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COVER/Hal Crowther p. 1
A nation of narcissists
EDITORIAL p. 2
Demagogy isn’t populism; Immigration roadblock
JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
Export jobs, import help; Lobbyists love Boehner; Spreading arms for peace; Prettying up ugliness; ‘Conservatism’ to ‘crackpotism.’
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
Usual suspects beat Roundup
DISPATCHES p. 5
Uninsured top 50M; Insurance help is on the way; Insurers renege on kids’ coverage; GOP threatens shutdown over health reforms; Repubs applaud jobs from GM bailout they opposed; FBI improperly probed antiwar, green activists ...
FROMA HARROP p. 6
Democrats need to turn off Fox News
PATTY LOVERA p. 6
Egg recall reveals broken food system
DIANE SYLVAIN p. 6
We’re all anchor babies on this bus
GENE LYONS p. 7
Don’t pretend that hard work conquers all
DAVID SIROTA p. 7
Neoliberal bait and switch
DAVE ZWEIFEL p. 7
With stimulus, Wis. no longer losing funding
STEVE KORNACKI p. 9
Tea Party winning in spite of itself
ROBERT BOROSAGE p. 10
Uncommon common sense about economy
JIM VAN DER POL p. 10
We need separation of Church and Wall St.
ARIANNA HUFFINGTON p. 11
Obama insists he made ‘right decisions’
DEAN BAKER p. 11
Soft bigotry of low expectations for economists
ANDREW LEONARD p. 11
White House gets populist to form credit agency
JACK BRADIGAN SPULA p. 12
Save the Gulf by going organic
ROBERT REICH p. 12
The tortoise economy
LYNN PARRAMORE p. 13
Elizabeth Warren in her own words
MARTHA BURK p. 13
Elders’ safety net could fray after Nov. 2
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
GOP still putting Wall Street first
BOB BURNETT p. 14
Proud to be a liberal
DON ROLLINS p. 14
Think before using
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
Mr. Smith, stay home
SAM URETSKY p. 15
Not enough buyers
BEN LONG p. 15
Love wilderness? Thank a veteran
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
Bush’s revenge
GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet p. 16
Magical figuring
JOHN BUELL p. 16
Romance of the auto
N. GUNASEKARAN p. 17
Who bears the pain in worldwide recession?
JOHN NICHOLS p. 17
Case for spending now on infrastructure
ALEXANDER COCKBURN p. 18
The Quran at Fahrenheit 451
RAUL REYES p. 18
Immigrant youth in limbo
ROGER BYBEE p. 18
Harley keeps jobs in Wis., takes workers’ money
PUBLIC INTEREST/Ralph Nader p. 19
Dems stay in corporate cocoon
TED RALL p. 19
Afghan war myths
JIM GOODMAN p. 20
Food crisis not about a shortage of food
BOOKS/Seth Sandronsky p. 20
Yes, there is a socialist alternative
NORMAN SOLOMON p. 20
Elections not a waste of progressives’ time
ROB PATTERSON p. 21
All books are sacred
POPULIST PICKS p. 21
Architecture of photography
EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
The summer of our sporting discontent
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
A little missed sunshine
CONNIE SCHULTZ p. 22
We outnumber the religious fanatics
DONALD KAUL p. 23
Civil rights delusion
POET/Michael Silverstein p. 23
A Kabul bank investor speaks
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