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/Heather Digby Parton p. 1 GOP health plan: ‘People could die, that’s OK’ EDITORIAL p. 2 Derail Trans-Pacific Pact; Good news at FCC JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3 Corporate coup d’etat; ALEC’s legislative bawdy house; Explaining congressional morality; Shoveling America’s wealth to the top; Insiders aiding online, offshore loan sharks; Aetna lifts standard for ‘competitive wages’ LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4 DON ROLLINS p. 4 Constitutional elitism RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5 One person’s weed is another’s salad DISPATCHES p. 5 Resistance to Medicaid expansion claims Baton Rouge ER; Kochs back attack on Medicaid; Employed white Southerners most at risk in O’care challenge; GOP health plan — same old same old; Who would trust Repubs with economy again?; Half of America is still broke; Obama readies veto pen; Stein mulls another Green prez race; Pols start lining up for 2016; Kochs already have raised $249M for political takeover; Rauner attacks Illinois unions; Oil workers strike expands: Tennessee welfare drug tests find 37 users ... FROMA HARROP p. 6 Free tuition at comm. college should be the start ALEXIS BONOGOFSKY p. 6 Oil pipelines are going to keep breaking JILL RICHARDSON p. 6 Don’t give up the fight GENE LYONS p. 7 Do liberals have a free speech problem? RAUL A. REYES p. 7 Friends like these DAVID SIROTA p. 7 Big tax bills for the poor, tiny ones for the rich BOB CESCA p. 8 Mike Huckabee pontificates BILL SCHER p. 9 Four bogus attacks on the Obama budget JASON STANFORD p. 9 Why Texas can’t promise tax cuts DAVID DAYEN p. 10 Corporate ‘amnesty’ plan could doom economy WENDELL POTTER p. 10 Health insurers’ stock soars MARY SANCHEZ p. 11 Labor woes under the golden arches DEAN BAKER p. 11 Is Hillary Clinton in the bottom 3 percent? MEDEA BENJAMIN p. 11 Will the real ‘low-life scum’ please stand up? MICHAEL WINSHIP p. 12 The super-rich can’t hide from the rest of us DAVID MACARAY p. 12 Organized labor showing signs of life JOAN WALSH p. 13 Life after Mitt BOB BURNETT p. 13 Republicans try to bully US into attacking Iran JESSE JACKSON p. 14 It’s time to address the threat of Boko Haram WENONAH HAUTER p. 14 Favoritism to corporate interests GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet p. 14 A recovery for some HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15 A Valentine’s Day gift of health SAM URETSKY p. 15 Vaccine myths still persist ROBERT B. REICH p. 15 The share-the-scraps economy WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16 On the road to corporate health care JOHN BUELL p. 16 Alternatives to market myths KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL p. 17 For Europe’s sake, Greece needs a ‘new deal’ NORMAN SOLOMON p. 17 CIA mission: Destroy the whistleblower JOE CONASON p. 18 What the GOP must do first TINA DUPUY p. 18 Choosing weed policy over cyber security MARK ANDERSON p. 18 Deluded farm groups aid trade trap PUBLIC INTEREST/Ralph Nader p. 19 Obama’s State of the Union — swings and misses TED RALL p. 19 Why are we at war against ISIS? DENNIS TRAINOR JR. p. 20 American sniper unloads on ‘American Sniper’ BOOK REVIEW/Seth Sandronsky p. 20 Black islanders, mainlanders ROB PATTERSON p. 21 Movie houses need to lure us off the couch JOHN YOUNG p. 21 You will not refuse the tar sands mafia EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21 Roger Goodell: It’s time to resign AMY GOODMAN p. 22 Net neutrality, back by popular demand CONNIE SCHULTZ p. 22 Praise god and bash the gays DONALD KAUL p. 23 Telling the truth about religious violence POET/Michael Silverstein p. 23 No more accept austerity’s bite

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