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COVER/Joan Walsh p. 1
Why Alison Grimes matters
EDITORIAL p. 2
Selective outrage on VA
JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
Koch brothers demand more government intervention and taxes; Sniffing the ethical rot in Wall Street’s culture; School lunches vs. fat cat dinners; America’s ongoing rebellion for fairness and justice; Corporations shift their tax burdens to you
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
DON ROLLINS p. 4
Hobby Lobby president buys school district
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
Try to avoid genetically modified organisms
DISPATCHES p. 5
Mid-term GOP narrative falling apart; GOP Senate candidates support extremely harsh budget; More insurers joining health exchange; Lib talkers walk away from radio; US corporations inflate profits offshore ....
FROMA HARROP p. 6
Other paths to better pay
GARY WOCKNER p. 6
A kiss that brought hope to river lovers
JILL RICHARDSON p. 6
The high price of cheap chicken
GENE LYONS p. 7
Obama’s foreign policy critics miss drama
JOHN YOUNG p. 7
Freedom to trivialize one’s religion
DAVID SIROTA p. 7
An LA story that’s all too familiar
CURTIS GANS p. 8
How Democrats can make pundits eat crow
HEATHER DIGBY PARTON p. 8
The GOP’s quiet election scandal
GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet p. 9
For Democrats, it’s image over substance
BOB BURNETT p. 9
Elizabeth Warren: Saving the Democrats
DAVID DAYEN p. 10
What’s behind JPMorgan’s Detroit investment
DEAN BAKER p. 10
Reinhart and Rogoff: One year later
MARY SANCHEZ p. 11
Time to get serious about sexual assault
THOM HARTMANN p. 11
Did Reagan kill entrepreneurialism?
PLAIN TALK/Dave Zweifel p. 11
Corporations win, little guys lose — again
ROBERT REICH p. 12
Six principles of the new populism
DAVE JOHNSON p. 12
Full employment: First principle of new populism
KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL p. 13
Why is VA suffering from lack of resources?
WILL DURST p. 13
The Benghazi boogie
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
Brown v. Board was about more than schools
WENONAH HAUTER p. 14
‘Probably harmless’ isn’t good enough
WENDELL POTTER p. 14
A different way to think about healthcare
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
Xenophobes’ dilemma
SAM URETSKY p. 15
Universities priced out of working class’ reach
SIMON MALOY p. 15
The right starts to fold on Obamacare
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
The great disconnect
JOHN BUELL p. 16
Full employment without busting the budget
JOHN STOEHR p. 16
Tea partiers should back minimum wage raise
MARK WEISBROT p. 17
Ukraine may face disillusionment with Europe
SETH SANDRONSKY p. 17
Resisting public education privatization
JOE CONASON p. 18
America’s children need a hashtag
JOSEPH B. ATKINS p. 18
Mississippi set model for NSA spying
TINA DUPUY p. 18
The six degrees of Hillary Clinton game
PUBLIC INTEREST/Ralph Nader p. 19
Time for a real tea party — in 2016!
TED RALL p. 19
America is in decline. Get used to it.
THOMAS FRANK p. 20
Congratulations class of 2014: You’re screwed
CHRISTINA WILKIE p. 20
Koch brothers’ secrets revealed in new book
ROB PATTERSON p. 21
Vinyl’s comeback saves record stores
POPULIST PICKS p. 21
‘White House Down’; ‘Looking’; Penn Station
EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
Donald Sterling may be going nuclear
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
Wheelering and dealing at the FCC
CONNIE SCHULTZ p. 22
Shame on mom
JASON STANFORD
States going opposite directions on Hispanics
POET/Michael Silverstein p. 23
A progressive voice, not a conservative echo
Cover illustration by Dolores Cullen
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