| Letters | 4 |
| Comment | 7 |
| No Comment | 11 |
| The Word from Washington | 12 |
| THE DEEPENING MYSTERY OF KAREN SILKWOOD | 14 |
| Stein, Jeffrey | |
| CAN REAGAN KEEP THE PROMISE OF LIBERALISM? | 22 |
| Judis, John | |
| TWO-PARTY MONOPOLY | 28 |
| McClellan, Jim | |
| POLITICS AMONG THE REDWOODS | 32 |
| Domhoff, G. William | |
| PRAGUE WINTER | 37 |
| Mayer, Milton | |
| BEHIND THE POLISH REVOLT | 43 |
| Shanahan, Dan | |
| WILLIE NELSON: COUNTRY 'OUTLAW' | 46 |
| Hentoff, Nat | |
| DOWN EASY STREET | 48 |
| Seitz, Michael H. | |
| Era of blacklisting | 50 |
| Faulk, John Henry | |
| Learning to see | 51 |
| Berger, John | |
| Terkel's mirror | 53 |
| Terkel, Studs | |
| When power comes in | 54 |
| Parfit, Michael | |
| Books Briefly | 55 |
| Puzzle | 57 |
| Index for 1980 | 58 |
| The Mart | 64 |
| HOW TO BEAT INFLATION, UNEMPLOYMENT, CRIME, BIG OIL, AND JOGGING | 66 |
| Davidon, Ann Monissett |
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