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COVER/Robert Borosage p. 1
Obama gets his swagger back
EDITORIAL p. 2
Whose good old days?; Boehner & Bibi
JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
How tacky can the golden arches get?; New GOP congress rushes big favors to Wall Street; Jeff Bezos buys a big piece of power; Texas government’s hair-raising attack on hair braiders; Let’s adopt the GOP’s national agenda
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
EMILY SCHWARTZ GRECO p. 4
Obama tips his hat to FDR
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
Restaurants should develop consciences
DISPATCHES
Greek voters rebel against austerity;
Indiana relents on health care for working poor;
Supermajorities support progressive policies;
Grayson mulls Senate bid;
Koch allies pledge $889M for 2016 campaigns;
Sanders gets Republicans to agree on universal health care;
India agrees to pursue
non-carbon energy;
Dems tire of Benghazi committee's partisan turn;
Record number of false convictions overturned;
...
FROMA HARROP p. 6
Stop making excuses for nonvoting millennials
COURTNEY WHITE p. 6
Agriculture needs to back up
JILL RICHARDSON p. 6
The war on hen-pecking
GENE LYONS p. 7
Charlie Hebdo killings will backfire
JOHN YOUNG p. 7
Vision vs. blindness on health coverage
DAVID SIROTA p. 7
Chicago’s gift to campaign donors
JOAN WALSH p. 8
Obama trolls the GOP
ELIAS ISQUITH p. 9
GOP’s SOTU response is a confused mess
JILL LAWRENCE p. 9
They are never ever getting back together
LEO W. GERARD p. 10
Not so fast, Congress
SCOTT PAUL p. 10
Obama says manufacturing is back, but is it?
DON ROLLINS p. 10
The GOP’s little battle plan
MARY SANCHEZ p. 11
Immigration amendments are cynicism as usual
DEAN BAKER p. 11
Dems take on Wall Street
ROGER BYBEE p. 11
Martin Luther King Jr. opposed ‘right to work’
ROBERT B. REICH p. 12
The new compassionate conservatism
KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL p. 12
The 2016 debate this country needs
SEAN McELWEE p. 13
GOP’s war on Social Security
LEEANN HALL p. 13
The next big progressive battle
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
New generation reclaims Dr. King’s legacy
WENONAH HAUTER p. 14
Regulations won’t save us from climate disaster
WENDELL POTTER p. 14
Selling out for big business
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
Genocide and health
SAM URETSKY p. 15
Obama’s legacy thus far
SAM PIZZIGATI p. 15
Inequality is costing us big-time
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
Following the brand
JOHN BUELL p. 16
Why market myths survive
NORMAN SOLOMON p. 17
Why the CIA is eager to demolish Sterling
BOB BURNETT p. 17
America’s four wars
JOE CONASON p. 18
Extremists welcome attacks on Islam
TINA DUPUY p. 18
America’s also-ran industrial complex
GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet p. 18
Forfeiting our rights
PUBLIC INTEREST/Ralph Nader p. 19
Credit Suisse: Big crimes become big business
TED RALL p. 19
‘Selma’ and Hollywood’s perversion of history
JASON STANFORD p. 20
Adios, Rick Perry
RICK HODGES p. 20
Building a more inclusive world
BOOK REVIEW/Seth Sandronsky p. 20
No war no more
ROB PATTERSON p. 21
Pro-choice entertainment
POPULIST PICKS p. 21
Foo Fighters; Ladies Detective; St. Vincent
EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
The irreplaceable Mike Marqusee
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
Imagine something different
CONNIE SCHULTZ p. 22
Unraveling the myths of community college
WILL DURST p. 23
The return of satire
POET/Michael Silverstein p. 23
A bigger political range
Cover illustration by Dolores Cullen
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This page posted January 31, 2015