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COVER/Joan Walsh p. 1
How the media created Chris Christie
EDITORIAL p. 2
Corporate chemical spills
JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
What happens if antibiotics don’t work?; The mendacity of GMO purveyors; Spymaster wants to outlaw reporting on NSA; Millionaire lawmakers can rise above their handicap; A new player for Ohio State’s football games; Highly-educated working poor: Adjunct professors
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet p. 4
False promises
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
Find non-violent solutions
DISPATCHES p. 5
Obamacare hater now thinks it’s a godsend; Medicaid enrollment soars; GOP panic over Christie troubles; Schweitzer as ‘anti-Obama’; DeVos clan plans to defund Left ...
FROMA HARROP p. 6
Single-payer is not dead
IRINA ZHOROV p. 6
Methane bust leaves orphaned gas wells
JILL RICHARDSON p. 6
Higher hopes for hemp
GENE LYONS p. 7
Job satisfaction will lead to better economy
JOHN YOUNG p. 7
Disagree with military brass? How dare he?
DAVID SIROTA p. 7
Reefer sanity takes hold in Colorado
MARY SANCHEZ p. 8
In scandal, Christie blames all but himself
JOEL COHEN p. 8
Christie, public officials and emailing
DEAN BAKER p. 9
If Gates wanted to do something good for world
DAVID MORRIS p. 9
It’s been a bad month for the private sector
JANINE JACKSON and PETER HART p. 9
Big bankers making out like bandits
BRIAN BEUTLER p. 10
Bad news for Obamacare haters—it’s working
WENDELL POTTER p. 10
Next part of health reform: Controlling costs
CRAIG AARON p. 10
Net Neutrality is dead, but let’s get it back
ROBERT B. REICH p. 11
GOP divide-and-conquer plan no longer applies
KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL p. 11
Bill de Blasio’s case for universal pre-K
DON ROLLINS p. 11
West Virginia’s toxic waters just another slight
MARK and PAUL ENGLER p. 12
When Martin Luther King gave up his guns
DAVID DAYEN p. 13
GOP hypocrites neglect poor, protect military
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
We must build the demand for change
WENONAH HAUTER p. 14
Fight to protect democracy
BILL JOHNSTON p. 14
Choose the economy that works for you
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
February: Love for the heart
SAM URETSKY p. 15
Don’t disturb gun advocates
BILL QUIGLEY p. 15
Ten examples of welfare for the rich
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
The Obamacare conundrum
JOHN BUELL p. 16
To taper or not to taper: Is that the question?
NORMAN SOLOMON p. 17
Why Washington Post ties to CIA are ominous
BOOK REVIEW/Seth Sandronsky p. 17
Labor and community justice
MARK ANDERSON p. 17
A reasonable Republican
JOE CONASON p. 18
Fighting poverty the Republican way
TINA DUPUY p. 18
Employers take responsibility for poverty wages
ROBERT SCHEER p. 18
Exposing public wickedness is American way
PUBLIC INTEREST/Ralph Nader p. 19
Snares, secrecy and delusions
TED RALL p. 19
What would President Hillary do?
BERNIE SANDERS p. 20
2014: Seize the moment
ERIC BOEHLERT p. 20
Right-wing media confront fantasy of corruption
ROB PATTERSON p. 21
Still a few rivers to cross
POPULIST PICKS p. 21
Moms Mabley; KKK secrets; Beyond Civil War
EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
More shame for ‘60 Minutes’
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
Fukushima: A warning to the world
CONNIE SCHULTZ p. 22
Meanwhile, in West Virginia...
JASON STANFORD p. 23
Can Obama recover?
POET/Michael Silverstein p. 23
To boost economy: Middle class tax reform
Cover illustration by Dolores Cullen
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