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COVER/Robert L. Borosage p. 1
Why Trump won
EDITORIAL p. 2
Snakes vs. scorpions
JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
Takeaways from the election.
Why we should reach across borders, not close them.
The cannonball saga, an epic story from the heartland.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
BOB BURNETT p. 4
Combatting Trumpenstein
JOEL D. JOSEPH p. 4
Chrysler is not an American car company any more
WILL DURST p. 4
The creepy clown apocalypse
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
We need better choices
DISPATCHES p. 5
Trump reconsiders ObamaCare repeal;
Comey letter cost Clinton votes;
TPP apparently stymied;
More than 300 hate incidens reported in week afer election;
GOP voter purges fixed elections;
State voters raise minimum wages and require paid sick leave;
US will be pariah when Trump pulls out of climate pact;
Coal jobs aren’t coming back;
Senate race still up for grabs in Louisiana;
Trump conflates documented and undocumented immigrants ...
FROMA HARROP p. 6
Whatever happened to Americans’ sense of humor?
PAUL VANDEVELDER p. 6
Ten things the media haven’t told you about Standing Rock
PAUL LARMER p. 6
High Country News founder, Tom Bell, passes
GENE LYONS p. 7
Anger, bullying, conspiracies - and big cable network profits
JILL RICHARDSON p. 7
This deal could save the world
JIM GOODMAN p. 7
The Trans Pacific Partnership will not help struggling farmers
LEEANN HALL & GEORGE GOEHL p. 8
Trump’s victory is not the last word
DICK POLMAN p. 8
The primal scream for Trump and what it means
ROGER SIMON p. 9
Trump now must feed the beast
BRENDAN GAUTHIER p. 9
In Donald Trump’s cabinet from hell, corporatism and cronyism run rampant
ERIC BLUMBERG p. 9
Fear of the unknown
JOHN NICHOLS p. 10
It really is that bad
GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet p. 10
Question authority
DON ROLLINS p. 10
Corporate threats don’t deter some underdogs
MARY SANCHEZ p. 11
Will Trump feed Dreamers to the wolves?
DEAN BAKER p. 11
Truth: The first casualty in trade debates
ROBERT B. REICH p. 12
Trump’s three biggest enablers
SAM PIZZIGATI p. 12
Why 2016 may see a record top 1%
NORMAN SOLOMON p. 12
For the Trump era: Fight not flight
HEATHER DIGBY PARTON p. 13
How the media made this monster, normalizing Donald Trump and demonizing Hillary Clinton, and it’s not over
MARK ANDERSON p. 13
Two-party trap snaps shut again
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
Obama steadied the nation in ‘interesting times’
WENONAH HAUTER p. 14
Three massive mergers — millions for one bank and a disaster for food, water, and climate
JOHN YOUNG p. 14
A night of protest and rust
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
Beyond Virginia Woolf, the tyrones and the rest of us: The health mess
HEATHER SEGGEL p. 15
Keep trying: Rural access to mental health
SETH SANDRONSKY p. 15
The gig economy and job quality
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
The tragedy of 2016
JOHN BUELL p. 16
Waiting for the next Trump?
MICHAEL MOORE p. 16
To-do list for Democrats
JUAN COLE p. 17
Turkish gov’t arrests 15 opposition MPs in further descent into dictatorship
MARK WEISBROT p. 17
Vatican mediation in Venezuela changes political equation for Washington
ROBERT SCHEER p. 17
Revenge of the ‘deplorables’
JOE CONASON p. 18
Rogue FBI agents deface democracy
ERIC BOEHLERT p. 18
The media’s final email flop, a fitting end to journalism’s troubled campaign season
KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL p. 18
Media malpractice 2016
RALPH NADER p. 19
The silver linings of silver-tongued Donald
TED RALL p. 19
Win or lose, Hillary is finished
AMANDA MARCOTTE p. 20
The misogyny apocalypse
ROB PATTERSON p. 20
New Dylan bio balances feeling and intellect
MOVIE REVIEW/Ed Rampell p. 21
What does Freedom of the Press mean anyway?
ROSIE SORENSON p. 21
Just the beginning
EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
The sweetest escape: The Chicago Cubs win the World Series
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
Trumped: When the loser wins
CONNIE SCHULTZ p. 22
No, let’s not congratulate him
GARRISON KEILLOR p. 23
Trump voters will not like what’s next
Cover illustration by Dolores Cullen
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