The Progressive POPULIST

A Twice-Monthly Journal from the Heartland
March 1, 2016 -- Volume 22, Number 4


TABLE OF CONTENTS

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COVER/David Dayen p. 1
The Democratic Primary miracle

EDITORIAL p. 2
Bernie gets a boost

JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
What really poisoned Flint’s water;
How Budweiser locks out free enterprise competitors;
Ultra-big houses for ultra-big egoes;
Everyday patriots;
Highjacking high speed rail highjacks America’s future
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
MARC MORIAL p. 4
We still need Black History Month

RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
Ted Cruzing with the Iowa Evangelicals

DISPATCHES p. 5
How cozy is Hillary with Wall Street?;
Obamacare keeps working;
Unfinished business with ‘full jobs’ report;
Court stays carbon regs while lawsuit proceeds;
Billionaires dominate election;
AT&T fights to keep ’net slow;
California, Massachusetts lead US solar boom ...

FROMA HARROP p. 6
Government keeps rural West going
NANCY LANGSTON p. 6
The history of a controversial wildlife refuge
JILL RICHARDSON p. 6
It’s not all in your head
GENE LYONS p. 7
Donald Trump’s woman issue
EMILY SCHWARTZ GRECO p. 7
Drowning the oil industry
DON ROLLINS p. 7
Remarkable saga of United Steel Workers 2324

KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL p. 8
We need Sanders to redefine our politics
BOB CESCA p. 8
Sanders overcoming Congress? Shouldn’t matter
BOB BURNETT p. 9
It’s inequality, stupid!­­
PAUL BLEST p. 9
The Bernie Sanders era is now upon us
ROBERT BOROSAGE p. 10
New Hampshire populist uprising

JOHN YOUNG p. 10
‘Hand on the Bible’ for climate deniers

ROBERT REICH p. 10
It takes a movement
MARY SANCHEZ p. 11
Trump holds unflattering mirror to GOP, Fox
NORMAN SOLOMON p. 11
Bernie leads biggest Dem insurrection in decades

JOEL D. JOSEPH p. 11
Chinese stock market syndrome

MIKE LUX p. 12
Hillary, embrace your inner Bernie
BILL SCHER p. 13
Can the Democrats survive this primary?
SEAN ILLING p. 13
Donald Trump is a fraud
AMANDA MARCOTTE p. 13
Don’t change, Donald Trump
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
Behind Flint horror show, biting cynicism
WENONAH HAUTER p. 14
A poisonous approach to governing

DEAN BAKER p. 14
Bill Gates could lead publicly funded drug trials
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
One displeased insurer: I want out

SAM URETSKY p. 15
Legislators aren’t good with sequels

WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
Democrats and white guys

JOHN BUELL p. 16
Flint, crises and Democratic politics

N. GUNASEKARAN p. 16
Campaign against enclosure of Internet
JUAN COLE p. 17
Foreign policy winners and losers in Iowa
MARK WEISBROT p. 17
For US in Haiti, black votes don’t matter
JOE CONASON p. 18
Is there only one true progressive?
RUSSELL MOKHIBER p. 18
Warren reports on corporate rigged justice
MARK ANDERSON p. 18
4th industrial revolution leaves workers behind

PUBLIC INTEREST/Ralph Nader p. 19
Corporate Democrats taking down Sanders
TED RALL p. 19
If NY’s primary were today, I’d go with Sanders
ROBERT KUTTNER p. 20
In praise of ‘unrealistic’ ideas
BOOK REVIEW/Seth Sandronsky p. 20
Right turn

ERIC BLUMBERG p. 20
Iowans rage against the machine

MOVIE REVIEW/Ed Rampell p. 22
In the Heart of the Sea, great whale strikes again

EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
Super Bowl 50: Brought to you by toe fungus
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
Trapping access to safe, legal abortions
CONNIE SCHULTZ p. 22
This liberal doesn’t need your lectures
DONALD KAUL p. 23
The election moves on

POET/Michael Silverstein p. 23
A monarchy of money

Cover illustration by Dolores Cullen


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