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COVER/David Dayen p. 1
Is JPMorgan a farmer?
EDITORIAL p. 2
Truth in a time of B.S.
JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
A blanket of PR to make you want to hug a drone; Paul Ryan still stuck in rabbit hole; GOP leaders try to put earrings on their hog; EU throws caution to the wind; Fracking the First Amendment
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
We’re losing dairy farmers to industrial combines
DISPATCHES p. 5
Obamacare at 3: Already helping real Americans; House OKs radical budget; Senate passes a budget!; Republicans would repeal student loan reforms; Schultz pushed to weekend, welcomes the change; Republican filibusters keep appeals court edge ...
FROMA HARROP p. 6
Comforting words for young workers
RAUL M. GRIJALVA and TOM UDALL p. 6
No more gold giveaways on our public lands
JILL RICHARDSON p. 6
Perturbed by pesticides
GENE LYONS p. 7
Lessons from ‘Shock and Awe’ 10 years later
NORMAN SOLOMON p. 7
A warfare state of mind
ROBERT SCHEER p. 7
Dumb wars, now and forever
MARK ANDERSON p. 8
Bank critics urge repudiation of debt
SAM PIZZIGATI p. 8
How should we confront corporate greed grab?
DEAN BAKER p. 9
Worms, pond scum and economists
ROGER BYBEE p. 9
Survey shows support for Social Security
DAVID SIROTA p. 10
How to make your state more liberal
ARIANNA HUFFINGTON p. 11
Keep drone debate alive
BOB BURNETT p. 11
Searching for Republican soul
ROBERT KUTTNER p. 12
Talking ’bout my generation
RICHARD A. CLARKE p. 12
Never forget: Invasion of Iraq was breach of trust
ROBERT REICH p. 12
Contest over defining biggest economic problem
MARK ENGLER p. 13
The pope and the poor
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
College cost crisis
WENONAH HAUTER p. 14
Smithfield on most admired companies list
GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet p. 14
Homelessness: by-product of corporate capitalism
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
A fat state promotes obesity
SAM URETSKY p. 15
Not enough supplemental information
SETH SANDRONSKY p. 15
Virtual schools of the future
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
The symbolism gap in liberal politics
JOHN BUELL p. 16
Land and the bubble economy
MARK WEISBROT p. 17
Chavez’s death shows the world’s divisions
JOHN YOUNG p. 17
Fiscal disservatives, designer deficits
JOE CONASON p. 18
What Ryan’s budget reveals
TINA DUPUY p. 18
A conspiracy fact
MARK POTOK p. 18
Anti-government ‘Patriot’ groups ramp up again
PUBLIC INTEREST/Ralph Nader p. 19
Walmart bosses: time for a decision
TED RALL p. 19
Cash in
DANNY SCHECHTER p. 20
Warning: South Africa is angry and on the brink
JASON STANFORD p. 20
Homeschool segregation
ROB PATTERSON p. 21
NRBQ revival is worth cheering
POPULIST PICKS p. 21
‘Adam Clayton Powell’; ‘Argo’; ‘Sound City’
EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
The verdict: Steubenville shows rape culture
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
Tomas Young and end of body of war
CONNIE SCHULTZ p. 22
Resist Chardon killer’s taunts
DONALD KAUL p. 23
One nation, without a clue
POET/Michael Silverstein p. 23
Say not your gold fund
Cover illustration by Dolores Cullen
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