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COVER/Edward McClelland p. 1
Detroit isn’t dead yet
EDITORIAL p. 2
Pull for single-payer; Bail out carmakers, too
JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
Repairing Bush regulatory wreckage; Link up with Obama White House; Credit Cardholders’ Bill of Rights; Citi bails on employees; Stealth price increases; Good-food movement
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
USDA: Treat farmers like they matter
DISPATCHES p. 5
Bush ignored mortgage warnings; Small banks razz Citi bailout; Social Security turns out good investment; Bushite edict lets toxic toys stay in stores; Election goes on; Waxman ousts Dingell in House coup; Arizona Dems lose; Torture costs US lives; Yes, we’re in a recession ...
FROMA HARROP p. 6
Health care reform must start now
SAMUEL WESTERN p. 6
We’re in this together
STAN COX p. 6
Take a holiday from clothes shopping
GENE LYONS p. 7
From one stereotype to another
DAVID SIROTA p. 7
Our ‘dear leader’
DAVE ZWEIFEL p. 7
Real culprits ignored in attacks on auto workers
RICHARD RHAMES p. 8
What’s good for UAW is good for USA
ROGER BYBEE p. 9
After bank bailouts, why not working families?
JOEL D. JOSEPH p. 9
We should help the Big Three
JOHN BUELL p. 10
Emerging Democratic majority?
BOB BURNETT p. 10
Recession rooted in self-interest
ROBERT WEISSMAN p. 11
Not yet at the Promised Land
DANIEL KEMMIS p. 11
Chance to do it right in the West
AL GIORDANO p. 12
US Secretary of State: Cautionary tale
JOHN NICHOLS p. 12
Feingold must be tough with AG pick
ARIANNA HUFFINGTON p. 13
Hillary + Obama = High drama
JOYCE MARCEL p. 13
Lizard brains
ANDREW LEONARD p. 14
Perils of cheap oil
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
Bold Obama ready to score in clutch
STEVE SCHNAPP p. 14
Presidents need help for fundamental change
JAMES McCARTY YEAGER p. 15
None dare call for impeachment
SAM URETSKY p. 15
Seniors burned by free-market collapse
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
Santa Claus in a fez
MEDIA BEAT/Norman Solomon p. 16
The ideology of no ideology
GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet p. 16
Progressives must speak up
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
Highway robbery
N. GUNASEKARAN p. 17
Crisis prevention or appeasement?
JACK SHANAHAN p. 17
Pentagon is as bloated as Wall Street
RANDOLPH HOLHUT p. 17
Time for a new capitalism
AMERICAS/Roberto Rodriguez p. 18
Indigenous elders fight for their home
ALEXANDER COCKBURN p. 18
Foreign policy thanksgiving
STEVEN GDULA p. 17
The blame on Prop 8
PUBLIC INTEREST/Ralph Nader p. 19
Open the books
TED RALL p. 19
GOP betrays conservatives
DONALD GUTIERREZ p. 20
The prosecution of G.W. Bush for murder
ROB PATTERSON p. 21
Look for silver artistic lining
EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
Mark Cuban’s Ayn Rand populism
POPULIST PICKS p. 21
Still misunderestimated after all these years
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
Why Bolivia threw out our ambassador
GARRISON KEILLOR p. 22
Secret of happiness
DONALD KAUL p. 23
Woodshed time for auto industry
POET/Michael Silverstein p. 23
Yea, though your assets took a shearing
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