Note: Some links from this page may take you away from the
Progressive Populist web site. To return to this page, simply
click the "Back" button or its equivalent on your web browser.
COVER/Alec MacGillis p. 1
Big coal abandons retired coal miners
EDITORIAL p. 2
Dems strong in debate
JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
A flagrant liar for president? Obama says ‘We are writing the rules.’ Who’s ‘we’?; Elites get richer the old fashioned way: stealing, ‘Doing the best we can’ can we make a difference; Who oversees Volkswagen’s overseers?
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
DON ROLLINS p. 4
Feminization of heroin
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
Profits and sustainable farming
DISPATCHES p. 5
‘Freedom Caucus’ demands put House in chaos;
Jeb’s health plan: more detail but won’t accomplish much;
Democratic debate draws record 15.3M viewers;
Clinton holds wide leads in Nevada, South Carolina;
158 families account for half of political spending;
Dems gain in Fla. redistricting suit;
Former Benghazi prober: panel is anti-Clinton;
After 5-year probe, Kansas files 3 vote-fraud cases;
Consumer advocate opposes Charter takeover of Time Warner Cable;
Mother Jones wins lawsuit filed by billionaire political donor
...
FROMA HARROP p. 6
Drug prices: a product of our politics
JONATHON THOMPSON p. 6
Fracking’s water footprint
JILL RICHARDSON p. 6
Your weed killer might kill you
GENE LYONS p. 7
Trying to take down Hillary
DAVID SIROTA p. 7
Should US.companies have to pay taxes?
ROBERT REICH p. 7
Bernie Sanders and the free market
KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL p. 8
The war on planned parenthood
ERIC BOEHLERT p. 9
McCarthy’s gaffe became game changer for GOP
JOHN KIRIAKOU p. 9
Pope Francis and the pain of prisoners
CECILIA VELASCO p. 9
A pilgrimage for justice, love and dignity
BEN NORTON p. 10
‘Toxic’ TPP sells out environment and jobs
JAMES P. HOFFA p. 10
Resistance to TPP grows in all corners
ROGER SIMON p. 10
Biden should know campaigns are grueling
MARY SANCHEZ p. 11
Should inmates raise your food?
DEAN BAKER p. 11
Trump’s tax plan ridiculed but TPP gets pass?
ROGER BYBEE p. 12
Features of low-wage South to ‘New North’
JOHN YOUNG p. 12
Symbol of surrender to the gun lobby
TERRANCE HEATH p. 13
Republicans: Anti-government and ungovernable
JOAN WALSH p. 13
Jeb goes full Mitt, says blacks want ‘free stuff’
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
New Jim Crow in Alabama
Sr. SIMONE CAMPBELL p. 14
Time for Christians to embrace LGBT
MARC DION p. 14
New Crusades?
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
Five-year trek to food safety
SAM URETSKY p. 15
Repubs expand war on Planned Parenthood
GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet p. 15
Living like a refugee
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
Trumped
JOHN BUELL p. 16
Germany and the ECB play with fire
JUAN COLE p. 17
What does US care if Russia bombs Syria?
JOE CIRINCIONE p. 17
Risk of nuclear ISIS grows
EMILY SCHWARTZ GRECO p. 17
GOP’s can’t-do attitude on climate change
JOE CONASON p. 18
Would-be Speaker reveals partisan goal
TINA DUPUY p. 18
Payday lenders: ‘We’re not bottom feeders.’
WILL DURST p. 18
Papa Frankie is right: Greed is not good
PUBLIC INTEREST/Ralph Nader p. 19
Monsanto vs. freedom of information
TED RALL p. 19
Carly Fiorina and the death of feminism
CAROL COUNTRYMAN p. 20
Breaking the frame in East Texas
BOOK REVIEW/Seth Sandronsky p. 20
Montaigne’s legacy
ROB PATTERSON p. 21
Sanders: the first socialist candidate?
POPULIST PICKS p. 21
‘Crosseyed Heart’; ‘Arrested Development’; ‘Wrecking Crew’
EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
Jeb’s support for Washington (team name)
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
Grace Lee Boggs: 100 years of organizing
CONNIE SCHULTZ p. 22
In the twilight of Obama, hope remains
DONALD KAUL p. 23
You can’t fire us, we quit
POET/Michael Silverstein p. 23
Campaign populist, but governing otherwise?
Cover illustration by Dolores Cullen
samples from our recent issue, but please consider subscribing to the genuine article. Only $41.95 for a full year (22 issues), will get you the choice of our regular newsprint edition or, if you prefer, a PDF facsimile of the newsprint edition delivered to your mailbox or email inbox. For details, see here
If you would like to help us defray the costs of providing this website as a free resource, please consider making a donation via our secure PayPal account. Just click on the button below. Any help is appreciated.
This page posted October 18, 2015