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COVER/Richard Eskow p. 1
Elizabeth Warren brings populism down south
EDITORIAL p. 2
Next stop single payer
JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
Billionaires to loop big money around democracy’s neck; Gov. Walker, illegal money, Koch brothers, Judge Randa; GOP governors rush to help one citizen; Time for ‘We the People’ to re-declare independence; Cheney and neo-con chicken hawks return
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
DON ROLLINS p. 4
Howard Baker’s gift
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
When right to farm = right to harm
DISPATCHES p. 5
Koch-funded Texas AG limits chemical disclosure after deadly explosion; States hike minimum wage, see faster job growth ...
FROMA HARROP p. 6
The right’s mistake was waking the others
JILL RICHARDSON p. 6
Jilting my sugar
MARK SQUILLACE p. 6
Let’s protect all our nation’s water
GENE LYONS p. 7
The media vs. Hillary Clinton
GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet p. 7
‘Harris’ decision signals need for labor fight plan
DAVID SIROTA p. 7
Corruption shapes state policy
ROBERT B. REICH p. 8
Hillary’s hardest choice
RAUL A. REYES p. 8
Earning an immigration red card
DEAN BAKER p. 9
Will India be Uber of pharmaceutical industry?
BOB BURNETT p. 9
Campaign 2014: Hate politics
DAVID DAYEN p. 10
Supreme Court’s out-of-control spiral
DOUG KENDALL p. 10
A big finish for corporate court
SIMON MALOY p. 10
GOP’s losing sexist strategy
MARY SANCHEZ p. 11
New role for Geena Davis
ARIANNA HUFFINGTON p. 11
‘Sleeper’ issue of our time
WENDELL POTTER p. 12
Insurers are fleecing us out of billions
JOHN YOUNG p. 12
It’s only plant matter — or a planet matter
GARY ZUCKETT p. 12
Water refugees
ALECIA PHONESAVANH p. 13
A SWAT team blew a hole in my 2-year-old son
IAN BLAIR p. 13
Militarized SWAT mistakes
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
Remembering the future: The 1984 campaign
MARY ANNE HITT p. 14
Next steps for the EPA’s clean power plan
JOAN WALSH p. 14
Court picks the 1% over workers
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
Cutting costs, raising health: The barriers
SAM URETSKY p. 15
We need a sane opposition
PETER MONTGOMERY p. 15
A fracking fortunte gets political
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
Inconvenient postwar truths
JOHN BUELL p. 16
Is economy doomed to persistent stagnation?
KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL p. 16
‘Real’ family values
MARK WEISBROT p. 17
Cheney’s campaign for Iraq war 3
RANDOLPH T. HOLHUT p. 17
Healthcare in America worst in developed world
JOE CONASON p. 18
Benghazi: Details reveal about ‘scandal’
TINA DUPUY p. 18
Conservatives’ women trouble
ROBERT SCHEER p. 18
One court, indivisible, votes liberty, justice for all
PUBLIC INTEREST/Ralph Nader p. 19
Other Buffett takes on hunger
TED RALL p. 19
Why are reporters keeping a non-secret?
BOOK REVIEW/Heather Seggel p. 20
Is country music big enough for rednecks, gays?
BOOK REVIEW/Seth Sandronsky p. 20
Education reformers’ playbook
WILL DURST p. 20
The Washington treaty breakers
ROB PATTERSON p. 21
Scorsese’s always worth a look
POPULIST PICKS p. 21
‘Game of Thrones’, ‘Dallas Buyers’, ‘All or Nothin’
EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
‘Exporting Gaza’: Arming of World Cup security
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
Egyptian counterrevolution will not be televised
CONNIE SCHULTZ p. 22
For children, hate is bilingual
JASON STANFORD p. 23
Mainstreaming radicalism
POET/Michael Silverstein p. 23
Getting stuck in the Middle East muck
Cover illustration by Dolores Cullen
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