RAUL A. REYES p. 9
Border fears riddled with holes
GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet p. 10
Obama 2.0
JOHN YOUNG p. 10
The people vs. buckets of money
BOB BURNETT p. 10
Top ten taxes
ARIANNA HUFFINGTON p. 11
Worldwide resilience key to our future
JOHN NICHOLS p. 11
Republicans scheming to ‘win’ even if they lose
ROBERT BOROSAGE p. 12
Obama’s second act
SARITA GUPTA p. 12
Filling Solis’s shoes won’t be easy
JIM WALLIS p. 13
The NRA’s dangerous theology
RON CARVER p. 13
Second amendment vigilantes
JASON STANFORD p. 13
Why are guns constitutionally protected?
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
It’s up to us
WENONAH HAUTER p. 14
Frankenfish: Don’t put a fork in it
DEAN BAKER p. 14
Aaron Swartz, financial fraud, and Justice Dept.
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
Opioid entrepreneurs battle government
SAM URETSKY p. 15
Flimsy evidence for flu meds
DON ROLLINS p. 15
Obama administration takes on payday lenders
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
Taxmaggedon reform
JOHN BUELL p. 16
Whose funerals matter?
N. GUNASEKARAN p. 17
A daughter’s death leads to society awakening
MARK WEISBROT p. 17
Japan’s fiscal stimulus: There is free lunch
JOE CONASON p. 18
Echoes of FDR: Obama’s inaugural address
TINA DUPUY p. 18
Sea change in firearms debate
ROBERT SCHEER p. 18
Another word for propaganda
PUBLIC INTEREST/Ralph Nader p. 19
Take the lead on raising the minimum wage
TED RALL p. 19
Murder by prosecutor
ART CULLEN
From Iowa coal mines to pinnacle of Senate
NORMAN SOLOMON p. 20
Obama oratory vs. Obama reality
POPULIST PICKS p. 21
ROB PATTERSON p. 21
Dipping my toe in the digital flow
EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
The NFL: Where Dr. King’s dream goes to die
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
Obama’s dirty wars exposed at Sundance
CONNIE SCHULTZ p. 22
Hillary schools Congress and teaches girls
DONALD KAUL p. 23
We don’t need a secretary of militarism
POET/Michael Silverstein p. 23
Bidding Karzai and crew an adieu
Cover illustration by Dolores Cullen
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