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COVER/Gary Cohn p. 1
A promise not kept: profits over people
EDITORIAL p. 2
Defeat the vultures
JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
The dirty little secret of private equity profits; Plutocrats on welfare; Fortune’s ‘cry of justice’ for the 1%; It’s the media that’s inept, not the post office; Real voter fraud in America
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
Food sovereignty is a national security issue
DISPATCHES p. 5
Romney’s bailout bonanza moved car jobs to China;
Romney closes in on 900 lies;
Vote-fraud-tainted firm got $600,000 from GOP
George McGovern, R.I.P.:
Armed Forces favor Obama in donations;
Romney's major flip-flops in third debate;
Issa reveals Libyans working with US;
Familiarity breeds contempt for Mitt;
Romney-linked machines to count Ohio votes;
'War on coal' obscures reality
...
FROMA HARROP p. 6
The weird political war between the generations
JILL RICHARDSON p. 6
Big food fight
ALLEN BEST p. 6
It’s still a questionable pipeline
GENE LYONS p. 7
You can’t meet the same Mitt Romney twice
SAM PIZZIGATI p. 7
Empty anti-Wall Street rhetoric
DAVID SIROTA p. 7
A GOP shift on taxes?
DEAN BAKER p. 9
The national debt and our children
JOEL D. JOSEPH p. 9
Economic patriotism
ROGER BYBEE p. 10
Ryan fundraising highlights hypocritical votes
ROBERT B. REICH p. 10
The politics of fear and the party of non-voters
ARIANNA HUFFINGTON p. 11
How to make presidential debates better
JAMIE COURT p. 11
California’s billionaire ballot: good, bad, and ugly
IGOR VOLSKY p. 11
At town hall debate, Romney told 31 ‘myths’
THOMAS F. SCHALLER p. 12
Cool cat Obama shows his claws
ROBERT BOROSAGE p. 12
Empty suit
MIKE LUX p. 13
Winning the debate, by debating
WILLIAM A. COLLINS p. 13
One nation, under surveillance
KAREN DOLAN p. 13
Rope-a-dope revives the hope
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
Will money talk on Nov. 6?
WENONAH HAUTER p. 14
Fighting pollution to preserve Clean Water
BOB BURNETT p. 14
Obama vs. Romney: Jobs
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
A pyrrhic victory for conservatives
SAM URETSKY p. 15
When states drop ball, no time to cut FDA
MARK ENGLER p. 15
Obama: a better adversary
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
Agenda 2013
JOHN BUELL p. 16
On the coming challenges
THE AMERICAS/Roberto Rodriguez p. 17
Supporting Mexican-American studies
DAVID SCHMIDT p. 17
Immigration and trade: which system is broken
ROBERT SCHEER p. 18
The enemy of my enemy is my president
TINA DUPUY p. 18
Here’s the poll to dispute
JOE CONASON p. 18
Why is America ‘sole bright spot’ in economy?
PUBLIC INTEREST/Ralph Nader p. 19
Greatest environmentalist of 20th century
TED RALL p. 19
Big Bird is a 1%er
MARK ANDERSON p. 20
Texans confront Keystone’s crude tactics
BILL MOYERS and M. WINSHIP p. 20
Justice to the highest bidder
KARL FRISCH p. 20
Romney’s presidency two years in
POPULIST PICKS/Rob Patterson p. 21
Nashville, Mormons, Tim O’Brien
EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
Meet the lockout lawyers destroying sports
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
Workers fight for justice
CONNIE SCHULTZ p. 22
Ryan’s publicity stunt could hurt soup kitchen
WILL DURST p. 23
Remojoed
POET/Michael Silverstein p. 23
A riff on a cliff
Cover illustration by Dolores Cullen
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