The Progressive POPULIST

A Twice-Monthly Journal from the Heartland
October 1, 2013 -- Volume 19, Number 17


TABLE OF CONTENTS

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COVER/David Dayen p. 1
Take my house, please

EDITORIAL p. 2
Breakthrough for cooler heads

JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
Where Labor Day came from; A corporate bank tries to be my friend; Wall Street magicians make reform disappear; Poor tortured tomatoes of agribusiness; What’s in your closet, Warren Buffett?
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
Pesticides’ unintended consequences

DISPATCHES p. 5
Journo-activists jailed for nosing into government contractors’ business; Ready or not, Obamacare is on the way; AFL-CIO slams private prisons, supports alt labor, pledges new organizing; Border crossing is backdoor for unwarranted searches; UAW, VW talks could introduce new labor model in Tenn.; Jobless rate down but economy still grim ...
FROMA HARROP p. 6
We all need moderate Republicans
A. SCHENDLER and L. HAYNES p. 6
Businesses wake up on climate change
MICHAEL BRUNE p. 6
Protect public lands from fracking? Yes we can
GENE LYONS p. 7
Impeachment is the right’s new lost cause
AIMEE THOMSON p. 7
The false choice between security and liberty
DAVID SIROTA p. 7
The new high school diploma
DEAN BAKER p. 8
Fed taper talk bursts the bubble
JOSEPH B. ATKINS p. 9
Nudging Nissan

JILL RICHARDSON p. 9
Back to school lunch
ISAIAH J. POOLE p. 9
Another view of the Capitol
WENDELL POTTER p. 10
Rate shock: The scare that wouldn’t stick
BRIAN BEUTLER p. 10
GOP prevents uninsured from getting care
ROBERT REICH p. 10
Remaking the basic bargain
ARIANNA HUFFINGTON p. 11
Solution to a problem: Take a walk
JOHN YOUNG p. 11
Your doctor is so dumb ...
SANHO TREE p. 11
Political side effects of tolerating legal pot
MICHAEL LIND p. 12
The right is wrong about rights
BOB BURNETT p. 12
Why don’t Republicans understand economy?

ELLEN BROWN p. 13
Making the world safe for banksters

JESSE JACKSON p. 14
Stand up to the Dream Busters
WENONAH HAUTER p. 14
For the USDA, chicken is just politics
ROBERT SCHEER p. 14
Man who co-opted democracy in Middle East
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
Meth wars: A letter to Goliath

SAM URETSKY p. 15
Facts are still relevant

SAM PIZZIGATI p. 15
Political calculations behind growing inequality
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
Social Darwinism, Michigan-style

JOHN BUELL p. 16
Democratic prospects and post-Sandy transit
GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet p. 17
Our national war obsession
NORMAN SOLOMON p. 17
Obama may attack Syria even if he loses vote
JEANINE LEGATO p. 17
Exporting unrest to Colombia
JOE CONASON p. 18
Reporters ignore real story of Clinton Foundation
TINA DUPUY p. 18
Five things Republicans have repealed
JASON STANFORD p. 18
Obama uses junk science to punish teachers
PUBLIC INTEREST/Ralph Nader p. 19
It’s time to mobilize
TED RALL p. 19
Breaking bad
SETH SANDRONSKY p. 20
TFA and charter schools move into Sacramento
MARK ANDERSON p. 20
Education reform seen as threat to public schools
ROB PATTERSON p. 21
Gandolfini’s Tony broke the mold

POPULIST PICKS p. 21
Robbie Fulks; Jackie Robinson; Sam Houston
EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
The NFL concussion deal: Rotten on all sides
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
Nuclear’s demise, from Fukushima to Vermont
CONNIE SCHULTZ p. 22
No closure for Cleveland
DONALD KAUL p. 23
There we go again
POET/Michael Silverstein p. 23
A hedge fund is my landlord

Cover illustration by Dolores Cullen


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