The Progressive POPULIST

A Twice-Monthly Journal from the Heartland
June 15, 2010 -- Volume 16, Number 11


TABLE OF CONTENTS

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COVER/Michael T. Klare p. 1
Oil rush to Hell

EDITORIAL p. 2
Taking it to the Street

JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
BP makes a big splash for ‘Icky’ Award; Give good government a try; Advancing our right to trial by jury; Meekness of ‘DISCLOSE’; Monsanto comes a cropper
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
Thanks for clarifying the oil crisis

DISPATCHES p. 5
Bank shot; Public Citizen: Bank reform good, should be stronger; Farmers welcome futures regs; Senate populist core ID’d; Blue skies after big election; Builders are hiring ...

FROMA HARROP p. 6
Gulf shrimpers had economic interests, too
BEN LILLISTON p. 6
High court wades into weeds on biotech
MICHAEL B. KEEGAN p. 6
Constitution v. Corporations
GENE LYONS p. 7
No, GOP, you can’t have the keys back
DAVID SIROTA p. 7
Laying bare the myth of ‘The Left’
JIM GOODMAN p. 7
World of benefits from biotech? For whom?

ROBERT WEISSMAN p. 8
Boycott BP
ROBERT REICH p. 9
BP is BS’ing us
BOB BURNETT p. 9
Magical thinking caused BP oil blowout
ROBERT BOROSAGE p. 10
Change, not recovery
MICHAEL WINSHIP p. 10
Congress gets a kick in the pants
JOHN NICHOLS p. 10
Populism prevails on both sides of ballot
ARIANNA HUFFINGTON p. 11
Wall Street’s gain has been America’s loss
BOOK/Kristian Williams p. 11
Great anti-war cartoons

LES LEOPOLD p. 12
What’s the cure for financial insanity?
DAPHNE WYSHAM p. 12
Crime pays for BP
ROGER BYBEE p. 13
Cracks in the Tea Party?
STACY MITCHELL p. 13
Indie businesses embrace ‘Move Your Money’

CONNIE SCHULTZ p. 14
Thanks, LeBron, even if you go
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
We must work for economic justice
DON ROLLINS p. 14
Of slogans and mottos

HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
Math troubles at WellPoint

SAM URETSKY p. 15
Health executives hustle customers

NORMAN SOLOMON p. 15
Kagan in context: Shafting progressive values
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
Tea without sympathy

GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet p. 16
The money culture

JOHN BUELL p. 16
Arizona and the politics of immigration

D. NIERENBERG & B. POLLACK p. 17
No silver bullet for HIV/AIDS in Africa
DEAN BAKER p. 17
Politicians ignore Keynes at their peril
AMERICAS/Roberto Rodriguez p. 18
Welcome to Apartheid Arizona, USA
ALEXANDER COCKBURN p. 18
Kagan gay issue a red herring
PUBLIC INTEREST/Ralph Nader p. 19
No time for consumer empowerment
TED RALL p. 19
Corporate-style crime and punishment
ED QUILLEN p. 20
The Arizona solution: Enforce the law
MICHAEL I. NIMAN p. 20
That illegal look
ROB PATTERSON p. 21
Music snobs suck

EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
‘That’s Bill Russell’
TRAVEL/Richard A. Levins p. 21
In praise of small government
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
Law & Order: Corporate Crime Unit
GARRISON KEILLOR p. 22
The care and feeding of US senators
DONALD KAUL p. 23
Wake me when it’s June
POET/Michael Silverstein p. 23
Expectation men


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