The Progressive POPULIST

A Twice-Monthly Journal from the Heartland
April 15, 2010 -- Volume 16, Number 7


TABLE OF CONTENTS

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COVER/Sherrilyn Ifill p. 1
Big money floods judicial elections

EDITORIAL p. 2
Reform we can build on

JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
Granny D R.I.P.; Drowning democracy in corporate money; Who’s watching Wall St. watchdog?; Oxymoron: Texas education; When Tom speaks, people giggle
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
Democracy isn’t pretty but it’s all we got

DISPATCHES p. 5
Most courageous and most cowardly Dems; New push for public option; Americans view health reform favorably; Chamber won’t spend on repeal push; Bum’s Rush ...

CONNIE SCHULTZ p. 6
Job or no job, he’s still her hero
JONATHAN THOMPSON p. 6
Wyoming turbine tax good for wind power
JIM VAN DER POL p. 6
Raw deals for family farmers

GENE LYONS p. 7
It’s time for Wall Street to pay
DAVID SIROTA p. 7
What’s the matter with Democrats?
ROGER BYBEE p. 8
Foreclosure crisis persists
ANDREW LEONARD p. 8
How not to learn from a financial crisis
BOB BURNETT p. 9
Dangerous visions for desperate times
MARK MANSPERGER p. 9
Are we on the road to socialism?
DON ROLLINS p. 9
Confessions of a social justice communist

DEAN BAKER p. 10
When US becomes Greece
ROBERT BOROSAGE p. 10
All you need to know about bank reform
ARIANNA HUFFINGTON p. 11
Is ‘Undercover Boss’ most subversive TV show?
RYAN ALEXANDER p. 11
Taxpayers are getting nuked
ROBERT REICH p. 12
How healthcare reform makes history
JOE CONASON p. 12
Boehner is angry — and GOP should worry
MARK POTOK p. 12
They say they want a revolution
NORMAN SOLOMON p. 13
Zero public option + one mandate = disaster
FROMA HARROP p. 14
Will Snowe fall in Maine?
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
Infrastructure deficit catches up with US
STEVE KORNACKI p. 14
Healthcare triumph a credit to Pelosi’s savvy
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
Health policy at the movies

BILL JOHNSTON p. 15
Never asked, didn’t care

SAM URETSKY p. 15
Safer drugs another victim of lobbyists

WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
Jobs, Jobs, Jobs

GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet p. 16
Push back and protest
JOHN BUELL p. 16
Building productive enterprise

MARK WEISBROT p. 17
Greenspan’s nightmare is Third World’s dream
PAUL F. deLESPINASSE p. 17
Criminalizing a drink of water

AMERICAS/Roberto Rodriguez p. 18
Census: Latinos can ID as indigenous
ALEXANDER COCKBURN p. 18
Are Obama and Hillary really bumblers?
PUBLIC INTEREST/Ralph Nader p. 19
Filibuster flim flam
TED RALL p. 19
I wish I were a Republican
JIM CULLEN p. 20
SXSW: What’s up, docs?

SAM PIZZIGATI p. 20
Did US founders want government small?
ROB PATTERSON p. 21
The man behind ‘Joey Ramone’

POPULIST PICKS p. 21
Catch ‘The Cove’

EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
Root for Ed O’Bannon to upset the NCAA
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
NYC’s jihad against Debbie Almontaser
GARRISON KEILLOR p. 22
Play ball!
ANDREW LEONARD p. 22
Health care? Done. Next up: The banks
DONALD KAUL p. 23
Recipe for fighting the party of no
POET/Michael Silverstein p. 23
Make Tim Geithner go


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