Selections from the April 15, 2014 issue

COVER/Roger Hickey
The populist movement to restore democracy 

EDITORIAL
Don’t skimp on climate

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 

DON ROLLINS
Reuben Askew remembered

RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen
Sustainable, responsible investing

DISPATCHES
Working mother dies of medical neglect in Fla.;
Voters should know who’s holding up their health care;
Dems push back on Senate forecast;
Enviros defend targeted Senate candidates;
99.9% of climate researchers agree: humans to blame for global warming;
Quarter of Miss. struggles for food;
Air pollution kills 7M people every year;
Global energy thirst threatens water supplies:
Florida moves to restrict access to 'Stand Your Ground' case records;
US natural gas boom just caused more coal exports ...

GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet
Fixing the healthcare fix

SETH SANDRONSKY
California crimes and punishments

WENONAH HAUTER
Natural gas is not geopolitical bargaining chip

HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas
Springtime optimism

SAM URETSKY
Nothing to fear but trigger-happy gunmen

WAYNE O’LEARY
Toward world government, ready or not

JOHN BUELL
Whither the US welfare state?

BOB BURNETT 

The war on democracy: The deep state

GENE NICHOL
Arizona, Catholics and freedom of religion

BILL JOHNSTON
Unions need to know workers to organize them

ROB PATTERSON
Grace in the music business

POPULIST PICKS
Nashville 2.0; Bakersfield; Titanic’s Final Mystery

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