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COVER/Vincent Rossmeier & Gabriel Winant p. 1
W and the damage done
EDITORIAL p. 2
Lend us his ear
JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
Bush legacy project; New level of Wall Street arrogance; Put some bite in financial watchdogs; Al the victim Gonzales; Why Homeland Security is so beloved; Death of journalism
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
Stimulate your own economy
DISPATCHES p. 5
Toyota Republicans; Bush bars autoworker strikes; GOP hack skates in ‘Justice’ probe ...
FROMA HARROP p. 6
Mortgage thieves return
PAUL LARMER p. 6
Environmental hero and need for reform
ROBIN MITTENTHAL p. 6
Eating away at the land that feeds us
GENE LYONS p. 7
Coward’s idea of toughness
DAVID SIROTA p. 7
FDR prolonged the Depression??Really?
GREG PALAST p. 9
Bill Richardson: Kissinger-American
JOHN NICHOLS p. 10
Celebrating ’08’s most valuable progressives
JOSEPH B. ATKINS p. 11
Southern oligarchy and the labor unions
DAVE ZWEIFEL p. 11
Yes, it’s time to reboot America
JOHN BUELL p. 11
Congress must be bold
ROBERT WEISSMAN p. 12
10 worst corporations of 2008
JESSE JACKSON p. 12
No time to waste jump-starting economy
ARIANNA HUFFINGTON p. 13
Make inauguration for we the people
JOE CONASON p. 13
Franken stole election? Prove it or shut up
KATHARINE MIESZKOWSKI p. 14
Score one for the environment
ANDREW LEONARD p. 14
Is Obama aiming too low?
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
Three cheers for government
SAM URETSKY p. 15
Help locals get their own projects going
BEN BURKETT p. 15
Family farmers demand real change
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
Confronting the demon
GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet p. 16
Growing in a green way
JUAN COLE p. 17
Neoconservatism dies in Gaza
ART CULLEN p. 17
Sticks are doing OK
AMERICAS/Roberto Rodriguez p. 18
America’s soul sickness: Obama’s awakening
ALEXANDER COCKBURN p. 18
Giant Ponzi scheme
NORMAN SOLOMON p. 18
Orwellian shadow extends to current era
PUBLIC INTEREST/Ralph Nader p. 19
Open letter to Barack Obama
TED RALL p. 19
Only one solution: Soak the rich
HAL CROWTHER p. 20
The people’s choice: a media megastar
EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
Breaking new ground: politics & sports ’08
ROB PATTERSON p. 21
More than one way to get the truth
POPULIST PICKS p. 21
Weather reports
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
Israeli voices for peace
GARRISON KEILLOR p. 22
Cheerful idiot
WALT GASSON p. 22
Wyoming tale of forbearance, heartbreak
DONALD KAUL p. 23
Yes, 2008 was historic
POET/Michael Silverstein p. 23
Feeding time at the federal trough
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