Selections from the July 1-15, 2012 issue

COVER/Joan Walsh p. 1
Walker wins 1 for the plutocrats 

EDITORIAL p. 2
Battle against plutocracy

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4

RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
Going without Frankenfoods

DISPATCHES p. 5
New Orleans laments loss of daily newspaper;
Fox still tops in misinformation;
Economy-wrecking Texans back;
Open primary shakes up Cal politics;
‘Romneycare’ didn’t kill jobs, neither will ‘Obamacare’;
House Repubs call cops on coal critic;
Supreme Court rejects 'birther' argument again;
Obamacare helps 14.3M seniors with preventive benefits;
Health insurers will keep key Obamacare provisions;
Labor, allies mount voter rights campaign;
More heat than light in 'Fast and Furious' probe ...

BILL JOHNSTON p. 11
Occupy the Democratic Party

ROBERT WEISSMAN p. 11
Transparently secret Chamber

HAL CROWTHER p. 12
Cave dwellers of the Carolinas rise again

SAM URETSKY p. 15
User fees for the eRich
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
Tsk-tsking of obesity

JOHN BUELL p. 16
Politics of heroism

WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
Bad medicine

GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet p. 16
Mitt tells students to fly a kite

JON R. PIKE p. 17
Fracking brings money, questions to N.D.
DONALD McCARTHY p. 20
Batman, the progressive superhero

DONALD ROLLINS p. 20
Woody Guthrie, troubled troubadour, at 100

BOOK/Seth Sandronsky p. 20
Urban revolution

ROB PATTERSON p. 21
Exceptional mythology needs dose of reality

POPULIST PICKS p. 21
Flatbush, Fenway and the Jews

and more ...