The Progressive POPULIST

A Twice-Monthly Journal from the Heartland

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August 1, 2013 -- Volume 19, Number 13

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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COVER/David Dayen p. 1
Bank of America whistle-blower: ‘Told to lie’
EDITORIAL p. 2
Lighten college costs
JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
Texas GOP and women’s rights; Serve bankers or the poor? Congress reinterprets Jesus; The mean team is winning the jobless game; Falling through the cracks; NC’s Kafkaesque war on the unemployed
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
GMO maker wins World Food Prize
DISPATCHES p. 5
GOP creating new generation of Latino Democrats; Revocouption in Egypt; What’s next in Egypt?; Republicans ready to rumble over Obamacare; NSA spying imperils US ’net services; Don’t forget Pacific trade deals ...
FROMA HARROP p. 6
Fighting the stadium con: Go Brazilians!
SARAH JANE WHITE p. 6
Clinging to coal is looking backward
MICHAEL BRUNE p. 6
A more sustainable future for all
GENE LYONS p. 7
Surveillance state debate
DON KRAUS p. 7
Giving a big story the cold shoulder
DAVID SIROTA p. 7
America’s global war
DEAN BAKER p. 8
Does Treasury Secretary have to be a lobbyist?
ROBERT REICH p. 9
An economic strategy for better jobs
ROBERT BOROSAGE p. 9
Gouge the kids
NORMAN SOLOMON p. 9
The pursuit of Edward Snowden
MARK ANDERSON p. 10
Farm bill follies
BOB BURNETT p. 10
Texas: America’s dream or nightmare?
NEHEMIAH ROLLE p. 10
Michigan’s snappy innovation
ARIANNA HUFFINGTON p. 11
Wisdom, courage point way to brighter future
GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet p. 11
Hypocrisy on the high court
MARK ENGLER p. 11
Should we have a ‘maximum wage’?
MICHAEL LIND p. 12
A no-lose fix for the Voting Rights Act
JOHN YOUNG p. 12
Jim Crow’s spiffed-up, presentable heir
JOAN WALSH p. 13
Red-state women will transform America
JASON STANFORD p. 13
War on women met by people’s filibuster
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
High court’s slam on Voting Rights Act
ROBERT SCHEER p. 14
America’s new Cold War: Allies with Snowden
JILL RICHARDSON p. 14
Eat real
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
Immigrants behind our health
SAM URETSKY p. 15
Inflammatory decision at Supreme Court
DON ROLLINS p. 15
Ohio welcomes fracking waste
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
Financial reform and the Democrat
JOHN BUELL p. 16
Tech giants and surveillance
RANDOLPH T. HOLHUT p. 17
Democracy needs whistleblowers
BOOK REVIEW/Seth Sandronsky p. 17
Not all black and white
RAUL REYES p. 17
Our star-spangled banner waves for all of us
JOE CONASON p. 18
Investigate Issa
TINA DUPUY p. 18
Stand with Nancy
WENDELL POTTER p. 18
Big insurers take a pass on exchanges
PUBLIC INTEREST/Ralph Nader p. 19
Suicides and homicides linked
TED RALL p. 19
Get p’d off and break things
JIM VAN DER POL p. 20
Even on the prairie, our ship is in trouble
HEATHER SEGGEL p. 20
Life in a time of revolution
ROB PATTERSON p. 21
Burns explores when the system cuts corners
POPULIST PICKS p. 21
‘Rectify’; ‘Bletchley Circle’; ‘Codebreakers’
EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
Brazil: Blame the damn World Cup
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
Thank a protester
CONNIE SCHULTZ p. 22
Supreme conflicts
DONALD KAUL p. 23
An endangered species up in arms
POET/Michael Silverstein p. 23
The economic bounce back that isn’t

Cover illustration by Dolores Cullen

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