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COVER/Mike Madden p. 1
The GOP attack plan against Obama
EDITORIAL p. 2
Obama’s populist moment; Clinton’s lapses; Disenfranchised voters
JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
America’s ongoing rebellion; Grassroots economic reality; Who benefits from cloning?; Free market hypocrites; Getting to meat of problem; Cut-rate labor for any job
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
Taxes and investments
DISPATCHES p. 5
Clinton’s shot gets longer; Vast left-wing conspiracy; Clean-air group protects truckers ...
FROMA HARROP p. 6
Divides Obama doesn’t bridge
JULIANNE COUCH p. 6
Wyoming caucuses meant something
ARI LeVAUX p. 6
Easter and the urban farmer
GENE LYONS p. 7
Ethnic groupthink imperils Democrats
DAVID SIROTA p. 7
New crisis, old isms
JASON SALZMAN p. 7
Report on issues, not polls
MARK SUMNER p. 8
Damn you rich!
Rev. DON ROLLINS p. 8
Jeremiah was a bulldog
EDWARD McCLELLAND p. 9
The crazy uncles in Obama’s attic
GREG PALAST p. 10
Eliot’s mess and the $200 billion bailout
JAMES McC. YEAGER p. 10
Life imitates art
JOE CONASON p. 11
Bomb, bomb Iran?
ARIANNA HUFFINGTON p. 11
Lack of transparency on Clinton’s tax returns
JUAN COLE p. 12
Five years of Iraq lies
DAVE ZWEIFEL p. 12
Profiteers work their schemes in Iraq
GREG MITCHELL p. 13
Unsung heroes of Iraq war coverage
FRANK O’DONNELL p. 14
Bush, other bad guys juke pollution stats
JOHN BUELL p. 14
Modern inequality re-examined
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
Banks bailed out, homeowners sink
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
States as long-term care hucksters
SAM URETSKY p. 15
No compromise on health reform
BILL KNIGHT p. 15
News by numbers: ‘progressive conservatives’
WAYNE M. O’LEARY p. 16
The fun part
GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet p. 16
Courting equality
MEDIA BEAT/Norman Solomon p. 16
Media politics of decency
PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS p. 17
Bankrupt superpower: Collapse of US power
DONALD GUTIERREZ p. 17
Tragedy of the Diego Garcian people
AMERICAS/Patrisia Gonzales p. 18
My Aunt Jerry: Tía-ology of liberation
ALEXANDER COCKBURN p. 18
Did Wall Street nail Spitzer?
D.H. KERBY p. 18
Monkey study draws firebomb
ROBERT WEISSMAN p. 19
Reckless flip of the coin
TED RALL p. 19
Eco-terrorism: there’s no such thing
JIM CULLEN p. 20
Polished documentaries shine at SXSW
DAVE ZIRIN p. 20
Why ‘The Wire’
ROB PATTERSON p. 21
Democracy threatens corporate labels
JOYCE MARCEL p. 21
No through line, baby
POPULIST PICKS p. 21
Audio-visual offerings
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
Winter soldier marches again
GARRISON KEILLOR p. 22
My San Francisco buzz
DONALD KAUL p. 23
Bill Buckley: Able man, faulty goals
POET/Michael Silverstein p. 23
Dollar, dollar, falling fast
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