Selections from the November 1, 2014 issue

COVER/Matthew Pulver
The South’s victim complex 

EDITORIAL
Health obstruction breeds contagion; Keep the Senate Democratic

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 

DON ROLLINS
Supreme Court allows Ohio’s anti-voting ploy

RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen
Making democracy work is our job

DISPATCHES
GOP still proud of obstructing health care;
FBI debunks ‘good guy with gun’ myth;
Better ways to spend $1T than on nukes;
$22B to fight ISIL same year food stamps cut;
In fight against ISIS, Islam part of solution;
It's not a skills shortage keeping wages down;
Boehner's welcome candor: No GOP jobs plan;
Plutocrats' choice loses in Brazil ...

BOB BURNETT
What do Democrats want?

GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet
Time for a moment

ROGER BYBEE
Corporate ‘consensus’ on offshoring, inversions

SAM PIZZIGATI
Why an unequal planet can never be green

RANDOLPH T. HOLHUT
People power remains a potent force for change

HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas
Over-the-counter contraceptives: The battle

SAM URETSKY
Conservatives have little use for science

WAYNE O’LEARY
The false promise of technology

JOHN BUELL
Stockholder buyback scam

SETH SANDRONSKY
Cal’s paid sick leave law 

ROB PATTERSON
Don’t dismiss actors because of their politics

POPULIST PICKS
Stuff white people like; 2-1/2 men; Simpsons

JASON STANFORD
Bomb Mexico?