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COVER/Roger Bybee p. 1
Contempt for the jobless
EDITORIAL p. 2
Another step forward
JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
Enter, real populists; Dems cave to corporate political power; Stomping on US workers; Genetic link to Big Oil; Franken v. Roberts
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
Oil is so last century
DISPATCHES p. 5
Populist base on Wall Street reform; Which way to recovery?; Social Security warning bells; Fed debt: Do nothing; What Dems don’t know can hurt them; GOP-tied corp. helps Texas Greens; Cal adopts ‘top-two’ runoff ...
FROMA HARROP p. 6
Heaven must wait for money-savvy public
LISA GRIFFITH p. 6
Banks profit while our farmers fail
JIM SPEHAR p. 6
We’ve seen the oil shale movie before
GENE LYONS p. 7
Still captive to ‘zombie lies’
DAVID SIROTA p. 7
Deregulatory push in energy heartland
DAVE ZWEIFEL p. 7
Pentagon has no problem with BP
DEAN BAKER p. 8
Why should we trust the IMF?
JOHN BUELL p. 9
Countering deficit mania
ROBERT REICH p. 9
Slouching toward a double dip ...
JOEL D. JOSEPH p. 9
Bad gyrations: Taming wild stock market
ARIANNA HUFFINGTON p. 10
Afghanistan paradox
ANA MARIE COX p. 10
Do we need a White House press corps?
NORMAN SOLOMON p. 10
Unanimous conformity in the Senate
JOHN STEEL p. 11
Danger of invisible corporate power
JOYCE MARCEL p. 11
Petri dish for entrepreneurs
PHILLIP MATTERA p. 11
BP must come clean, literally and figuratively
GREG PALAST p. 12
Smart pig: BP’s other spill
MARGIE BURNS p. 12
BP, Deepwater contractors push back
ROBERT BOROSAGE p. 13
America cowed: Are we too frightened?
JOE CONASON p. 13
Dubious Senate testimony of Jeff Sessions
CONNIE SCHULTZ p. 14
It’s just not American to feel helpless
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
Jobs here must trump wars there
MICHAEL BRUNE p. 14
It’s time to end our dependence on oil
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
The doctor: A vanishing icon
SAM URETSKY p. 15
Drug chain chicken
E. BOUSSIOS & R. COSTELLO p. 15
Seriously now ... drugs to the rescue?
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
Caribbean corporate two-step
GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet p. 16
The savior trap
JOSEPH TORRES p. 16
Keep the Internet open for all
BOB BURNETT p. 17
Buy it now! Meg Whitman’s Cal. campaign
KATRINA VANDENHEUVEL p. 17
Carly Fiorina: Don’t believe the hype
SAM PIZZIGATTI p. 17
The million-dollar penny
AMERICAS/Roberto Rodriguez p. 18
Manifest destiny to manfest insanity
ALEXANDER COCKBURN p. 18
No energy in energy plan
BOOK REVIEW/Seth Sandronsky p. 18
Crowd control
PUBLIC INTEREST/Ralph Nader p. 19
Hammering the vulnerable
TED RALL p. 19
In dire straits, we whimper
JIM VAN DER POL p. 20
Make some room for Old McDonald
DON ROLLINS p. 20
I love a parade
BILL KNIGHT p. 20
‘Green Tea Party’: Brew a new partnership?
ROB PATTERSON p. 21
Vinyl makes a comeback
POPULIST PICKS p. 21
Summer zephyrs
EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
Baseball embraces Arizona ‘alien’ law
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
We can’t afford war
GARRISON KEILLOR p. 22
Parent’s prayer
DONALD KAUL p. 23
Joe Barton’s honest mistake
POET/Michael Silverstein p. 23
Hunting the elusive low-wage haven
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