Selections from the May 1, 2015 issue

COVER/David Dayen
Barney Frank bombshell explains financial crisis

EDITORIAL
Give peace a chance

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen
Think locally, invest socially

DISPATCHES
Rahm wins re-election but Chuy moves grassroots;
Danny Schechter, ‘News Dissector,’ passes;
Rand’s home state relies on programs he’s vowed to dismantle;
Feds admit pot kills tumors;
Texas city all-in renewable energy;
Kansas tax experiment forces schools to cut academic year;
Stingy Congress puts food supply at risk ...

DON ROLLINS
Billie Holiday as spiritual guide

JOHN YOUNG
Jeb’s I-love-the-’90s education ideas

JOSEPH B. ATKINS
No easy way for a union 

WENONAH HAUTER
Protecting our civil rights and environment

GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet
Paranoia will destroy you

HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas
Medicaid and the minimum wage

SAM URETSKY
Who polices supplements and herbal remedies?

WAYNE O’LEARY
Barbarians at the gates

JOHN BUELL
Earth Day and the future of the commons

BOB BURNETT
Israel:America’s bad brother

MARY TAYLOR
Fear, flattery: Singapore under Lee Kuan Yew

BOOK REVIEW/Seth Sandronsky
Cybertariat struggles

ROB PATTERSON
‘Love & Mercy’ tells truth about Brian Wilson

WILL DURST
Crazy Ted Cruz

and more ...