Selections from the January 1-15, 2014 issue

COVER/David Dayen
America’s next big ripoff: car subprime crisis

EDITORIAL
No ‘fast track’ for secret trade deal

DON ROLLINS
Obama and the reverse coattail effect

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 

RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen
Stories that move society forward

DISPATCHES
Healthcare 2.0 threatens GOP;
Squeals at filibuster neutering;
GM survives rescue;
Teabag challengers;
Libs losing radio stations turn to web;
Mandela wasn't able to close wealth gap;
Santorum: Fighting Obamacare just like apartheid;
Devil's in the details on capitol monuments;
Volcker rule reins in banks' gambling;
Populist Dems actually do OK at polls

MARGIE BURNS
‘Obamacare’ neglects insurance company abuses

BOB BURNETT
Polarization: Worse than you think

GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet
Minimum wage is a minimum right

MARK ANDERSON
Trans-Pacific trade pact plows ahead

HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas
Mad victors

SAM URETSKY
Sentencing laws need rational reforms
WAYNE O’LEARY
Retrograde trade

JOHN BUELL
Glass/Steagall isn’t enough

ROB PATTERSON
‘Louie’ is just one of the guys

POPULIST PICKS
Cowsills; Jess Klein; ‘I Claudius’

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