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COVER/Robert Borosage p. 1
The big fix
EDITORIAL p. 2
In Arizona, you must show your papers
JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
Killing the competition; US needs populist on the court; Corporate murder?; Which Mitch to believe?; Let Wall Street execs go
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
Corporations move in on your garden
DISPATCHES p. 5
GOP blocks Wall St. reform; Where are moderate Repubs?; Arizona trucker held for birth proof; Washington willing to soak the rich ...
FROMA HARROP p. 6
Where third party runs are nearly routine
GINA KNUDSON p. 6
Idaho lives the new spaghetti western
TIMOTHY A. WISE p. 6
Monopolies are killing our farms
GENE LYONS p. 7
Explained: Mysteries of financial meltdown
DAVID SIROTA p. 7
Clinton’s contrition
ROBERT REICH p. 7
A citizen’s guide to reforming Wall St.
DEAN BAKER p. 8
Squashing the Goldman vampire squid
ROBERT WEISSMAN p. 9
It’s about power, not reform
ARIANNA HUFFINGTON p. 9
Real Wall St. crime: Shorting the middle class
GREG PALAST p. 10
Behind the Arizona immigration law
JOYCE MARCEL p. 10
The B corp.: Rise of the new corporation
ROGER BYBEE p. 11
Stressed-out Americans need job flexibility
JOHN NICHOLS p. 11
Paul Ryan ‘explains’ history of progressivism
BOB BURNETT p. 12
Big liars and the voters who love them
JOE CONASON p. 12
Boehner slams Goldman’s clout but takes cash
JERRY D. ROSE p. 13
2010, year of the progressive populist
CONNIE SCHULTZ p. 14
Slashed budget? Then arm citizens, judge says
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
Biggest bailout cost is human
EVAGGELOS VALLIANATOS p. 14
Corporate protection at EPA
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
Target big bad government
SAM URETSKY p. 15
The making of a conservative
JOHN BUELL p. 16
Coal and predatory capitalism
GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet p. 16
Coal’s dangers
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
Slouching towards Romneyville
N. GUNASEKARAN p. 17
Global military spending goes sky-high
DONALD GUTIERREZ p. 17
Zinn Reader: Disobedience and democracy
AMERICAS/Roberto Rodriguez p. 18
Arizona: What apartheid looks like
ALEXANDER COCKBURN p. 18
Court will be Obama’s legacy
PUBLIC INTEREST/Ralph Nader p. 19
No interest in saving
TED RALL p. 19
Why the right doesn’t get it
ART CULLEN p. 19
Secrecy builds mistrust
PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS p. 20
Truth has fallen and taken liberty with it
DON ROLLINS p. 20
Dead houses, live flowers
ROB PATTERSON p. 21
Tuning in on tweets
POPULIST PICKS p. 21
A lifetime of change
EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
Burying Juan Antonio Samaranch
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
Cochabamba, water wars and climate change
GARRISON KEILLOR p. 22
Sensible virtues
DONALD KAUL p. 23
Keep Grant on the $50 bill
POET/Michael Silverstein p. 23
VAT, that’s where it’s at
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