Selections from the August 1, 2015 issue

COVER/Paul Rosenberg
America’s worst governors want to be president

EDITORIAL
Court’s no friend; Croc tears on health mergers

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

BILL JOHNSTON
Let’s talk about race

RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen
Dems buckle on fast-track vote

DISPATCHES
Congress greases skids for trade deals sought by Obama;
New OT rules would give 5M workers a raise;
Coming up: Revenge of the Court’s cons;
New rules help union organizers;
Obama to help low-income residents get solar power;
Warren backers swing to Bernie;
Stein to run again as Green;
Rubio rebukes Trump's Mexican bashing; Cruz 'not interested' ...

DON ROLLINS
Why black liberation theology still applies\

JOHN YOUNG
On the run, on campaign trail: The defiant ones

BOB BURNETT
Pope Francis challenges the Republicans

RANDOLPH T. HOLHUT
The planet vs. the profiteers

WENONAH HAUTER
Cutting off people’s water is just wrong

JIM GOODMAN
Free trade deals, a dirty secret of government

HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas
Gotcha: The Obamacare word-game

SAM URETSKY
Sometimes patience isn’t a virtue

WAYNE O’LEARY
Dissing Jackson

JOHN BUELL
Economics 101, revised edition

N. GUNASEKARAN
Anti-globalization movements’ victories

SETH SANDRONSKY
Unraveling the Common Core

ROB PATTERSON
Rock is still here to stay

POPULIST PICKS
‘Salema’; ‘Path to War’; ‘Ballers’

DONALD KAUL
Obama’s amazing grace

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