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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/David J. Krajicek p. 1 Birth of a prison state EDITORIAL p. 2 Obamacare assassins destroy people’s lives JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3 The scandal in Dennis Hastert’s life; Far from ‘liberalizing’ global policies, TPP is corporatizing them; Banksters: a story of crime and punishment; Doug Hughes: protecting democracy from plutocrats; Feingold to Snowden to Paul: Curtailing USA Patriot Act LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4 DON ROLLINS p. 4 Spain makes amends, and so should we RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5 Support farmers, not agribusiness DISPATCHES p. 5 State GOP leaders thwart O’care; OT rule change could hike wages; Walmart sees benefits from higher wages; Senate map poses challenge for GOP; Top 50 price-gouging hospitals; Nebraska gov. wants to kill prisoners anyway; Republicans attack net neutrality; Obama readies climate change push; GOP sens vote to block EPA clean water rule; Liberals more popular in 2015; G.W. Bush also makes big bucks from speeches; Sanders strong in Wis. straw poll; Senate leader says Obama gets no more appeals judges; La. Repubs wish they'd neer heard of Grover Norquist ... FROMA HARROP p. 6 Sloppiness won’t doom the health reforms BRENDON ROCKEY p. 6 A rocket scientist saved my farm JILL RICHARDSON p. 6 The high cost of low taxes GENE LYONS p. 7 Hillary Clinton’s real primary opponent JILL LAWRENCE p. 7 Scott Walker, GOP are wrong about safety net DAVID SIROTA p. 7 Amtrak’s s­pectrum gap NORMAN SOLOMON p. 8 Misleading celebration for surveillance program KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL p. 9 The dangerous ‘red-state model’ ROBERT B. REICH p. 9 State of disaster EMILY SCHWARTZ GRECO p. 9 Faking it while the world burns DAVID DAYEN p. 10 Black America is getting screwed WENDELL POTTER p. 10 Placing bad bets in Obamacare exchange casino SIMON MALOY p. 10 GOP’s massive deception MARY SANCHEZ p. 11 Campaign finance law: America’s unfunny joke DEAN BAKER p. 11 Federal Reserve Board’s payroll tax on children B. MOYERS and M. WINSHIP p. 12 Turn left on main street WILL DURST p. 12 The life of an aging baby boomer JOAN WALSH p. 13 Koch Brothers’ humiliating secret LEO W. GERARD p. 13 The trade enforcement failure JESSE JACKSON p. 14 The shrinking middle WENONAH HAUTER p. 14 Factory farms are a load of crap MARCY WHEELER p. 14 Benghazi outrage we should be talking about HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15 Rich/poor gap; Well/sick gap SAM URETSKY p. 15 Abortion continues to split the nation JOHN KIRIAKOU p. 15 Re-entering society — and the voting booth WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16 A prairie tsunami JOHN BUELL p. 16 How does corporate neoliberalism survive? JOEL D. JOSEPH p. 16 Trade promotion authority is unconstitutional JUAN COLE p. 17 Rand Paul was right to kill the Patriot Act MARK WEISBROT p. 17 Obama seeks to normalize relations JOE CONASON p. 18 What Republicans do is ignored TINA DUPUY p. 18 Thank you, Nebraska Republicans! BOB BURNETT p. 18 Iraq: Five points to remember PUBLIC INTEREST/Ralph Nader p. 19 Will Bernie Sanders take on Hillary? TED RALL p. 19 Why the Freedom Act sucks MICHAEL SILVERSTEIN p. 20 Philadelphia’s backward looking energy future GENE NICHOL p. 20 Sally Robare and outrageous voter ID laws BOOK REVIEW/Seth Sandronsky p. 20 Workers’ self-empowerment ERIC BOEHLERT p. 21 Beltway press thought Iraq War was a good idea EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21 Caitlyn Jenner: Sports hero AMY GOODMAN p. 22 The pre-charge punishment of Julian Assange CONNIE SCHULTZ p. 22 Sandberg finds her way back DONALD KAUL p. 23 Your guide to the 2016 GOP candidates POET/Michael Silverstein p. 23 The open carry on campus poem

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