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COVER/R.J. Eskow p. 1
Bin Laden hit leaves hangover
EDITORIAL p. 2
Frontier justice
JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
GOP chooses Big Oil over Granny; How about Wall Street apology?; Entergy goes nuclear over Vermont; Artful dodgers; Helping the neediest among us.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
JIM GOODMAN p. 5
Wisconsin wolf in sheep’s clothing
DISPATCHES p. 5
Obama and the end of al-Qaeda; GOP attacks AARP; Medicareless Republican drops in polls; Recall threat prompts Wis. GOP to rush bills; Court OKs class-action restrictions ...
FROMA HARROP p. 6
Walmart gets out of China
TIMOTHY JAMES LeCAIN p. 6
Remember the mines China is buying
JESS HUNTER-BOWMAN p. 6
Colombia trade deal boosts cocaine exports
GENE LYONS p. 7
Who’s soft on terror now?
DAVE ZWEIFEL p. 7
Even loyal workers reach tipping point
DAVID SIROTA p. 7
Cheap war costs big money
ROBERT BOROSAGE p. 8
Osama fallout: Be careful what you wish for
C. ROWLEY & P. LEGGIERE p. 9
Let the PATRIOT Act expire
DEAN BAKER p. 10
Let a falling dollar stimulate factory jobs
ROBERT REICH p. 10
Wages stagnant in recovery
JEFF BLUM & BEN COHEN p. 10
Military spending eats budget
ARIANNA HUFFINGTON p. 11
Can Obama use post-bin Laden bounce?
JOHN NICHOLS p. 11
Paul Ryan gets an earful at home
DANNY SCHECHTER p. 12
Wall Street wins again
SIMON JOHNSON p. 12
Name Warren to defend Wall St. reforms
ROBERT WEISSMAN p. 13
Corporate wars on political transparency
JIM WALLIS p. 13
How do we respon to bin Laden’s death?
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
Benton Harbor environment for uprising
WENONAH HAUTER p. 14
US squanders tax dollars on factory farms
ROGER BYBEE p. 14
Mass. Dems make union bashing bipartisan
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
Elimination of poor helps balance budget
SAM URETSKY p. 15
Ruthless cons beat reasonable liberals
KAY TILLOW p. 15
Health system leaves millions uninsured
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
Capital strikes and corporate taxes
DON ROLLINS p. 16
Universalists debate where bin Laden is
JOHN BUELL p. 16
Nurses and the politics of ‘tough times’
MARK WEISBROT p. 17
Bin Laden got his start in the Cold War
BOB BURNETT p. 17
Swimming from Alcatraz to the future
ALEXANDER COCKBURN p. 18
Obama blessed with nutty foes
AMERICAS/Roberto Rodriguez p. 18
New civil rights coalition in Arizona
DAVID SCHMIDT p. 18
So when does this ‘war on terror’ start?
RALPH NADER p. 19
Small press provides big ideas
TED RALL p. 19
Bin Laden got what he wanted
TA-NEHISI COATES p. 20
Birthers uncover dark side of populism
KATIE HALPER p. 20
GOP prevents cancer, STD screening
EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 20
Sports, bin Laden and the new normal
ROB PATTERSON p. 21
World comes to Austin in SXSW
POPULIST PICKS p. 21
Racism permeates ‘post racial’ United States
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
Accomplish the mission: Bring the troops home
CONNIE SCHULTZ p. 22
Bin Laden ruined countless lives
DONALD KAUL p. 23
Good riddance
POET/Michael Silverstein p. 23
Progressives at the bat
Cover illustration by Dolores Cullen
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