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COVER/Heather Digby Parton p. 1
Religious right’s warped icon: Mike Huckabee
EDITORIAL p. 2
Rediscover the Roosevelts
JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
Natural politics in America; A frightening cruise through Ted Cruz’s head; The corporate purchase of America’s political discourse; Pervert consumer protection into corporate protection; GOP to US infrastructure: All fall down
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
BILL CULLEN p. 4
Sen. Sanders checks political current in Iowa
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
Making a difference where you can
DISPATCHES p. 5
Corporate ‘news’ largely ignores climate march;
Carbon tax gains backing;
GOP Senate could cripple Obama;
Obama fights tax 'inversions' with rules;
Obamacare critics lose another talking point;
No help for uninsured in 23 Republican states;
Republican women support pay inequity;
Sen. McCain voters to preserve 'worst decision ever';
Congress doesn't feel student debt pain;
Benghazi PAC seeks to mine attacks for political gains;
Secret GOP records reveal corporate donors;
Quarter of Americans open to secession
FROMA HARROP p. 6
How not to get your country back
WYATT ORME p. 6
Small town employment still lags
JILL RICHARDSON p. 6
Playing toxic whack-a-mole
GENE LYONS p. 7
Theater of war unavoidable for president
MARTHA BURK p. 7
This election puts women in the driver’s seat
DAVID SIROTA p. 7
Shareholders’ quest for more transparency
HARRISON HICKMAN p. 8
Senate races in 2014 don’t represent the nation
SAMANTHA LACHMAN p. 8
How progressives plan to beat back GOP tide
MARNI HALASA p. 9
All’s not quiet on the democratic front
SIMON MALOY p. 9
Ted Cruz’s big mouth saves the day for Dems
JIM NEWELL p. 9
Boehner’s ‘knucklehead’ problem
DEAN BAKER p. 10
Obamacare and family values
GENE NICHOL p. 10
Tillis, Medicaid and preventable deaths
JOHN YOUNG p. 10
Yes, ACA has a tax — and hooray for that
MARY SANCHEZ p. 11
Bolstering the American family
BILL JOHNSTON p. 11
Dems should try organization
DON ROLLINS p. 11
The justice system fails (and could help) elders
PAUL ROGAT LOEB p. 12
Voting, creating the world you want to live in
MARGE BAKER p. 12
Restoring government by the people
JOAN WALSH p. 13
New Fox News paranoia: ISIS at the border
ROBERT REICH p. 13
Harvard business school is ruining America
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
Strengthening Apple’s core
WENONAH HAUTER p. 14
To save the climate, we need a ban on fracking
HEATHER SEGGEL p. 14
Housing trouble: Supply, demand, wage gap
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
The opioid challenge
SAM URETSKY p. 15
Taking care of big government
BOB BURNETT p. 15
What do Republicans want?
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
In search of a 21st century foreign policy
JOHN BUELL p. 16
Economic recovery should help workers
KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL p. 17
Obama reneges on foreign-policy promises
JON SOLTZ p. 17
What we don’t know about Syrian rebels
JOE CONASON p. 18
Republican reaction to Obama speech
TINA DUPUY p. 18
The dumb debate: Big vs. small
RANDOLPH T. HOLHUT p. 18
Saying no to war: Is it possible anymore?
PUBLIC INTEREST/Ralph Nader p. 19
Havoc of the unrestrained drug industry
TED RALL p. 19
Obama gets punk’d by ISIS
PETER MATHEWS p. 20
How to reclaim the American Dream
SETH SANDRONSKY p. 20
Empowering parents?
WILL DURST p. 20
How they spent their summer vacation
ROB PATTERSON p. 21
The rise and fall of online civilization
POPULIST PICKS p. 21
New Year’s Eve; Lenin The Novel; Choice of Evil
EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
Why NFL commissioner Goodell must go
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
Global warming and global warring
CONNIE SCHULTZ p. 22
The envelope, please — and a living wage
JASON STANFORD p. 23
Time for GOP to deal with Gohmert
POET/Michael Silverstein p. 23
The global warming poem
Cover illustration by Dolores Cullen
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