Selections from the April 1, 2013 issue

COVER/Steve Kornacki
Obama can’t escape the GOP

EDITORIAL
Too timid to nail

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 

RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen
A jobless recovery is a terrible waste

DISPATCHES
New details on Reagan’s ‘October Surprise’ hostage deal;
Obama’s charm offensive: No deal;
Ryan’s fantasy budget slashes deficit;
The good, the bad and the crazy;
Cole: Drone secrecy brought on Brennan filibuster;
Republicans take credit for anti-rape law they voted agains;
Kansas GOP would cut college aid to pay for tax breaks;
Con media stars pay $150,000 for ACORN pimp hoax;
Fastest-growing job in US pays less than $10 an hour;
Drone pilot medal outranks combat medals;
Ala. Senate advances anti-union amendment ...

GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet
New approach needed on climate issue

BOB BURNETT
Sequester: the rise of Republican anarchists

WENONAH HAUTER
Have a cold one, brought by the foodopoly

HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas
Health crocuses

SAM URETSKY
NRA won’t talk about guns

WAYNE O’LEARY
Are we Greece?

JOHN BUELL
The future of US climate politics

MARK ANDERSON
Lower trade barriers empower corporations

ROB PATTERSON
Just don’t get it about ‘Girls’

POPULIST PICKS
Trouble with the Curve; Saint Misbehavin’: The Wavy Gravy movie; The Abolitionists

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