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COVER/Thomas Frank p. 1
The matter with Kansas now
EDITORIAL p. 2
Make businesses pay their way; Plenty of targets for Pentagon cuts
JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
What-abouts and whereabouts of Sen. Pat Roberts; The superrich literally live in their own world; Don’t shut the post office, expand their services; There are no stops on Ted Cruz’s ego trip; Trying to pervert consumer protection into corporate protection
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet p. 4
Accelerating the arms race
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
No democracy at Monsanto headquarters
DISPATCHES p. 5
US broadband so bad that Netflix pays for access;
Union protests GOP interference in VW election;
Joe the Plumber now Sam the Auto Worker;
Rand Paul throws stones at Clinton;
GOP health ‘fix’ would cause 1M to lose insurance;
Colo. pot sales exceed expectations ...
FROMA HARROP p. 6
Stop insulting minimum wage workers
JILL RICHARDSON p. 6
The best way to keep our water safe
ALLEN BEST p. 6
77 years later, here comes pot
GENE LYONS p. 7
Back in Clintonland
JOHN YOUNG p. 7
Politics vs. human rights
DAVID SIROTA p. 7
PBS becoming plutocrats broadcasting service
DEAN BAKER p. 9
Corporate cronyism: The secret to overpaid CEOs
KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL p. 9
High time for a Robin Hood Tax
DAVID DAYEN p. 10
Now the banks are ruining pot
WENDELL POTTER p. 10
Some lawmakers don’t want you to get help
MARY SANCHEZ p. 11
Seriously, what is wrong with Kansas?
ROBERT B. REICH p. 11
America’s ‘we’ problem
MARTHA BURK p. 11
What Obama should order: Paycheck fairness
RICHARD ESKOW p. 12
Five years after stimulus, reality is under attack
DON ROLLINS p. 12
Textbook controversy outs new secessionists
JOAN WALSH p. 13
The right’s hopes are dashed
WILL DURST p. 13
Green rush munchies
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
Guarded, armed and afraid
WENONAH HAUTER p. 14
It’s time for factory farms to pay their share
BOB BURNETT p. 14
Growing up liberal
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
En route to the nursing home: A detour
SAM URETSKY p. 15
No time out for news
ANDREW KORFHAGE p. 15
The fracking war on coal
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
Mr. Bipartisan
JOHN BUELL p. 16
Time to get serious about inequality
MARK ANDERSON p. 16
Drone protesters get their days in court
MARK WEISBROT p. 17
US suggests regime change in Venezuela
NORMAN SOLOMON p. 17
If Obama orders CIA to kill a citizen
JOE CONASON p. 18
The return of the ‘Clinton scandals’
ROBERT SCHEER p. 18
Honoring the ‘accomplices’ to truth
TINA DUPUY p. 18
Legitimizing rape
PUBLIC INTEREST/Ralph Nader p. 19
The activist awards
TED RALL p. 19
The Pulitzer Prizes are BS
FR. DONNELL KIRCHNER p. 20
Where would America be without immigrants?
SETH SANDRONSKY p. 20
A big squeeze
BOB RUNDLE p. 20
Our upside down economy
ROB PATTERSON p. 21
Water parks bring out the killer in ‘killer whales’
POPULIST PICKS p. 21
Entertainment then and now
EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
Miami Dolphins, Richie Incognito, rot in NFL
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
Comcast-TW merger threatens democracy
CONNIE SCHULTZ p. 22
Spring, anybody?
JASON STANFORD p. 23
Sochi hotel horror stories
POET/Michael Silverstein p. 23
Balkans then, Middle East now?
Cover illustration by Dolores Cullen
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