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COVER/Steve Kornacki p. 1
Rush poisons GOP brand
EDITORIAL p. 2
Civil liberties on the frontier
JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
Woody Guthrie turns 100; Stepping upward on Massey’s corporate ladder; Keystone XL flim-flam; Surprising conspiracy by girls; Congress chooses kid poisoning
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
Climate change strikes home
DISPATCHES p. 5
Current TV adds talkers to morning lineup; Rush ads suspended; Super PACs dominate; Kaptur emerges from showdown with Kucinich; Mitt ‘clear favorite’ of lobbyists; Stuck paying other people’s medical bills ...
BEN BURKETT p. 6
Congress stalls farm bill
FROMA HARROP p. 6
After Snowe, is Brown next?
PAUL LARMER p. 6
Rural West struggles with redevelopers
DAVE ZWEIFEL p. 7
Tea Party paranoia influences officials
DAVID SIROTA p. 7
Higher ed bashing the opposite of snobbery
GENE LYONS p. 7
The economic story Obama must tell
IRIN CARMON p. 8
Powers accuses comrades of sexism
MICHAEL WINSHIP p. 8
Banks refuse to give results of stress tests
ROBERT BOROSAGE p. 9
Dems draw line with right in 2012 election
JOHN NICHOLS p. 9
Wisconsin labor movement goes worldwide
ROGER BYBEE p. 10
Obama weighs ins and outs of ‘insourcing’
RAUL A. REYES p. 11
Romney’s ‘self-deportation’ policy no joke
ARIANNA HUFFINGTON p. 11
Social media distracts from important news
DEAN BAKER p. 11
Bowles-Simpson and other myths
HAL CROWTHER p. 12
Meaner — and dumber — than rats
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
Alabama passes anti-voting law
WILLIE NELSON & ANNA LAPPE p. 14
Big Ag dominates food supply
JOSEPH B. ATKINS p. 14
GOP ‘zombies’ follow ALEC’s script
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
Bone marrow transplant and the market
ROBERT REICH p. 10
Student debt skyrockets, incomes stagnate
SAM URETSKY p. 15
Republicans practice old-time religion
TINA DUPUY p. 16
In health care, affordability is accessibility
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
Obamacare meets reality
N. GUNASEKARAN p. 17
Arab Spring avoids corporate rule
MARK WEISBROT p. 17
Enviros have interest in oil resources
ALEXANDER COCKBURN p. 18
Republicans exploit race and social issues
JOHN BUELL p. 18
Colleges run debt peonage business
WILL DURST p. 18
Ayatollah Rick lays down the law
PUBLIC INTEREST/Ralph Nader p. 19
President can rein in gas profiteers
TED RALL p. 19
US can’t or won’t address issues
DON ROLLINS p. 19
Evangelicals, Catholics strange bedfellows
MIKE LUX p. 20
Santorum reads different Bible
RANDOLPH HOLHUT p. 20
Journalists bear witness, no matter cost
ROB PATTERSON p. 21
French were right about Jerry Lewis
POPULIST PICKS p. 21
Coma ruins Neeson’s week
EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
NFL, bounties and the drive to hide violence
CONNIE SCHULTZ p. 22
Romney meek about women’s rights
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
Bipartisan nuclear fallout
DONALD KAUL p. 23
Military leaves Iraq same as before
POET/Michael Silverstein p. 23
Hunting elusive low-wage haven
Cover illustration by Dolores Cullen
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