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COVER/Pratap Chatterjee p. 1
Bush gone, but Halliburton still cashing in
EDITORIAL p. 2
Keep health options open
JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
Stop mountaintop removal; Wall Street’s recipe for another disaster; Fearing competition; Corporations co-opt local food move; Let’s waterboard Sean Hannity
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
Sell me a car, Detroit
DISPATCHES p. 5
Kennedy makes health choice stand; GOP?sens oppose public option; Medical bills linked to 2/3 of bankruptcies; Rush, Osama vs. Obama; GOP rep undermines US in China ...
FROMA HARROP p. 6
Rolling dice for industrial heartland
STAN COX p. 6
Biofuel’s drug problem
WAYNE HARE p. 6
You don’t need a gun to enjoy a park
GENE LYONS p. 7
Sotomayor a ‘racist.’ Really?
DAVID SIROTA p. 7
Whither the campaign promise?
HARRY KELBER p. 7
Jobs for the ‘forgotten people’
DEAN BAKER p. 9
GM bailout makes most of bad situation
ROBERT WEISSMAN p. 9
The path not taken, choices still ahead
GREG PALAST p. 10
Grand theft auto: Stevie Rat bankrupted GM
ROBERT BOROSAGE p. 10
Making change: Progressives and Obama
JOE CONASON p. 11
Crackpots calling the kettle black
BERNIE HORN p. 11
10 reasons we need indy progressive move
MICHAEL LIND p. 12
Incorporate this!
ROBERT REICH p. 12
Bernanke’s real deficit message
ARIANNA HUFFINGTON p. 13
Everyone agrees Wall St. needs reform ...
ANDREW LEONARD p. 13
Dems did it, too
CARL POPE p. 14
Congress, the energy stumbling block
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
Wall Street is giddy as Main Street suffers
BOB BURNETT p. 14
Triage economics
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
Dissecting the fascination with Dr. House
SAM URETSKY p. 15
Obligations are negotiable
DON ROLLINS p. 15
Bloody Kansas
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
Health-care conundrum
MEDIA BEAT/Norman Solomon p. 16
North Korea shadows USA
GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet p. 16
Where’s the change?
JOHN BUELL p. 17
Abortion and innocent life
N. GUNASEKARAN p. 17
India’s choice: What’s left?
BEA EDWARDS p. 17
Corruption, fraud at IMF, World Bank
AMERICAS/Roberto Rodriguez p. 18
Sotomayor in journalism’s blind spot
ALEXANDER COCKBURN p. 18
Sotomayor and the last of the WASPs
EMANUEL G. BOUSSIOS p. 18
Demographic changes threaten GOP
PUBLIC INTEREST/Ralph Nader p. 19
Avoiding corporate liability
TED RALL p. 19
Mr. Obama: Resign now
MARGIE BURNS p. 20
Old hands at misleading Congress
JOEL D. JOSEPH p. 20
Locking in the price of oil
ROB PATTERSON p. 21
Woodstock: 40 years of myths
EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
Sotomayor is a sporting judge
POPULIST PICKS p. 21
Check out The Animals
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
Chevron, Shell and the true cost of oil
GARRISON KEILLOR p. 22
It’s not about me
DONALD KAUL p. 23
Sotomayor a trap for the Republicans
POET/Michael Silverstein p. 23
California stops dreaming
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