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COVER/Robert Borosage p. 1
Progressives must take on Robber Barons
EDITORIAL p. 2
Affordable Care Act is a good start
JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
Supreme plutocrats gut Montana democracy; Misjudging Roberts’ Supreme vote; Crass betrayal of middle class; To save the tree, nurture roots; Food manipulators try to deceive
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
Getting used to climate change
DISPATCHES p. 5
Court OKs health law; no death panels yet;
Dems target GOP reps for healtha care opposition;
Fla. governor closes hospital in face of TB outbreak;
Texas will leave millions uninsured;
Don't forget curious Romney accounts;
House farm bill targets food stamps, free school lunches;
5 ways Repubs sabotaged jobs;
Bain pain for Mitt Romney;
Poll: Holder contempt vote was political;
Labor unions aren't people, court rules;
150 years of Aggies
...
FROMA HARROP p. 6
Health care politics go into extra innings
RANDY UDALL p. 6
High noon for solar
STACY MITCHELL p. 6
Walmart: 50 years gutting middle class
GENE LYONS p. 7
Ignorance of the health care law is no excuse
VAN JONES p. 7
Hope for ‘underwater’ homeowners
DAVID SIROTA p. 7
The logic of willful ignorance
DAVE ZWEIFEL p. 8
Are Democrats on path to suicide?
DEAN BAKER p. 9
Wall street gambling tax
JOHN NICHOLS p. 9
Lesson in US history for sunshine ‘patriots’
LEO GERARD p. 10
Romney’s Independence Day advice
ROBERT B. REICH p. 10
Wall Street scandal of all scandals
ARIANNA HUFFINGTON p. 11
Obamacare is just the beginning
DONALD ROLLINS p. 11
Federalists, anti-federalists and health care
STEVE KORNACKI p. 11
Fast and furious: failed scandal
ALEX SEITZ-WALD p. 12
Is Obamacare backlash a bad idea?
HILARY MATFESS p. 12
Health care access shouldn’t require luck
MARK SCHMITT p. 12
Republicans won’t repeal Obamacare
RANDOLPH T. HOLHUT p. 13
Vermont pushes ahead with single-payer
JARED BERNSTEIN p. 13
Health reform leftovers
MARGARET FLOWERS p. 13
Corporations score another Supreme win
MARK ANDERSON p. 14
Privateers harnessing ‘SNAP’
SAM PIZZIGATI p. 14
The Tea Party shtick
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
Will young America come alive in 2012?
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
Public policy: unfair but wise
SAM URETSKY p. 15
Costs of jingoism
GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet p. 15
Health care debate is far from over
WAYNE M. O’LEARY p. 16
Labor blues
JOHN BUELL p. 16
Environmentalists must go deep
MICHAEL WINSHIP p. 17
In London, Mitt banks on the wrong horse
MARK ENGLER p. 17
President Obama: corporate globalizer
BOOK REVIEW/Seth Sandronsky p. 17
Livingston flips the script
ALEXANDER COCKBURN p. 18
The Affordable Care Act: decision effects
TINA DUPUY p. 18
Republicans offer solutions to non-problems
RAUL A. REYES p. 18
Arizona’s immigration bind
PUBLIC INTEREST/Ralph Nader p. 19
Touching letters from Barack Obama
TED RALL p. 19
Where’s the legacy?
WILL DURST p. 19
Plenty of G-20
FR. DONNELL KIRCHNER p. 20
Faith and responsible citizenship
ROGER BYBEE p. 20
Nuns school Ryan on economic justice
ROB PATTERSON p. 21
Running out of ‘luck’
EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
Drew Brees, union power and big payback
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
Climate change:?‘this is just the beginning’
CONNIE SCHULTZ p. 22
Home care workers’ pay
DONALD KAUL p. 23
Save austerity measures for next boom
POET/Michael Silverstein p. 23
Tough Love
Cover illustration by Dolores Cullen
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