Selections from the February 15, 2014 issue

COVER/Joan Walsh
How the media created Chris Christie

EDITORIAL
Corporate chemical spills

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 

GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet
False promises

RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen
Find non-violent solutions

DISPATCHES
Obamacare hater now thinks it’s a godsend;
Medicaid enrollment soars;
McAuliffe seeks to expand Medicaid in Virginia;
GOP panic over Christie troubles;
HealthCare.gov passes security test;
Schweitzer as ‘anti-Obama’;
DeVos clan plans to defund Left;
Republicans see Senate opportunities;
Supreme Court may deal another blow to workers;
Chemical company ducks regs and responsibility;
Things fall down, things blow up;
Nebraska Dems get Senate candidate;
'Blue slip' is new barricade in GOP judicial obstruction;
Four years after 'Citizens United,' move to take big money out of politics;
Voter rights compromise has good and bad;
Bipartisan commission: early voting prevents chaos;
James Lankford: wrong on everything;
Supreme Court denies organic farmers defense against GMO suits ...

JOHN YOUNG
Disagree with military brass? How dare he?
DON ROLLINS
West Virginia’s toxic waters just another slight
BILL JOHNSTON
Choose the economy that works for you

HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas
February: Love for the heart

SAM URETSKY
Don’t disturb gun advocates

WAYNE O’LEARY
The Obamacare conundrum

JOHN BUELL
To taper or not to taper: Is that the question?

BOOK REVIEW/Seth Sandronsky
Labor and community justice

MARK ANDERSON
A reasonable Republican

ROB PATTERSON
Still a few rivers to cross

POPULIST PICKS
Moms Mabley; KKK secrets; Beyond Civil War

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