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COVER/Bernie Sanders p. 1
Let the rich bail out Wall Street
EDITORIAL p. 2
The next bailout
JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
Bucking Wall Street; McCain’s ‘leadership role’ on bailout; McCain’s white suit; Wall Street’s bank robbers; Credit cardholders bill of rights; Bush’s farewell gift to chem bosses.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
We’ve seen this before
DISPATCHES p. 5
McCain health plan: increase taxes or cut Medicare; Glass houses; McCain reneges on Keating contrition; E-vote error found in N.M.; Stealth bailout for carmakers ...
FROMA HARROP p. 6
Law for poor didn’t cause meltdown
GREG GORDON p. 6
Clean coal is an oxymoron
JOHN NICHOLS p. 6
After Bush abuses, fix ag policies
GENE LYONS p. 7
Supervision required
DAVID SIROTA p. 7
Saying ‘no deal’ to this new deal
DAVE ZWEIFEL p. 7
McCain should mind his own glass house
MICHAEL MOORE p. 8
How to fix the Wall Street mess
DEAN BAKER p. 9
Bailout round II: Adult version
EDWARD McCLELLAND p. 10
Who is the real McCain?
JOE CONASON p. 10
The dumbing down of the GOP
JOHN BUELL p. 11
Jobs are the best, fairest bailout
TANYA CLAY HOUSE p. 11
Know your rights before you vote
HAL CROWTHER p. 12
Tragedy beats farce
ARIANNA HUFFINGTON p. 13
Does McCain still think government is problem?
BOOK REVIEW/Mark Engler p. 14
When betting goes bad
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
The Roosevelt moment
BOB KEENER p. 14
The truth about class warfare
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
Insurance and the S word
SAM URETSKY p. 15
More train wrecks
ANDREW LEONARD p. 15
End of the Reagan revolution
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
The Palin effect
GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet p. 16
Populists stymie Wall Street
JACK SHANAHAN p. 16
McCain abandons record on defense
MEDIA BEAT/Norman Solomon p. 17
War story: conscience and evasion
MARK WEISBROT p. 17
Would Obama end Latin America colonialism?
VICTORIA SAMSON p. 17
Missile shields in Poland: dumb beyond words
AMERICAS/Roberto Rodriguez p. 18
Why Obama has to hold his tongue
ALEXANDER COCKBURN p. 18
How McCain blew it
SATIRE/Katie Halper p. 18
Presidential hopefuls gone wild Part 1
ROBERT WEISSMAN p. 19
Getting Wall Street pay reform right
TED RALL p. 19
Mad money: Broke US can’t afford war, tax cuts
ANNE LAMOTT p. 20
What’s missing from election? Molly Ivins
GLENN GREENWALD p. 20
Death of GOP electoral tactics on war
ROB PATTERSON p. 21
Is ‘MI-5’ too good for US television?
EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
Vince Young and NFL’s depression denial
POPULIST PICKS p. 21
Dramatic humming
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
Invasion of the sea-smurfs
GARRISON KEILLOR p. 22
Where is the outrage?
DONALD KAUL p. 23
Bailout should carry penalties
POET/Michael Silverstein p. 23
Telegram to Washington
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