The Progressive POPULIST

Note: Some links from this page may take you away from the Progressive Populist web site. To return to this page, simply click the "Back" button or its equivalent on your web browser. COVER/Paul Rosenberg p. 1 White power won’t give in EDITORIAL p. 2 Throw out the oligarchs; Honest numbers JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3 What we’ve paid for war in Afghanistan and Iraq; The lesson from Ferguson; The militarization of ‘Officer Friendly’; Rick Perry’s clown show; Lifting America up by raising the wage floor LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4 DON ROLLINS p. 4 John Seigenthaler, why we need more like him RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5 Dream is deferred a little longer DISPATCHES p. 5 Republicans stop talking about O’care in campaign ads; Medicaid resistance hurts hospitals; GOP beats teabaggers—but can they win the Senate?; Party of Lincoln takes aim at black voters; McConnell makes big promises to big donors if GOP takes Senate; Top GOP Senate candidates praise Koch network; Burger King flees US taxes; Free Press seeks to block Comcast takeover of Time Warner; Medical marijuana answers prescription painkiller epidemic; Texas courts says it's OK for bosses to lie to workers; Christie loses billions to Wall Street fleecers; Still waiting for Voting Rights reinstatement ... FROMA HARROP p. 6 Who cares what ideology drives high-speed train? PETER LETHEBY p. 6 Nebraska loves its cattle a little too much JILL RICHARDSON p. 6 No appetite for fixing school lunch GENE LYONS p. 7 Media won’t wait until 2016 to lie about Hillary E. GRECO and W. COLLINS p. 7 Solar power gets hot, hot, hot DAVID SIROTA p. 7 Is corruption a constitutional right? KEITH BOYKIN p. 8 Does Second Amendment only apply to whites? BOB HERBERT p. 9 The fire this time TIM DONOVAN p. 9 Darren Wilson’s defenders should think twice ROGER BYBEE p. 10 Scott Walker’s offshoring flip-flop DAVID DAYEN p. 10 Wall Street’s new scam MARY SANCHEZ p. 11 Is police brutality on the rise? We need data DEAN BAKER p. 11 Robert Rubin, Martin Feldstein discover bubbles DAVE ZWEIFEL p. 11 Looking back, country will be ashamed THOMAS FRANK p. 12 How to wreck the GOP in 3 easy steps JOAN WALSH p. 13 Rand Paul’s foreign policy fraud JAMES MOORE p. 13 Why Rick Perry will be convicted JESSE JACKSON p. 14 A Ferguson near you WENONAH HAUTER p. 14 Bureau of Land Management’s frackopoly ARIANNA HUFFINGTON p. 14 Stop leaving vacation time on the table HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15 Rich-poor newborn gap slowly closing SAM URETSKY p. 15 The end of capitalism and return to feudalism KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL p. 15 Obama may have to address inversion WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16 Corporations without borders JOHN BUELL p. 16 Resisting corporate education WENDELL POTTER p. 17 Why put up with Washington’s cynical game? JIM VAN DER POL p. 17 Loss of a way of life creates desperation JOE CONASON p. 18 Why Ferguson’s inferno is no surprise ROBERT B. REICH p. 18 The disease of American democracy THOM HARTMANN p. 18 Stop complaining about big government PUBLIC INTEREST/Ralph Nader p. 19 Hillary-the-hawk flies again TED RALL p. 19 What should the US do about ISIS? BILL JOHNSTON p. 20 The new people SETH SANDRONSKY p. 20 Cities of opportunity? JOHN YOUNG p. 20 Profitability and social responsibility ROB PATTERSON p. 21 A remarkable Texas woman remembered POPULIST PICKS p. 21 ‘Iceberg Slim’; ‘Girls like us’; ‘Billionaire’s vinegar’ EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21 Robin Williams and a moment of magic AMY GOODMAN p. 22 The ghost of Dred Scott haunts Ferguson CONNIE SCHULTZ p. 22 Ferguson: A failure of empathy JASON STANFORD p. 23 US needs truth and reconciliation POET/Michael Silverstein p. 23 Electing the law

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