Selections from the November 15, 2012 issue

COVER/Gary Cohn
A promise not kept: profits over people

EDITORIAL
Defeat the vultures

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 

RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen
Food sovereignty is a national security issue

DISPATCHES
Romney’s bailout bonanza moved car jobs to China;
Romney closes in on 900 lies;
Vote-fraud-tainted firm got $600,000 from GOP
George McGovern, R.I.P.:
Armed Forces favor Obama in donations;
Romney's major flip-flops in third debate;
Issa reveals Libyans working with US;
Familiarity breeds contempt for Mitt;
Romney-linked machines to count Ohio votes;
'War on coal' obscures reality ...

JOEL D. JOSEPH
Economic patriotism

ROGER BYBEE
Ryan fundraising highlights hypocritical votes

WENONAH HAUTER
Fighting pollution to preserve Clean Water 

HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas
A pyrrhic victory for conservatives

SAM URETSKY
When states drop ball, no time to cut FDA

MARK ENGLER
Obama: a better adversary

WAYNE O’LEARY
Agenda 2013

JOHN BUELL
On the coming challenges

DAVID SCHMIDT
Immigration and trade: which system is broken

MARK ANDERSON
Texans confront Keystone’s crude tactics

POPULIST PICKS/Rob Patterson
Nashville, Mormons, Tim O’Brien

and more ...