Selections from the June 1, 2014 issue

COVER/Simon Maloy
Obamacare foes must pay a price

EDITORIAL
Keep the Internet open

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 

DON ROLLINS
Anti-gay preacher sinned against life

GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet
Botched execution calls death penalty to account

DISPATCHES
Tea Party loses battles, wins war;
Dems competitive in 3 key Southern states;
Dems botch Fla. House pickup;
Benghazi!;
Hospitals see big drop in uninsured admissions in blue states;
Poorest still locked out in red states;
'Pro-growth' policies don't actually produce growth;
Pope says Jesus demands redistribution;
GOP rep: Obama's killing vets, you're next;
US oil and gas industry averaged at least 20 spills per day;
Turns out threatening feds is illegal;
Chamber head: Without immigration reform, GOP should forget 2016;
Majorities lose faith in partisan Supreme Court;
Fed deficit on track for six-year low;
Pot growers get coop bank ...
SIMON MALOY
The right’s sad Obamacare transition

BILL MOYERS AND M. WINSHIP
Don’t let net neutrality be a broken promise

DAVID ATKINS 

How the rich stole our money

WENONAH HAUTER
There is no ‘right way’ to frack

HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas 

A new ballad of Paladin

SAM URETSKY
Protecting democracy from plutocrats

WAYNE O’LEARY
Savaging the public sector

JOHN BUELL
Why academic economics matters­

N. GUNASEKARAN 

Alternative vision for Asia’s unequal social order

JOSEPH B. ATKINS
UAW takes case against Nissan

SETH SANDRONSKY
Why classroom experience matters

ROB PATTERSON
The art of the online mixtape

POPULIST PICKS
‘Cosmos’; ‘Dare to Dream’; ‘Downtown’

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