Selections from the June 15, 2014 issue

COVER/Joan Walsh
Why Alison Grimes matters

EDITORIAL
Selective outrage on VA

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 

DON ROLLINS
Hobby Lobby president buys school district

RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen
Try to avoid genetically modified organisms

DISPATCHES 

Mid-term GOP narrative falling apart; 

GOP Senate candidates support extremely harsh budget;

McConnell stumbles on O'Care Doublespeak;

Tea still strong in Texas;

More insurers joining health exchange; 

Lib talkers walk away from radio; 

US corporations inflate profits offshore:

Two years of Korea 'free trade' throws cold water on TPP;

Wind energy reduced pollution equal to 20M cars;

Poll: Americans more worried about 'global warming' than 'climate change';

Colombia labor rights not improved by 'free trade';

US labor rights rank near bottom;

WTO: Europe can't protect baby seals;

CO2 tops 400ppm throughout Northern Hemisphere;

Vets still love VA;

Michigan offers minimum wage compromise ....

JOHN YOUNG
Freedom to trivialize one’s religion

GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet
For Democrats, it’s image over substance

BOB BURNETT
Elizabeth Warren: Saving the Democrats

THOM HARTMANN
Did Reagan kill entrepreneurialism?

PLAIN TALK/Dave Zweifel
Corporations win, little guys lose — again

WENONAH HAUTER
‘Probably harmless’ isn’t good enough

HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas
Xenophobes’ dilemma

SAM URETSKY
Universities priced out of working class’ reach

WAYNE O’LEARY
The great disconnect

JOHN BUELL
Full employment without busting the budget

SETH SANDRONSKY
Resisting public education privatization

JOSEPH B. ATKINS
Mississippi set model for NSA spying

ROB PATTERSON
Vinyl’s comeback saves record stores

POPULIST PICKS
‘White House Down’; ‘Looking’; Penn Station

JASON STANFORD
States going opposite directions on Hispanics

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