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COVER/Robert Creamer p. 1
Ohio labor shows the way forward
EDITORIAL p. 2
Beating Big Money; Autumn patriots
JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
Don’t just salute veterans, rally with them; Disuniting of America; Big corporation, tiny heart; America: beacon of social justice?; Getting unhooked from bank’s fee addiction
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
Occupy close to home
DISPATCHES p. 5
Gingrich’s baggage has baggage; Uninsurance rises with unemployment; Senate Dems preserve net neutrality; Republicans target vets’ health care; Voters see GOP sabotage; Most US tax subsidies go to four industries ...
W. HAUTER & C.R. NEVAREZ p. 6
Overproduction leads to obesity
FROMA HARROP p. 6
Keeping silent majority on Occupiers’ side
RAY RING p. 6
People power trumps state legislatures
GENE LYONS p. 7
Bloomberg’s subprime lie
DAVID SIROTA p. 7
TV that finally lifts journalism back up
RICHARD (RJ) ESKOW p. 8
America’s BS detector finally went off
ROBERT BOROSAGE p. 9
‘Run for America’ recruits progressives
ROBERT REICH p. 9
D.C. and working class dispute over jobs
JOHN NICHOLS p. 10
Progressive values prevail on election night
KARL FRISCH p. 10
Reality check: GOP losers didn’t overreach
CLIFF SCHECTER p. 10
Cons blew up economy, now let’s fix it
BOB BURNETT p. 11
Occupiers need declaration of independence
ARIANNA HUFFINGTON p. 11
‘Right to rent’ a sensible idea D.C. will let die
DON ROLLINS p. 11
America’s best city has its doubts
FRANCES FOX PIVEN p. 12
Can Occupiers end US war against poor?
DEAN BAKER p. 13
1% turns class war into generational war
ANDREW LEONARD p. 13
Census shows the bleak face of US poverty
WILL DURST p. 14
Delta of denial
HEIDI CULLEN p. 14
Stop pretending it’s not climate change
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
Obama finally exposes GOP strategy
KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL p. 15
Big banks allow payday predators to thrive
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
Uninsured still missing from the table
SAM URETSKY p. 15
GOP economists still fighting New Deal
JOHN BUELL p. 16
An economic crisis?
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
The turn
N. GUNASEKARAN p. 17
Corporates vie for power over S. China Sea
ROGER BYBEE p. 17
US firm seeks $100M from El Salvador
TINA DUPUY p. 18
Congress works hard at seat warming
AMERICAS/Roberto Rodriguez p. 18
Democracy experiment fails in Arizona
ALEXANDER COCKBURN p. 18
Candidates offer few solutions on economy
TED RALL p. 19
Occupy Wall St. borrows from Tahrir Sq.
PUBLIC INTEREST/Ralph Nader p. 19
Occupy Wall St. on the move
BILL JOHNSTON p. 20
JFK presided over high mark of empire
GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet p. 20
An ethical challenge
BOOK/Donald McCarthy p. 20
Capitalism on the rocks
POPULIST PICKS p. 21
Dark comic novel for dystopian times
ROB PATTERSON p. 21
Paradise asks for directions
EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
Fan culture, rape culture, the world Joe Pa made
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
Veterans join the 99%
CONNIE SCHULTZ p. 22
Keep talking, Herman Cain
DONALD KAUL p. 23
Ask the columnist: primer on wealth & taxes
POET/Michael Silverstein p. 23
Updated nursery rhymes
Cover illustration by Dolores Cullen
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