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COVER/Thomas Frank p. 1
How Dems created ‘Liberalism of the Rich’
EDITORIAL p. 2
Play hard but nice, Dems
JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
Establishment fueling Mr. Donnie Trump;
Corporations intend to widen inequality in USA;
How do you feel about corporate crime subsidies?;
Why doesn’t congress do what the people need?;
Everyday patriots.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
ERIC BLUMBERG p. 4
Trump just bought the country club
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
Let the sun shine on GMO foods, please
DISPATCHES p. 5
Treasury spanks corporate tax dodger;
North Carolina ‘bathroom law’ has broader implications;
‘Democracy Spring’ arises to protest plutocracy;
Senate races heat up;
Former coal baron sentenced;
Sanders did better in Colorado than reported, but no one told him;
Senate lets judge through logjam;
Obamacare reaches new lows;
Michigan governor is target of RICO lawsuit in Flint water crisis;
Drop in stamp prices puts more stress on Postal Service;
New Orleans justice system breaking down;
Wisconsin voter ID laws back in court after election day woes;
Farewell to Al Jazeera America ...
FROMA HARROP p. 6
Bernie should stick to the high road
ELIZABETH SHOGREN p. 6
Fracking linked to groundwater contamination
JILL RICHARDSON p. 6
What is the term ‘processed food’?
GENE LYONS p. 7
Clinton can be beaten by ballots, not by scandals
EMILY SCHWARTZ GRECO p. 7
Belgian awful
BOB BURNETT p. 7
Donald Trump channels Howard Beale
KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL p. 9
$15 minimum wage from ‘extreme’ to enacted
ROBERT BOROSAGE p. 9
Jobs report: moving up: with no way out
JOHN YOUNG p. 9
Beautiful day in Mr. Cruz’s (gated) neighborhood
ROBERT KUTTNER p. 10
Race, class, jobs and the 2016 earthquake
ROGER BYBEE p. 10
Bernie’s big Wisconsin win adds momentum
MARY SANCHEZ p. 11
Who can save the GOP from Trump? Women
DEAN BAKER p. 11
Trade deal for 21st century: Alternative to TPP
MARK ANDERSON p. 11
Nominating candidate with integrity crazy
DAVID DAYEN p. 12
America became a leader in tax avoidance
BEN NORTON p. 12
Sanders warned of tax havens in Panama deal
AMANDA MARCOTTE p. 13
Pro-choicers under attack
JOHN KIRIAKOU p. 13
Ohio proves rehabilitation works
SARAH ANDERSON p. 13
Wall Street should pay a sales tax, too
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
In Wisconsin, the struggle for justice continues
HEATHER DIGBY PARTON p. 14
Donald Trump’s ‘days of rage’
GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet p. 14
Wrong focus
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
Long-term care insurance: Wall Street’s folly
SAM URETSKY p. 15
Ryan admits he was wrong. It’s a start
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
Attack of the ‘liberal’ economists
JOHN BUELL p. 16
Keep Trump’s hands off the nuclear trigger
DON ROLLINS p. 16
Donald Trump, the theologian
MARK WEISBROT p. 17
Attempted coup in Brazil seeks to reverse election
JUAN COLE p. 17
Panama and Mideast leaders’ secret bank accounts
JOE CONASON p. 18
How to be terror-torn Europe, and how not to
TINA DUPUY p. 18
Vulgarians against Trump
BOOK REVIEW/Seth Sandronksy p. 20
Fear is our forté
PUBLIC INTEREST/Ralph Nader p. 19
Trump’s self-inflicted fall
TED RALL p. 19
Everyone but the media saw Trump coming
ROBERT REICH p. 19
Stop voter suppression
ANDREW O’HEIR p. 20
Rich are different from us, they stole our money
GENE NICHOL p. 20
Through the looking glass
MOVIES/Ed Rampell p. 20
‘Brainwashing’ explores right wing agitprop
EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
Soccer women more popular, but paid less
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
NC: Flush your bathroom bill
CONNIE SCHULTZ p. 22
Hope lives
DONALD KAUL p. 23
Trump’s America: outhouse on a hill
POET/Michael Silverstein p. 23
The recovery difference
Cover illustration by Dolores Cullen
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This page posted April 16, 2016