Selections from the March 15, 2014 issue

COVER/Thomas Frank
The matter with Kansas now

EDITORIAL
Make businesses pay their way; Plenty of targets for Pentagon cuts

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 

GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet
Accelerating the arms race

RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen
No democracy at Monsanto headquarters

DISPATCHES
US broadband so bad that Netflix pays for access;
Union protests GOP interference in VW election;
Joe the Plumber now Sam the Auto Worker;
Senate Finance gets liberal head;
Rand Paul throws stones at Clinton;
Obamacare tops 4M signups;
GOP health ‘fix’ would cause 1M to lose insurance;
Colo. pot sales exceed expectations;
House GOP opposes IRS limits on PACs;
GOP demagoguing on military budget;
Ohio cuts early voting that is key to black turnout ...

DON ROLLINS
Textbook controversy outs new secessionists

WENONAH HAUTER
It’s time for factory farms to pay their share

BOB BURNETT
Growing up liberal

HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas
En route to the nursing home: A detour

SAM URETSKY
No time out for news

WAYNE O’LEARY
Mr. Bipartisan

JOHN BUELL
Time to get serious about inequality

MARK ANDERSON
Drone protesters get their days in court

FR. DONNELL KIRCHNER
Where would America be without immigrants?

SETH SANDRONSKY
A big squeeze

BOB RUNDLE
Our upside down economy

ROB PATTERSON
Water parks bring out the killer in ‘killer whales’

POPULIST PICKS
Entertainment then and now

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