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COVER/Robert Weissman p. 1
One year into the meltdown
EDITORIAL p. 2
Reject corporate personhood
JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
The reality of recovery; Judge kicks back at Wall Street greed; Denounce federal spending but cash the check; Healthcare tidbits; ‘Smart Choice’ isn’t
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
Change food habits, save the children
DISPATCHES p. 5
ACORN stung by prankster videos; Faux populist celebrity; Meltdown probe starts; GM grudge against Moore; FCC chief pushes open ’net; Lack of insurance kills 44,000 ...
FROMA HARROP p. 6
‘Heads I win, tails I’m bailed out’
RAY RING p. 6
National parks: Still our best idea
JULIA OLMSTEAD p. 6
Climate bill is off-base on agriculture
GENE LYONS p. 7
Obama gets the Clinton treatment
DAVID SIROTA p. 7
Selective deficit disorder
DAVE ZWEIFEL p. 7
Without health reform, US can’t compete
ANDY KROLL p. 8
Lobbyists still run Washington
ARIANNA HUFFINGTON p. 10
Obama won’t be able to reform Wall Street
ROBERT BOROSAGE p. 10
The mugging of the common good
MARK WEISBROT p. 11
Moore’s love story will find ready audience
KENT PATERSON p. 11
‘IMF’ comes to California ... and near you
JOE CONASON p. 12
Republican pols lack empathy
DEAN BAKER p. 12
Public option and Big Government cons
GREG PALAST p. 13
Economic hit men drowning New Orleans
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
Fed-run health care a proven success
ROBERT REICH p. 14
Snowe can save reform by voting against
CARL POPE p. 14
America understood clunkers
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
Cainotophobia — an epidemic
CONNIE SCHULTZ p. 15
You probably knew Crystal Lee Sutton
SAM URETSKY p. 15
Influencing doctors
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
Party time
GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet p. 16
Compromise is not reform
MEDIA BEAT/Norman Solomon p. 16
Media absence of class war
MICHAEL LIND p. 17
Uninsured like me
ART CULLEN p. 17
Harkin: Reform will pass
AMERICAS/Roberto Rodriguez p. 18
Neither walls nor moats can hold them back
ALEXANDER COCKBURN p. 18
Welcome to the US asylum
DON ROLLINS p. 18
Prayers for the perps
PUBLIC INTEREST/Ralph Nader p. 19
Rolling the dice again
TED RALL p. 19
The impotent dictator
WENDELL POTTER p. 20
Corporate P.R. is hazardous to your health
JOHN NICHOLS p. 20
Is Roberts a man of his word?
ROB PATTERSON p. 21
Inglourious failure
POPULIST PICKS p. 21
Big boxes
EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
Sports and the uncivil society
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
Van Jones and the boycott of Glenn Beck
GARRISON KEILLOR p. 22
Nice 67 y.o. male has brush with mortality
DONALD KAUL p. 23
Don’t mess up our debate with facts
POET/Michael Silverstein p. 23
The talking dollar poem
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