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COVER/Heather Digby Parton p. 1
Trump’s Puerto Rico cruelty: Has he no sense of decency?
EDITORIAL p. 2
Lose with King Moron; Save the Iran deal
JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
Think your job is safe from the robot invasion?
Do better than a rip-off health care system.
WILL DURST p. 3
Trump needs to stop ruining Sundays
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
DON ROLLINS p. 4
Dick Gregory: God’s own troublemaker
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
Still need to organize for peace
DISPATCHES p. 5
Trump eyes new ways to wound Obamacare;
Trump won’t let states improve their health offerings;
Trump job approval worsens;
Liberal groups got IRS scrutiny too, IG belatedly finds;
Don’t give Corker too much credit;
Dems unveil tax plan that helps working families;
GM embraces electric vehicle future;
White House ties Dreamer protection to increased border crackown;
NFL Players Association responds to Pence assault on free speech:
Coal lobbyist nominated for #2 spot at EPA
...
FROMA HARROP p. 6
Taxing dollars already taxed by states will not happen
JANE KOERNER p. 6
How do you define justice in America?
ART CULLEN p. 6
Planting sideways
GENE LYONS p. 7
San Juan mayor takes Trump to task
JILL RICHARDSON p. 7
We’re failing the US citizens of Puerto Rico
JOHN YOUNG p. 7
No wall, but Trump does have his foxhole
KALI HOLLOWAY p. 8
7 most unhinged moments from Trump’s Puerto Rico trip
JENNIFER BERKSHIRE p. 9
Betsy DeVos’ vision goes way beyond privatizing education — and she is amazingly close to realizing it
GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet p. 9
Now is not the time for your tears
DAVID CAY JOHNSTON p. 10
A big ‘thank you, America!’ from the super rich
BOB BURNETT p. 10
Trump now owns white supremacy
RICK HODGES p. 10
Don’t mess with the disability community
MARY SANCHEZ p. 11
In Kansas, the kid stays on the ballot
DEAN BAKER p. 11
The Republican anti-growth tax plan
BOB CESCA p. 12
Trump couldn’t repeal Obamacare, so he’s trying to destroy it
SAM PIZZIGATI p. 12
We get sick, they get rich
AMANDA MARCOTTE p. 13
America’s big problem with guns? Our gun industry profits from fear and death.
ROBERT B. REICH p. 13
Trump’s presidency is becoming increasingly irrelevant
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
We Americans must face our addiction to guns
KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL p. 14
Congress’s war powers must be made a reality
BOOK REVIEW/Seth Sandronsky p. 14
Green and red
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
Revisiting the wisdom of Charlie Wilson
SAM URETSKY p. 15
Ranking university rankings
DAWN HUCKELBRIDGE p. 15
American child care is in crisis
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
Donald Trump’s new world disorder
JOHN BUELL p. 16
Democracy and ecology on a dynamic planet
JUAN COLE p. 17
Was Ayatollah Khamenei right about D.C.? Trump reneges on Iran deal
N. GUNASEKARAN p. 17
Asia’s refugee crisis: the grievous human tragedy
JOE CONASON p. 18
We need more than ‘thoughts and prayers’
DANA MILBANK p. 18
Fake news comes to the Supreme Court
JAMIE STIEHM p. 18
Democracy is not a spectator sport
RALPH NADER p. 19
Big institutions — immunities, impunities and insanities
TED RALL p. 19
Hugh Hefner said his critics were prudes and puritans. Obits prove him right.
BARRY FRIEDMAN p. 20
We are Niemöller
ROB PATTERSON p. 20
‘Prairie Home Companion’ refreshed with Thile
SATIRE/Rosie Sorenson p. 20
Let’s make a deal: Trump buys Puerto Rico
MOVIES/Ed Rampell p. 21
Iran-Contra scandal gets the Tom Cruise, Hollywood treatment in ‘American Made’
EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
There’s been a startling shift in national support for protesting players
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
The time for a debate on gun control is now
CONNIE SCHULTZ p. 22
Such empty thoughts and prayers
GARRISON KEILLOR p. 23
God has sent us a judge. Hallelujah.
Cover illustration by Dolores Cullen
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This page posted October 13, 2017