Selections from the August 15, 2014 issue

COVER/Edwin Lyngar
A poor GOP die-hard leaves politics of shame

EDITORIAL
Let the kids in; Defund the gangs

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 

DON ROLLINS
SC town rallies behind gay police chief

RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen
Stop subsidizing big ag

DISPATCHES
‘Typo’ probably won’t doom Obamacare;If O'care opponents win, who loses?
Predictions of premium spikes were wrong;
20M covered by O’care;
GOP opposition to O'care: ideology or just money?
Elizabeth Warren isn't running for president, says Kos;
Obama opens Eastern Seaboard to oil drillers;
Ga. GOP taps predatory capitalist as Senate nominee;
Lost weekend at Netroots Nation;
Luxury apartment building will have 'poor door':
Congress hits new low ...

BOB BURNETT
Getting Democrats to vote

GENE NICHOL
Harsh lessons for students

HAL CROWTHER
One nation under fire

WENONAH HAUTER
Hold politicians accountable

HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas
Government’s war on the poor

SAM URETSKY
If Krugman is a disgrace, we need more of it

WAYNE O’LEARY
School daze

JOHN BUELL
Fighting secular stagnation

NORMAN SOLOMON
Does Uncle Sam have a god complex?

N. GUNASEKRAN
Asian media as big business

JAMES MOORE
Down where the river ends

MARK ANDERSON
When they were one party

ROB PATTERSON
A peal of trumpets for first-time writers

POPULIST PICKS
Alvins play Broonzy; Tower secrets; TriBeCaStan

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