Selections from the April 15, 2015 issue

COVER/Michael T. Klare
Big Oil’s broken business model

EDITORIAL
Dems need prez race; Peace by other means

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

DON ROLLINS
Service workers deserve a better shake

RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen
Practice environmental democracy

DISPATCHES
Obamacare at 5: 1/3 fewer uninsured, costs less than expected;
Roundup ‘probably’ causes cancer, UN agency says;
Costa Rica electricity fossil-fee;
Ted Cruz literally unbelievable;
Sanders budget fails;
Net neutrality legal battles start;
Senate seat opens in Indiana while race shapes up in Florida;
Repubs propose weaker overtime rules instead of paid family leave;
Cal 'miracle' outpaces Texas;
Cal, Great Plains drying up;
Black voters win voting rights case ....

BOB BURNETT
What do Republicans stand for?

ROGER BYBEE
More Nixonian than Nixon

MARK ANDERSON
Sheriffs declare ‘war’ on Colorado over legal pot

HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas
Roots: Digging into our souls

SAM URETSKY
There is nothing so low they will not go

WAYNE O’LEARY
Lamestream press scrapes bottom

JOHN BUELL
Thoughts on the partial recovery

JOEL D. JOSEPH
Proposed deals with Iran 

JASON STANFORD
What ‘Footloose’ can teach us about Iran

BOOK REVIEW/Seth Sandronsky
Caging the marginalized

JOHN YOUNG
Our Congress has become fraternity row

POPULIST PICKS
Waging heavy peace; Reel Injun; Billionaire’s vinegar

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