The Progressive POPULIST

A Twice-Monthly Journal from the Heartland


November 15, 2016 -- Volume 22, Number 20


TABLE OF CONTENTS

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COVER/Amanda Marcotte p. 1
Seven races that could flip the Senate

EDITORIAL p. 2
The campaign goes on

JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
The ethical rot of Wells Fargo, from the top down.
A tale of two pipes.
WILL DURST p. 3
The gropage report
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
STEPHEN A. HOPKINS p. 4
Who really is the crook?

RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
Presidential race is just the top of the card

DISPATCHES p. 5
Latino voters may lift Clinton, Dems in border states;
Clinton, Obama focus on electing Dems to Congress;
Early voting in N.C. is down after polling place reductions;
In N.C., Burr stands with Trump, Dem challenger sprints ahead;
Just 10 mega-donors provide one-fifth of super PAC funds;
Ryan warns if GOP loses Senate, Sanders wins ...
Sanders: If my campaign emails leaked, there'd be mean things about Hillary, too;
Opioid use down in states that allow marijuana;
Media pushed Russia, ISIS, taxes; downplayed climate, poverty, campaign finance;
At least Trump may end Paul Ryan's career ...

FROMA HARROP p. 6
Clinton’s Wall St. speeches were brilliant
GUNDARS RUDZITIS p. 6
We need a new civilian conservation corps
JILL RICHARDSON p. 6
My Trump-like bully
GENE LYONS p. 7
When fans throw post-election dung, how will Trump respond?
ERIC BLUMBERG p. 7
The (psycho) path to the White House

DON ROLLINS p. 7
Virginia’s home health aides are pretty much invisible
JOHN L. MICEK p. 8
Trump’s put his banana republicanism on display to the world

RICHARD ESKOW p. 9
Her first 100 days

ROBERT KUTTNER p. 9
Why we can’t relax for the rest of this election
WENDELL POTTER p. 10
Why health insurance industry consolidation is bad for your health

BEN NORTON p. 10
Leaked email
MARY SANCHEZ p. 11
Sexual assault is a real and persisting threat
DEAN BAKER p. 11
The old debt and entitlement charade
SARAH ANDERSON p. 11
The best and worst presidents on taxes
LEO W. GERARD p. 12
Trump: Valueless
ROBERT B. REICH p. 12
Clinton, Ryan and crisis of American Capitalism
HEATHER DIGBY PARTON p. 13
Trump’s collapse caused by Hillary Clinton
ROBERT BOROSAGE p. 13
It’s game over after the Las Vegas debate
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
Local focus could have saved us from another useless debate
WENONAH HAUTER p. 14
Will the EPA correct unsupported claims in major fracking study?
KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL p. 14
Why Hillary Clinton is the right choice for progressives
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
The art of the scam: Wellness programs

SAM URETSKY p. 15
Sometimes the system comes in handy

GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet p. 15
The real first freedoms

WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
The economic consequences of immigration

JOHN BUELL p. 16
Financing our extinction

JUAN COLE p. 17
As Islamic state loses territory, will weak states gain strength?
MARK ANDERSON p. 17
Many prefer that US continue to police the world

JOE CONASON p. 18
Donald Trump’s Clinton blame game
BOB BURNETT p. 18
The election’s tipping point

JOHN YOUNG p. 18
Enough about the beast

RALPH NADER p. 19
Ken Bossong - ‘Favorite Sun’
TED RALL p. 19
Four things Hillary could do to close the deal against Trump
ERIC BOEHLERT p. 20
As Trump wages war on the press, news outlets refuse to fight back
ROB PATTERSON p. 20
‘Criminal Minds’ keeps growing

SETH SANDRONSKY p. 20
New York ruling grants jobless payments to Uber drivers

MOVIE REVIEW/Ed Rampell p. 21
America, the violent

ROSIE SORENSON p. 21
This way madness comes

EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
Not in my locker room
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
On strip searches and press freedom in N.D.
CONNIE SCHULTZ p. 22
And then Michelle Obama showed up
GARRISON KEILLOR p. 23
Good luck in Nebraska, Donald
POET/Michael Silverstein p. 23
A passionate Congressman to his constituents

Cover illustration by Dolores Cullen


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