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COVER/David Dayen p. 1
Elizabeth Warren’s populist insurgency
EDITORIAL p. 2
Swindlers get reprieve
JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
Peeking under the big top at this year’s three-ring election circus; Why are we subsidizing corporate crime?; Too few people control too much of America’s money and power; Pope shows how to deal with princes of Wall Street; Unholy cuts of government-subsidized ‘Boom’
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
DON ROLLINS p. 4
A pastor swears to God
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
Secrecy about GMO food breeds rumors
DISPATCHES p. 5
Millions could lose jobless benefits; USPS back in black with asterisk; Voters want Social Security expanded; Docs upset with stingy healthcare pay; Middle class disappearing ...
FROMA HARROP p. 6
Last farm bill?
KEN STEINKEN p. 6
Uranium mining proposal larded with snake oil
JILL RICHARDSON p. 6
Big Food crushes consumer rights in Wash. state
GENE LYONS p. 7
CBS, Logan still have some explaining to do
RAUL A. REYES p. 7
Rubio caves on immigration
DAVID SIROTA p. 7
Poverty and education
BRIAN BEUTLER p. 8
GOP about to hurt itself again
DEAN BAKER p. 9
The Obama pledge on keeping your insurance
JOSH EIDELSON p. 9
Scalia’s chance to smash unions
GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet p. 10
Bread, circuses and Obamacare
BOB BURNETT p. 10
US energy policy: A bridge to nowhere
KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL p. 10
‘Democratic wing’ of Democratic party wakes up
MARY SANCHEZ p. 11
Vatican surveying the world’s Catholics
MARK ENGLER p. 11
End illegal spying: Don’t shoot the whistleblower
NORMAN SOLOMON p. 11
How Diane Feinstein is betraying civil liberties
RICHARD ESKOW p. 12
Something’s happening: Minimum-wage wave
JOHN YOUNG p. 12
I didn’t know you cared
JOAN WALSH p. 13
GOP’s demented crusade: War on mothers
WENDELL POTTER p. 13
ObamaScare stories obscure facts
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
A tale of two cities
WENONAH HAUTER p. 14
Stop secret trade deals
MARK KARLIN p. 14
Median wage falls as incomes at the top soar
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
Health care glitches: A historical perspective
SAM URETSKY p. 15
All generic drugs are not the same
ROBERT REICH p. 15
Pragmatism, ideology and inequality in America
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
President Obama nominates a liberal (really)
JOHN BUELL p. 16
Scholarship and economic crisis
SAM PIZZIGATI p. 16
Heartless for the holidays
N. GUNASEKARAN p. 17
South Asian elites keep people divided
MARK WEISBROT p. 17
Trans-Pacific Partnership leak fuels resistance
JOE CONASON p. 18
Are politicians who cut food stamps ‘pro-life’?
ROBERT SCHEER p. 18
True patriots in Congress
TINA DUPUY p. 18
If Rand Paul were a woman
PUBLIC INTEREST/Ralph Nader p. 19
Dynastic Hillary bandwagon—Bad for America
TED RALL p. 19
New ways to disseminate government B.S.
ANDREW O’HEHIR p. 20
Remembering the last great newspaper comic
BOOK REVIEW/Seth Sandronsky p. 20
Freedom then and now
ROB PATTERSON p. 21
Corporate music steers clear of politics
POPULIST PICKS p. 21
Good ol’ Freda; Making Monkees; Ali’s Greatest
EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
Stop blaming black men for locker-room racism
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
Typhoon Haiyan demands climate action
CONNIE SCHULTZ p. 22
It’s Hillary! It’s Elizabeth! It’s hilarious
JASON STANFORD p. 23
Regret the errors
POET/Michael Silverstein p. 23
Don’t save me a seat on the Hillary train
Cover illustration by Dolores Cullen
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