The Progressive POPULIST

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May 1, 2010 -- Volume 16, Number 8


TABLE OF CONTENTS

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COVER/Roger Bybee p. 1
Will coal execs ever face justice?

EDITORIAL p. 2
Fight goes on; Expose GOP; Court’s left flank

JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
Inside outsider takes on Wall Street; Banker speaks truth; Advancing our right to trial by jury; Agribusiness profits, mutant germs and us; Riding into the future.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
Grow local businesses

DISPATCHES p. 5
Why workers are angry; Health care makes GOP see red; GOP frivolity; Middle class pays less tax; Federal deficit shrinks; Union blamed for non-union mine disaster; What makes teabaggers mad?; Age matters for court picks; Push for ‘fair elections’ ...

FROMA HARROP p. 6
Thou shalts of tax reform
PAUL VanDEVELDER p. 6
Tall trees, mighty rivers and common sense
GRETCHEN MAINE p. 6
Dairy farmers get a sour deal
GENE LYONS p. 7
Substance no match for BS
DAVID SIROTA p. 7
Progressive, liberal, what’s the difference?
DAVE ZWEIFEL p. 7
Let people see tax returns
DAVID ELLIOT p. 8
Sick and fired
MITCHELL KAIDY p. 8
How about some employee free choice?

ROBERT REICH p. 9
Break up the banks
DEAN BAKER p. 9
Cure deficit by taxing traders
ROBERT BOROSAGE p. 9
Will Chinese play US once more?
ARIANNA HUFFINGTON p. 10
Let’s get personal in the fight for financial regs
JOHN NICHOLS p. 10
Push for state-run banks gains steam
D.H. KERBY p. 10
Warrantless wiretaps finally struck down

JOE CONASON p. 11
Offshore drilling: Did Rahm sell out too soon?
BOB BURNETT p. 11
The next civil war
EDWARD HERMAN p. 12
Big government, budget deficits, ‘centrist’ ploy
GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet p. 12
Casting the ’Net

TIMOTHY KARR p. 13
The fight ahead for ’Net neutrality
CONNIE SCHULTZ p. 14
We the people in land of ‘I’s
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
Mass transit too crucial to ignore
JOSEPH B. ATKINS p. 14
Fascism makes a comeback

TOM HARKIN p. 15
Why the new health reform will succeed

HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
‘At Last’ awards

SAM URETSKY p. 15
No returns

NORMAN SOLOMON p. 16
Bomber jacket doesn’t cover the blood
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
The man who made the monster

JOHN BUELL p. 16
The joy of taxes

KENT PATERSON p. 17
Immigration reform withers on the vine

MARGIE BURNS p. 17
CIA’s $3 million coffee table

AMERICAS/Roberto Rodriguez p. 18
Dreaming bigger dreams
ALEXANDER COCKBURN p. 18
Gulag ag vs. White House egg roll
PUBLIC INTEREST/Ralph Nader p. 19
Win for whistleblowers
TED RALL p. 19
This time it’s impersonal — a corporate layoff
JIM VAN DER POL p. 20
Leash the corporate dogs

ROB PATTERSON p. 21
Why can’t TV be more like HBO?

POPULIST PICKS p. 21
Family values

EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
Tiger the brand conquers Tiger the brand
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
Collateral murder in Iraq
GARRISON KEILLOR p. 22
Where’s our old-fashioned jobs program
DONALD KAUL p. 23
GOP antics signal party’s demise
POET/Michael Silverstein p. 23
Sweet gig


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