Selections from the June 1, 2012 issue

COVER/Andrew Leonard
Mitt: the real European 

EDITORIAL
GOP, heal thyself

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 

RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen
College is a good investment for everybody

DISPATCHES
GOP cuts food stamps, school lunches and kids’ health care to protect weapons systems;
Senate GOP blocks student loan bill;
McConnell, Chamber urge Supreme Court to double down on Citizens United;
Romney seeks credit for auto industry comeback;
Labor blames GOP for lagging economy;
Jobs metrics;
Push Pelosi to protect Medicare, Social Security;
Senate ag cuts farm bill programs;
Beach Boys abide at Jazz Fest:
Union files free trade complaint against anti-immigrant law ...

JIM VAN DER POL
Libs need to think like a winger
MICHAEL SILVERSTEIN
Health industry prepares for Obamacare

SAM URETSKY
Cantor’s Third World budget

HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas
Teen pregnancy drops from ’09 to ’10

MARK ENGLER
ALEC retreats while right wing freaks

WAYNE O’LEARY
A Green Mountain alternative

GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet
How to end a war without really ending it

JOHN BUELL
The politics of the job market

BOB BURNETT
Two meltdowns: Fukushima and US

BOOK/Seth Sandronsky
Medical revolution

JAMES VAN VLIET
Awaiting judgment

DON ROLLINS
John Edwards let his people down

ROB PATTERSON
Ochs’ fortune ran out

POPULIST PICKS
Temple beautiful; House of lies

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