The Progressive POPULIST

A Twice-Monthly Journal from the Heartland


June 1, 2016 -- Volume 22, Number 10


TABLE OF CONTENTS

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COVER/Michael T. Klare p. 1
Pandemonium in the Old Oil Order

EDITORIAL p. 2
HRC: Steal this platform

JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
Who says crime doesn’t pay?
Why Bernie will, should and must stay in the race.
Guess who is the biggest player in offshore bank scams?
BILL SCHER p. 3
Conservatism 1980-2016, RIP
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
DON ROLLINS p. 4
Daniel Berrigan: No regrets

RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
Democracy needs honesty in media­­

DISPATCHES p. 5
TV hosts won’t call Trump on repeated lies;
Trump biggest liar in PolitiFact rankings;
Trump fraud trial delayed until after election;
Austin won’t back down on Uber, Lyft regs;
Freshman rep.’s misgivings about Social Security;
FCC approves merger to create cable giant;
Thousands of physicians call for single-payer;
VW reverses couse on union at Tennessee plant;
S.C. polluters get huge boost from state;
Charter schools called America's new subprime bubble;
States join TransCanada in suit over KXL pipeline;
Another rough year for honeybees ...

FROMA HARROP p. 6
Our sick drug business
WENDY BEYE p. 6
End of coal brings wrenching transition
JILL RICHARDSON p. 6
Say it, don’t spray it

GENE LYONS p. 7
How much will Trump get away with?
MARTHA BURK p. 7
A 2-pronged assault on women
ERIC BLUMBERG p. 7
Don’t stop thinking about tomorrow

LEO W. GERARD p. 9
Outlaw Chinese steel
ROBERT HENNELLY p. 9
Trump happens when you screw middle class
ROBERT BOROSAGE p. 10
Sanders wins Indiana and political debate
SEAN ILLING p. 10
Rs face electoral disaster — not Trump’s fault
GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet p. 10
Donald Trump’s leftward pull

MARY SANCHEZ p. 11
Women aready proving worth in combat
DEAN BAKER p. 11
Fed’s urge to raise interest rates
JOHN YOUNG p. 11
Marijuana laws — you’ve got to be joking

DAVID DAYEN p. 12
Higher minimum wage doesn’t cut jobs

ROBERT B. REICH p. 12
The Third Way: share-the-gains capitalism
AMANDA MARCOTTE p. 13
Where campaigns of Cruz and Sanders meet
SIMON MALOY p. 13
The GOP’s Supreme Court wreck
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
Don’t abandon Flint; fix it
WENONAH HAUTER p. 14
Movement to stop fossil fuels keeps winning

GENE NICHOL p. 14
Stepping on necks of low-wage workers

HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
The Decency Chronicles

SAM URETSKY p. 15
Democracy needs to be taught

SETH SANDRONSKY p. 15
Fatal employment

WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
The Krugman Chronicles
JOHN BUELL p. 16
Modelgate revisited

JUAN COLE p. 17
Tale of two cities’ hospitals in ruins
KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL p. 17
Sanders should push realism in foreign policy
JOE CONASON p. 18
Sanders can squander or expand his victory
BOB BURNETT p. 18
Welcome to Trump World: foreign policy

BOB LORD p. 18
Inequality gets worse until revolution
PUBLIC INTEREST/Ralph Nader p. 19
Long-distance rebound of Bernie Sanders
TED RALL p. 19
US government never has to say ‘sorry’
LARRY COHEN p. 19
Three next steps in the political revolution
DAVE JOHNSON p. 20
Another secret ‘trade’ deal leaks

ERIC BOEHLERT p. 20
Obama more popular than Reagan
MOVIES/Ed Rampell p. 21
Must-see cinema: When Sammy met Buster

EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
Brotherhood of bullies: Knight endorses Trump
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
Amid media mergers, community media thrives
CONNIE SCHULTZ p. 22
Let journos not tiptoe around Trump, nominee
DICK POLMAN p. 23
Lincoln must be rolling over in his grave
POET/Michael Silverstein p. 23
Bernie For President

Cover illustration by Dolores Cullen


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