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COVER/Dave Jamieson p. 1
Violence hangs over Colombia trade deal
EDITORIAL p. 2
The ‘No Deal’ Congress
JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
Right-wing jobs program for America; Must we eat bluebird of happiness?; Good ship Goldman sails for Singapore; Pathetic party of petulance; Corporate thieves ...
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
More pork in Washington than Chicago BOT
DISPATCHES p. 5
Can’t fill deficit without taxes; ‘Dream’ movement moves forward; Senate outlook; ...
FROMA HARROP p. 6
What happened to the jobs?
BEN LONG p. 6
Famous or obscure, rivers are priceless
GEORGE NAYLOR p. 6
Global farm crash looms
GENE LYONS p. 7
A party divorced from sanity
DAVID SIROTA p. 7
The terrorist threat we’re ignoring
DAVE ZWEIFEL p. 7
Health insurers’ errors wasting billions
DEAN BAKER p. 8
Progressisves should oppose payroll tax cut
JOEL D. JOSEPH p. 8
Wayward trade organization
JOHN NICHOLS p. 9
Dems win recall as Walker tanks in polls
ROBERT BOROSAGE p. 9
The Gang of Six’s raw deal
KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL p. 10
Gang of 70 stands for Medicare, Social Security
GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet p. 10
Progressives left standing alone
BOB BURNETT p. 10
Lost in space: decline of American spirit
ARIANNA HUFFINGTON p. 11
From DSK to BSkyB
ROBERT REICH p. 11
Rise of wrecking-ball right
ROBERT SCHEER p. 11
Sorry Elizabeth, Wall Street said no
ROGER BYBEE p. 12
States can’t win ‘business climate’ game
DAVID ELLIOT p. 12
GOP honeymoon is over
ELLEN BROWN p. 13
States hope to save local lending from big banks
PETER WEISS p. 13
Justice Department gives torturers a pass
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
Economic divide splits America
JANET REDMAN p. 14
Climate change spreads across the country
DON ROLLINS p. 14
Progressivism and its consequences
SAM URETSKY p. 15
Republicans unready to govern
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
Medical skullduggery in Medtronic clinics
MELINDA HEMMELGARN p. 15
Monstanto disguises propaganda as P.R.
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
Don’t look now, Abe
JOHN BUELL p. 16
Democracy and the polls
DANNY SCHECHTER p. 16
Mandela’s legacy is debated
MARK WEISBROT p. 17
Why the Euro is not worth saving
ALEXANDER COCKBURN p. 18
All the publisher’s men
JEFF BIGGERS p. 18
Arizona launches border wall, starves schools
WILL DURST p. 18
Congress skulks on debt ceiling
PUBLIC INTEREST/Ralph Nader p. 19
Corporate Supreme Court
TED RALL p. 19
Foreclosed houses infested by mold
DAN MORGAN p. 20
US House adopts short-sighted farm policy
BOOK/Kristian Williams p. 20
Crash comics course in economics
ROB PATTERSON p. 21
Big labels no longer rule music business
POPULIST PICKS p. 21
Dr. John mixes politics and pleasure
EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
NFL Players emerge from lockout as victors
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
Murdoch doesn’t eat humble pie
CONNIE SCHULTZ p. 22
Bishop’s ban slows race for the cure
DONALD KAUL p. 23
Sleazy corporate holiday
POET/Michael Silverstein p. 23
Tea partier’s lament
Cover illustration by Dolores Cullen
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This page posted July 29, 2011