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EDITORIALS: Don't Hope; Organize; Populists in Alliance; Alternative Political Movements. JIM HIGHTOWER: HMOs Muzzle Doctors; Pension Rights; Playing Loose with Privacy; Bob Dole: Marlboro Man; Corporate Goes 'New Age'; Mr. Pork, Mr. Chairman; Scent Ads Go Too Far. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR An on-line guide for activists, by Rick Sheridan. RURAL ROUTES: Against Long Odds, by Marty Strange. EVERLASTING GOP-STOPPER / Sean Allen ESSAY: Organizing the Religious Left, by Rob Brown. DAVID MORRIS: The New York Times trashes Recycling TALES FROM EAST TEXAS / Carol Countryman: Big Hair and politics still rule in the South. LABOR TALK / Harry Kelber: Where were the CEOs? SPECIAL REPORT: Price-fixing plea bargains spell trouble for ADM, by A.V. Krebs. MADE IN THE USA / Joel Joseph: Stop the Presses! Mitsubishi invades Washington Post. FEATURE: Water watchdogs help catch despoilers, by Jane Braxton Little. FEATURE: Citizens plan their futures, by Jane Braxton Little. FEATURE: Migrant laborers seize the American dream, by Darren Waggoner. FEATURE: Refor'Madness, by Walt Contreras Sheasby. FEATURE: Galbraith and 'the Good Society' by Randolph T. Holhut. HUMOR: Where have all the Falwells gone? by Glenn Steer. COVER STORY: Heading for the Center: the Democrats in Chicago, by Jim Cullen. SPEECHES / Jesse Jackson: Keep the Faith Mario Cuomo: Reflecting on Dramatic Changes Byron Dorgan: Fighting for Families IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST / Ralph Nader: Demos put on trade show. HEALTH CARE / Joan Retsinas: Jane Austen: Congress Needs You. JAMES McCARTY YEAGER: Texas Taxes Taxidermized FEATURE: 'State of the Union' and the 1996 Election, by Joyce Marcel. MEDIA BEAT/ Norman Solomon: CIA's Cocaine Links. ESSAY / Steve Russell: Kill that corporate 'person' ENVIRONMENT / Peter Montague: A Political Opportunity. LATINO SPECTRUM / Roberto Rodriguez and Patrisia Gonzales: A third force. TED RALL: Kids Rule. BOOK REVIEW / Robert Sherrill: Fearless and Fiendish Journalism. FREE LANCE: Court strikes down labeling law; critic blasts corporate privileges. HAL CROWTHER: William James: Cutting God some slack. CHARLES LEVENDOSKY: A bill that offends nearly everyone. JESSE JACKSON: The 'Virtual' Republicans MOLLY IVINS: Democrats, redeem yourselves; What we didn't hear; Dole's attack on teachers. EUGENE J. McCARTHY: Corporations.
