Selections from the August 1, 2014 issue

COVER/Richard Eskow
Elizabeth Warren brings populism down south 

EDITORIAL
Next stop single payer

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 

DON ROLLINS
Howard Baker’s gift

RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen
When right to farm = right to harm

DISPATCHES
Koch-funded Texas AG limits chemical disclosure after deadly explosion;
States hike minimum wage, see faster job growth;
Good news in June jobs report;
Brown warns to brace for GOP assault on Social Security;
W.V. polluter fined $11,000 in chemical spill that left 300,000 without water;
Green energy provides 1/3 of Germany's power;
State credits contraceptives in Colo. teen birth rate plunge;
House will spend more probing Benghazi again than ethics, vets, budget or science;
Dems can win with populism — if they play it right ...

GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet
‘Harris’ decision signals need for labor fight plan

BOB BURNETT
Campaign 2014: Hate politics

HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas
Cutting costs, raising health: The barriers

SAM URETSKY
We need a sane opposition

WAYNE O’LEARY
Inconvenient postwar truths

JOHN BUELL
Is economy doomed to persistent stagnation?

BOOK REVIEW/Heather Seggel
Is country music big enough for rednecks, gays?

BOOK REVIEW/Seth Sandronsky
Education reformers’ playbook

ROB PATTERSON
Scorsese’s always worth a look

POPULIST PICKS
‘Game of Thrones’, ‘Dallas Buyers’, ‘All or Nothin’

and more ...