Selections from the November 1, 2012 issue

COVER/Richard Eskow
The real incumbent is ‘plutocracy’

EDITORIAL
Lying shame; Good enough for gov’t work

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen
Tell Congress: farm bill needed

DISPATCHES
Lies shouldn’t win debate;
Bank is where the heart is;
Obama let Gov. ‘Etch A Sketch’ take control;
GOP: jobless rate has liberal bias;
Trumka: economy building momentum;
GM to add 2,000 jobs in Michigan;
Banksters face fraud allegations;
Ann Romney fears for Mitt’s mental well-being;
Ryan sees struggle of takers vs. makers;
Mitt bounces, Obama rebounds;
Some Repubs torn between hating Obama and loving Obamacare;
Dems look good in Senate races;
Dems have a shot at winning House;
Romney fumbles foreign policy speech;
Neocons applaud Romney;
Cole: Romney misunderstands Mideast;
Mitt also misunderstands Spanish budget crisis;
Obama's economic bright spot;
Voter registrtion fraud;
Congressman probes voter suppression;
Walker called to testify in corruption trial ...

GENE NICHOL
Dixie poverty and politics

ROGER BYBEE
Big donors, ballot bandits hang over election

GREG PALAST
7 ways to beat the ballot bandits

GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet
Forgotten and invisible

WENONAH HAUTER
Consumer choice: as American as apple pie

BOB BURNETT
Mitt channels Reagan, wins debate

HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas
Disease amnesia: a new public health threat

SAM URETSKY
Get super-rich more involved in government

WAYNE O’LEARY
Rime of a not-so-ancient mariner

JOHN BUELL
A jobless future? Bank on it.

DONALD MCCARTHY
Guess who benefits from austerity?

SETH SANDRONSKY
Healing time

DON ROLLINS
A monument for Cesar Chavez

POPULIST PICKS
Man from Plains; The French Revolution; 2 days in New York; Bernie

ROB PATTERSON
Criminal finds

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