Selections from the August 15, 2013 issue

COVER/David Dayen
Elizabeth Warren’s fight to rein in banks

EDITORIAL
Big business drives ‘Stand Your Ground’

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 

RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen
Healthy food should drive farm bill

DISPATCHES
Obama seeks ‘better bargain,’ GOP replies, ‘no deal’;
White House still seeks ‘grand bargain’;
Senate races take shape;
Global warming could raise sea level 60 feet;
New level of hypocrisy for GOP reps;
Students will pay more under loan compromise;
King sees bad Dreamers;
Obamacare drives insurance costs down;
Senate reviews bank commodity plays;
Ohio gov. wants more tax breaks for rich;
New Purdue prez tried to ban Zinn;
Farmers object to Chinese takeover of Smithfield;
Blumenthal joins TV Consumer Freedom Act;
Super PACs ready for 2016;
No easy solutions in Egypt ...

MARK ANDERSON
School district backs down on chipped students

GRASSROOTS/Hank Kale
For the sake of democracy, kill the filibuster

WENONAH HAUTER
What you need to know about biotech crops

SETH SANDRONSKY
Wal-Mart vs. workers

HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas
Budgeting for health

SAM URETSKY
Charity cases

WAYNE O’LEARY
Citigroup and the Democrats

JOHN BUELL
Journalism, objectivity and godliness

DAVID SCHMIDT
The face of NAFTA goes to the polls

N. GUNASEKARAN
Confronting India’s political dilemma

ART CULLEN
Harkin letting loose as retirement nears

ROB PATTERSON
Keep your head in the game

POPULIST PICKS
‘Endangered List’; ‘Mostly Sex Stuff’; ‘Manhunt’

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