Selections from the December 15, 2013 issue

COVER/David Dayen
Elizabeth Warren’s populist insurgency

EDITORIAL
Swindlers get reprieve

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

DON ROLLINS
A pastor swears to God

RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen
Secrecy about GMO food breeds rumors

DISPATCHES
Millions could lose jobless benefits;
Repubs love Batkid, but they'd deny him health coverage;
USPS back in black with asterisk;
Voters want Social Security expanded;
Cocaine congressman voted for drug tests for food stamps;
Canadian mining co. sues Costa Rica over regs;
Docs upset with stingy healthcare pay;
NLRB targets Walmart labor practices;Middle class disappearing despite economic recovery;
Wisconsin GOP pushes end to weekend voting;
Sanders eyes presidential run;
Few counties condemn more defendant wrongfully ...

GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet
Bread, circuses and Obamacare

BOB BURNETT
US energy policy: A bridge to nowhere

MARK ENGLER
End illegal spying: Don’t shoot the whistleblower

NORMAN SOLOMON
How Diane Feinstein is betraying civil liberties

WENONAH HAUTER
Stop secret trade deals

HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas
Health care glitches: A historical perspective

SAM URETSKY
All generic drugs are not the same

WAYNE O’LEARY
President Obama nominates a liberal (really)

JOHN BUELL
Scholarship and economic crisis

N. GUNASEKARAN
South Asian elites keep people divided

BOOK REVIEW/Seth Sandronsky
Freedom then and now

ROB PATTERSON
Corporate music steers clear of politics

POPULIST PICKS
Good ol’ Freda; Making Monkees; Ali’s Greatest