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COVER/Richard Eskow p. 1
The left matters — now, more than ever
EDITORIAL p. 2
Stop TPP in the House
JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
Obama’s ugly show of presidential petulance; Chuck Schumer upchucks at sight of TPP; Fountain-pen economy; What happened to Doug Hughes’ letters to Congress; Hillary Clinton tries on the populist tiara
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
JOHN YOUNG p. 4
The bloodbath down the street
EMILY SCHWARTZ GRECO p. 5
A fossil-fueled fantasy
DISPATCHES p. 5
Bernie’s proudly radical as Ike;
Hillary stuns journos by listening to people;
Repubs find new way to alienate Latinos;
Fossil fuel subsidies $5.3T a year;
Texas lacks flood infrastructure
Huge insurance company divests from coal;
Hillary would be most liberal nominee in 40 years ...
FROMA HARROP p. 6
Why do so many eggs come from Iowa?
CALLY CARSWELL p. 6
New research shows damage of oil and gas
JILL RICHARDSON p. 6
Wisconsin’s grocery dictators
GENE LYONS p. 7
Sound and fury of ‘Deflategate’
DON ROLLINS p. 7
Can gay-friendly John Kasich run for president?
DAVID SIROTA p. 7
Marijuana economy comes out of shadows
JOSH HOXIE p. 8
Lending dreams
DEAN BAKER p. 9
The incredible arrogance of the TPP crowd
GENE NICHOL p. 9
The Supreme Court fails a nation
ISAIAH J. POOLE p. 9
Postal banking idea wins support
BOB BURNETT p. 10
Hillary Clinton: First impressions
RANDOLPH T. HOLHUT p. 10
Hillary is no progressive, Bernie is no pipe dream
WILL DURST p. 10
Top 11 reasons being POTUS is so darn cool
MARY SANCHEZ p. 11
Jeb learned nothing from Iraq War debacle
GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet p. 11
Housing costs remain too high
SETH SANDRONSKY p. 11
Minimum wage grows in Emeryville
LEO GERARD p. 12
If economy’s not working for us, it’s not working
KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL p. 12
The emerging populist agenda
JOAN WALSH p. 13
Bill O’Reilly will never pay
SCOTT KLINGER p. 13
Subsidizing the rich while poor kids go hungry
GREG PALAST p. 13
Government told me Bin Laden read my book
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
Resegregation of America’s schools
WENONAH HAUTER p. 14
Protect land from fracking
SEN. BARBARA BOXER p. 14
The middle class needs help
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
Prisoners: The fiscal boomerang
SAM URETSKY p. 15
Journalism exposed nail workers’ plight
WENDELL POTTER p. 15
Insurers’ plans leave Americans without care
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
The TPP blues
JOHN BUELL p. 16
The agony of the Motor City
JUAN COLE p. 17
Obama: US committed to Arab Gulf states
LOU DUBOSE p. 17
The shameless defense of the Iraq War
JOE CONASON p. 18
They scream ‘Clinton scandal,’ wait for facts
TINA DUPUY p. 18
The Bush years: An explainer
JASON STANFORD p. 18
The governor in the tin foil hat
PUBLIC INTEREST/Ralph Nader p. 19
Can gang start a political reform movement?
TED RALL p. 19
Hillary Clinton’s life of crime
JAY WALLJASPER p. 20
Little town on the prairie steps it up
ROBERT B. REICH p. 20
The revolt of small-business Republicans
ERIC BOEHLERT p. 21
Where’s the media’s Ebola mea culpa?
EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
Keep politics out of soccer
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
KPFT Houston plays on
CONNIE SCHULTZ p. 22
First quote Jesus; then punish the poor
DONALD KAUL p. 23
Of course Jeb Bush would’ve invaded Iraq
POET/Michael Silverstein p. 23
Song to my biggest PAC donor
Cover illustration by Dolores Cullen
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This page posted May 30, 2015