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COVER/Dave Johnson p. 1
Government run like business poisoned Flint
EDITORIAL p. 2
Cheer low oil prices; Don’t break system further
JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
Something is happening;
Why has Nefarious corporate behavior become so commonplace?
Guess who’s pushing for prison reform?
Watering America’s food factories.
Why the GOP’s fence fantasy is a farce.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
WILL DURST p. 4
Real State of the Union
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
Stop the TPP
DISPATCHES p. 5
Lead may be in tap water near you;
Doubts grow about Cruz citizenship;
Trump ranks as biggest liar;
Latino vote growing;
Dems hope for Senate majority;
Gun thugs menace moms;
Teachout runs for Congress;
DC appeals court denies stay on EPA Clean Power Plan;
What will make US go renewable?
William F. Buckley was no fan of Trump, either
...
FROMA HARROP p. 6
Ambassador is a dangerous occupation
ANDREW GULLIFORD p. 6
Justice in the West has a double standard
JILL RICHARDSON p. 6
A healthy way to build communities
GENE LYONS p. 7
Rainbow stew
ROBERT SCHEER p. 7
Hillary blames Bernie for old Clintonite hustle
ERIC BLUMBERG p. 7
The momser and the mensch
MICHAEL MOORE p. 9
Dear Gov. Snyder, you have to go to jail
DEAN BAKER p. 9
Wall Street rocks!
ROBERT BOROSAGE p. 10
The Democratic choice: change or continuity
ROBERT REICH p. 10
Who lost the white working class?
MARY SANCHEZ p. 11
Laws favor Cubans over other other Latinos
LES LEOPOLD p. 11
Is Cruz an anti-Semite as well as a hypocrite?
SETH SANDRONSKY p. 11
California and Keynes
DAVID DAYEN p. 12
Is the next recession on the way?
RYAN ALEXANDER p. 12
Digging up a mountain of debt in coal
AMANDA MARCOTTE p. 13
This is right-wing America
ART CULLEN p. 13
Ofelia Valdez is a woman of great courage
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
Best way to honor MLK is follow his example
EMILY SCHWARTZ GRECO p. 14
Obama takes a walk on the greener side
ANTHONY NEWKIRK p. 14
Bernie Sanders and social democracy
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
Uncle Sam as modern-day gargoyle
SAM URETSKY p. 15
Let’s hear it for New York values
JOHN YOUNG p. 15
‘Action bias’ does little to help public schools
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
The savior
JOHN BUELL p. 16
Shining a light on dark money
JOHN KIRIAKOU p. 16
Let’s put prison sentences on probation
JUAN COLE p. 17
Palin for Trump: PC is a suicide bomb vest
PETER CERTO p. 17
Your fear of terrorism could get you killed
CARL POPE p. 18
Implementing Paris accords: a progress report
JOE CONASON p. 18
NY values: What Ted won’t get about big town
PUBLIC INTEREST/Ralph Nader p. 19
CEO pay-grab effects beyond greed
TED RALL p. 19
Are we witnessing the failure of propaganda?
ERIC BOEHLERT p. 20
Trump bullies the press, and it yawns
MIKE KUHLENBECK p. 20
The billionaires’ utopia
ED RAMPELL p. 21
The Progies awards 2015
EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
Who killed Lawrence Phillips?
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
The stateless and the State of the Union
CONNIE SCHULTZ p. 22
Donald Trump and the myth of superiority
DONALD KAUL p. 23
The year of Donald Trump
POET/Michael Silverstein p. 23
Pre-Primary Limericks
Cover illustration by Dolores Cullen
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This page posted January 30, 2016