Selections from the August 1, 2013 issue

COVER/David Dayen
Bank of America whistle-blower: ‘Told to lie’

EDITORIAL
Lighten college costs

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 

RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen
GMO maker wins World Food Prize

DISPATCHES
GOP creating new generation of Latino Democrats;
Revocouption in Egypt;
What’s next in Egypt?;
Republicans ready to rumble over Obamacare;
NSA spying imperils US ’net services;
Don’t forget Pacific trade deals;
Lack of water threatens global food supply;
No climate change deniers at front lines of wildfires;
Cruz's dad bribed official to enter US;
Insurers refuse to cover pistol-packing teachers;
Fla. sols inadvertently ban computers, smartphones ...

MARK ANDERSON
Farm bill follies

BOB BURNETT
Texas: America’s dream or nightmare?

GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet
Hypocrisy on the high court

MARK ENGLER
Should we have a ‘maximum wage’?

HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas
Immigrants behind our health

SAM URETSKY
Inflammatory decision at Supreme Court

DON ROLLINS
Ohio welcomes fracking waste

WAYNE O’LEARY
Financial reform and the Democrat

JOHN BUELL
Tech giants and surveillance

BOOK REVIEW/Seth Sandronsky
Not all black and white

JIM VAN DER POL
Even on the prairie, our ship is in trouble

HEATHER SEGGEL
Life in a time of revolution

ROB PATTERSON
Burns explores when the system cuts corners

POPULIST PICKS
‘Rectify’; ‘Bletchley Circle’; ‘Codebreakers’

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