The Progressive POPULIST

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September 1, 2010 -- Volume 16, Number 15


TABLE OF CONTENTS

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COVER/Kent Paterson p. 1
Mexico’s great leap backwards

EDITORIAL p. 2
Economic terrorism; Fix the 14th Amendment

JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
Fighting back against the banksters; Big Oil’s gusher of subsidies; Yet another BP outrage; Uniting to fight Citizens United; Bitter taste of racial discrimination
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
Expect voters to think?

DISPATCHES p. 5
Social Security, Medicare: no emergency; Health reforms take effect; Gay marriage depends on one guy; Big Biz flexes muscles in campaigns; Telcos mull ‘net neutrality’ workaround ...

FROMA HARROP p. 6
Under Obama, drop in illegal immigration
ERIC JANTZ p. 6
Why our environmental laws are failing
EDITORIAL/Storm Lake Times p. 6
Drugs and livestock: a deadly mix

GENE LYONS p. 7
Media fooled by right wing — again
DAVID SIROTA p. 7
Deception of real-world Inception
DAVE ZWEIFEL p. 7
We only say we want independent pols
MANUEL PéREZ-ROCHA p. 8
Misguided economic policies drive migrants
ARTURO S. RODRIGUEZ p. 8
Farm workers dare: ‘Take our jobs’
ROGER BYBEE p. 9
US wage-earners no longer key to profits
DEBRA RUH p. 9
Multinat shell game hurts local business
ARIANNA HUFFINGTON p. 10
Palin, ‘Mama Grizzzlies,’ Jung and archetypes
BOB BURNETT p. 10
Obama’s failure to communicate
JOHN NICHOLS p. 10
Dems seek to check Obama on Pakistan
ROBERT REICH p. 11
The enthusiasm gap and you
SETH SANDRONSKY p. 11
Biotech workers struggle for safety

ROBERT BOROSAGE p. 12
Make full employment Job 1
KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL p. 13
Food stamps or teachers?
DON ROLLINS p. 13
Losing your religion

DEAN BAKER p. 13
Double-dip recessions and final demand
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
Help wanted
JOHN BUELL p. 14
Listening to talk radio

MARTIN MURIE p. 14
Lynne Stewart’s ordeal
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
Down the linguistic rabbit-hole on Medicare

SAM URETSKY p. 15
Don’t bet against the rich

NORMAN SOLOMON p. 15
After the Big Leak, spinning for war
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
Thomas Affair and beyond

GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet p. 16
War is over? Not

TA-NEHISI COATES p. 16
We’re not ready for conversation on race
N. GUNASEKARAN p. 17
Anti-corporate move, not extremism, for Left

JOEL BRINKLEY p. 17
China’s coal addiction
AMERICAS/Roberto Rodriguez p. 18
Arizona officials suppress ‘Raza’ studies
ALEXANDER COCKBURN p. 18
Will WikiLeaks help end Afghan war?
DAN GILLMOR p. 18
Airport body scan images being banked
PUBLIC INTEREST/Ralph Nader p. 19
New York’s rebatable bailout
TED RALL p. 19
The idiocracy factor
DANNY SCHECHTER p. 20
Wall Street’s collapse: 3 years later
ANA MARIE COX p. 20
School of Journolism
ROB PATTERSON p. 21
Greed killed the music business

POPULIST PICKS p. 21
A flawed film can still have merits

EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
What owners owe us
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
Time for deficit doves
CONNIE SCHULTZ p. 23
The story of America
DONALD KAUL p. 23
Our grandkids deserve better politicians
POET/Michael Silverstein p. 23
Kubla Kahn


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