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COVER/Gary Legum p. 1
Trump family grift is getting worse
EDITORIAL p. 2
Bad bills rising
JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
What is worse than being poor?
Where does inequality come from?
Will you enlist in Trump’s war?
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
DON ROLLINS p. 4
Liberals learning to redefine good news
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
Raise hell to keep dreams alive
DISPATCHES p. 5
GOP to squeeze unpopular Obamacare repeal into budget reconciliation;
Cal takes step toward single-oayer health plan;
‘Infrastructure Week’ didn’t show much;
US refuses to endorse G7 statement on climate change;
Electric car sales doubled last year;
EPA chief way off about new coal jobs;
Trump has a record as a liar;
Trump says Qatar funds terror. Qataris wonder if Trump is mad they didn't fund him
...
FROMA HARROP p. 6
Trump’s lousy numbers spell doom
TED ZUKOSKI p. 6
Trump’s coal policy is bad news for taxpayers
LEO GERARD p. 6
Workers want a green economy, not a dirty environment
GENE LYONS p. 7
America gains nothing from climate change denials
JILL RICHARDSON p. 7
Saving America’s great places
KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL p. 7
Time for Democrats to unite around Medicare for all
RICHARD ESKOW p. 8
The Republican party’s sickness of the soul
SISTER JOAN CHITTISTER p. 9
What it really means to be pro-life
JOHN YOUNG p. 9
Donald Trump vs. (most of) the planet
BEN LILLISTON p. 9
Trump’s revealing budget for rural America
ERIC BOEHLERT p. 10
Beyond a lie: White House uses misinformation as propaganda
BOB BURNETT p. 10
The four faces of Trump
SETH SANDRONSKY p. 10
Election to head CA’s Democratic Party is disputed
MARY SANCHEZ p. 11
When bad cops migrate, expect trouble
DEAN BAKER p. 11
Trump voters need good economic policy, not empathy
AMANDA MARCOTTE p. 12
Climate change as culture war: Trump’s Paris pullout is a giant middle finger to the left
JOE ROMM p. 12
Trump’s reputation as a dealmaker is a sham, walking away from Paris proves it
HEATHER ‘DIGBY’ PARTON p. 13
Trump’s in way over his head with ignorant Qatar tweets
ROBERT B. REICH p. 13
Why is Trump doing Putin’s bidding?
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
Illinois strengthens the right to vote
WENONAH HAUTER p. 14
Trump’s water infrastructure plans in two words: higher rates
MARGIE BURNS p. 14
Foreclosures lead to flippers’ profits
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
Congress flunks the Jimmy Kimmel test, or the deserving sick
SAM URETSKY p. 15
Evolving understanding of evolution
LEEANN HALL p. 15
Rural communities lose most with health repeal
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
Divvying up the loot
JOHN BUELL p. 16
Neoliberalism and deaths of despair
JUAN COLE p. 17
Trump’s ally: Saudi Arabia’s drive for hegemony in Middle East
NORMAN SOLOMON p. 17
Dangerous discourse: when progressives sound like demagogues
JOE CONASON p. 18
Why Trump must make Putin smile
DANA MILBANK p. 18
The most chilling line of Comey’s testimony
JAMIE STIEHM p. 18
Comey rides in like a paragon of political virtue
RALPH NADER p. 19
End the greedy silence — enough already
TED RALL p. 19
Military spending is the biggest scam in American politics
JAMES A. HAUGHT p. 19
Americans abandoning mainline Protestantism
ART CULLEN p. 20
Burying Aldo Leopold
ROB PATTERSON p. 20
Who’s the next Dylan?
MOVIES/Ed Rampell p. 21
Bill Moyers and Tim Robbins: “We are the Jailhouse Nation of the World”
EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
Frank Deford’s wicked grace
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
It would be a shame not to ask James Comey these questions about the FBI while he’s under oath
CONNIE SCHULTZ p. 22
Poor Eric Trump
GARRISON KEILLOR p. 23
What’s the big deal about Paris?
WILL DURST p. 23
Making America jurassic again
Cover illustration by Dolores Cullen
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This page posted June 16, 2017