Selections from the October 1, 2013 issue

COVER/David Dayen
Take my house, please

EDITORIAL 
Breakthrough for cooler heads

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 

RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen
Pesticides’ unintended consequences

DISPATCHES
Journo-activists jailed for nosing into government contractors’ business;
Ready or not, Obamacare is on the way;
AFL-CIO slams private prisons, supports alt labor, pledges new organizing;
Border crossing is backdoor for unwarranted searches;
UAW, VW talks could introduce new labor model in Tenn.;
Jobless rate down but economy still grim;
Cornyn led GOP change of heart on Syria;
Doctors aren't fleeing Medicare;
Virginia orders voter purge;
N.C. elections board upholds student bid for office;
Warren to AFL-CIO: 'Our agenda is America's agenda';
Texans raid 'rainy day' fund to rebuild roads ...

JOSEPH B. ATKINS
Nudging Nissan

BOB BURNETT
Why don’t Republicans understand economy?

ELLEN BROWN
Making the world safe for banksters

WENONAH HAUTER
For the USDA, chicken is just politics

HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas
Meth wars: A letter to Goliath

SAM URETSKY
Facts are still relevant

WAYNE O’LEARY
Social Darwinism, Michigan-style

JOHN BUELL
Democratic prospects and post-Sandy transit

GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet
Our national war obsession

SETH SANDRONSKY
TFA and charter schools move into Sacramento

MARK ANDERSON
Education reform seen as threat to public schools

ROB PATTERSON
Gandolfini’s Tony broke the mold

POPULIST PICKS
Robbie Fulks; Jackie Robinson; Sam Houston

and more ...