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COVER/Michael Lind p. 1
The Right’s Social Security scare tactics
EDITORIAL p. 2
Watch Obama’s back; Carmakers drive off biz
JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
Always bank on the greed of Wall Street bankers; Act to save 3,500 good US jobs; Torture directors: Too big to punish? Taking tax dollars, saying adios to US; Spreading organic
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
Stop bailing out Big Pig
DISPATCHES p. 5
Calling Judge Sotomayor; Health care funding options; State of Paralysis; Waterboarding ‘absolutely torture’; Obama, ND school bishops; Modest plan to pay for college; Obama backs off Panama trade deal; US jobless rate passes Europe’s; Liberty U bans Dems ...
FROMA HARROP p. 6
Cars: What we need vs. what we want
STEVE GDULA p. 6
Tale of the tape in the kitchen
GEORGE SIBLEY p. 6
Government capitalism can be very good
GENE LYONS p. 7
Playing the Pelosi card
DAVID SIROTA p. 7
Health’s enigma-in-chief; House taxpayers built
JOHN NICHOLS p. 8
Greed caused newspapers’ crisis
MEDIA BEAT/Norman Solomon p. 9
Can the media grasp a Green New Deal?
ANDREW LEONARD p. 9
A watchdog to growl at Wall Street
ISAIAH J. POOLE p. 9
A bank for our public needs
ARIANNA HUFFINGTON p. 10
Are the credit card companies listening?
JOHN BUELL p. 10
Political elites and fiscal irresponsibility
JESSE JACKSON p. 11
Exports are key to reviving economy
JOYCE MARCEL p. 11
The Obama paradox
STEVE COBBLE p. 11
Conservative hypocrisy on military spending
KATHARINE MIESZKOWSKI p. 12
Electric cars are coming!
JOE CONASON p. 13
Another round for democracy
BOB BURNETT p. 13
The Republican dilemma
BILL MOYERS & M. WINSHIP p. 14
Rx and the single payer
ROBERT BOROSAGE p. 14
Watch what health care lobby does
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
Influencing physicians
SAM URETSKY p. 15
Health reform: Back to basics
RICHARD RHAMES p. 15
The Baucus 13: Single-payer criminals
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
The party of no
GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet p. 16
Fee for service
STEVE SCHNAPP p. 16
Moving toward bottom-up economy
MARGARET FLOWERS, M.D. p. 17
Why we were arrested over health care
ROBERT REICH p. 17
Real medical reform: Gravely ill
MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN p. 17
Health insurance lets kids down
AMERICAS/Roberto Rodriguez p. 18
Subterfuge & science of repeating lies
ALEXANDER COCKBURN p. 18
How long it took
DON ROLLINS p. 18
The curious case of Daniel Hauser
PUBLIC INTEREST/Ralph Nader p. 19
Time for renewable energy
TED RALL p. 19
Excuses you might believe in
JULIA SCOTT p. 20
Pesticides indicted in bee deaths
DAVE ZWEIFEL p. 20
Powell tiff captures GOP in a nutshell
ROB PATTERSON p. 21
Music worth paying for
POPULIST PICKS p. 21
When New York was the place
EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
Tillman family is McChrystal-clear
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
Yoo’s views make news
GARRISON KEILLOR p. 22
We are what we are, dang it
DONALD KAUL p. 23
Enjoy US cars while you can
POET/Michael Silverstein p. 23
Saving Social Security
Cover illustration by Dolores Cullen
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