Selections from the February 1, 2014 issue

COVER/Thomas Frank
The 1% laughs last, as Wall Street wins again

EDITORIAL
Learn from history; End the war on weed

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 

GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet
Redeclaring the war on poverty

RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen
Time for resolutions

DISPATCHES
‘Obamacare’ starting to look healthy;
Only a few junk policy holders will lose health coverage;
GOP blocks health care enrollment;
Health care glitches not unprecedented;
La. cuts health care for musicians;
Koch PACs raise $407M;
Colo. pot sales top $5M first week;
JP Morgan Chase OK after $1.7B fine;
Maine gov finds little welfare fraud — but that won't stop him;
Wind power keeps Texas power on;
Payday lender heading Texas Finance Commission under fire;
Dems in Congress slam Obama cave-in on judges;
Boeing workers narrowly OK contract;
Nichols' progressive honor roll ... 

JOHN YOUNG
The real reefer madness

ROBERT BOROSAGE
Populism rising?

BOB BURNETT
Pope Francis: 2013 politician of the year

JASON STANFORD
The forgotten Republican rebrand

HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas
Vaccinations: Strategy for little brother

SAM URETSKY
Rich need to pick up the slack

WAYNE O’LEARY
Fat man on a roll

JOHN BUELL
Must we have gov’t of, by, and for the wealthy?

MICHAEL SILVERSTEIN
Goldman Sachs attendant goes political

SETH SANDRONSKY
Rethinking US debt

DON ROLLINS
Tampa’s homeless deserve and get better

ROB PATTERSON
O’Toole brought magnetism to screen

POPULIST PICKS
A few Peter O’Toole gems

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