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COVER/Steven Rosenfeld p. 1
Trump’s banishment of Dreamers may become GOP’s worst nightmare
EDITORIAL p. 2
Let our Dreamers stay
JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
The gaping hole in Trump’s border wall.
Tweeter-in-Chief versus the wisdom of Robert E. Lee.
Sand: the endangered natural resource
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
DON ROLLINS p. 4
Economic sanctions in fact and fiction
AMANDA C. LEITER p. 5
Shutting out the public hurts natural resource management
DISPATCHES p. 5
Scientists minimized Irma’s damage, but Trump policies make future storms riskier;
Right-wing media pushed fa?
Sanders' single-payer bill gains Democratic support;
Evangelical preachers have one weak excuse after another for sticking with
Trump;
Former rail exec in line to head pipeline safety agency;
Controversial pick for civil rights chief appears headed for confirmation
...
FROMA HARROP p. 6lse, racist narrative of looting;
Mexico withdraws Texas aid offer after domestic disasters, Trump snubs;
Has climate change intensified Western fires
The price rises on Houston’s ‘cheap’ housing
ASTA BOWEN p. 6
Like it or not, we all need health insurance
ART CULLEN p. 6
Try running like a Democrat for a change
GENE LYONS p. 7
Hillary doesn’t owe us any apologies
JILL RICHARDSON p. 7
Trigger happy with toxins
BOB BURNETT p. 7
Trump’s big deal
GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet p. 8
Nativism is alive in the White House
GENE NICHOL p. 9
Seeing Ricsy Sanchez
JOHN YOUNG p. 9
Meet human needs? Nah, let’s play tea party games
PAUL BUCHHEIT p. 9
Our collective response to the Houston tragedy is proof that greed and capitalism aren’t the only ways to run society
ROBERT BOROSAGE p. 10
When the parades are over, who stands with unions?
RICHARD ESKOW p. 10
Grow up and apologize, Ted Cruz
MARY SANCHEZ p. 11
Maybe we should keep hatemongers where we can watch them
DEAN BAKER p. 11
Houston, Bangladesh, and global warming
SETH SANDRONSKY p. 11
This is your brain playing football, research says
HAL CROWTHER p. 12
Horse and buggy politics
HEATHER DIGBY PARTON p. 13
Steve Bannon’s game of thrones: Jilted genius vows ‘Bloody September’
ROBERT B. REICH p. 13
Google, Trump and the arrogance of power
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
Harvey, Noah and the floods
KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL p. 14
Trump’s tax-reform pitch is entirely divorced from reality
JOSH HOXIE p. 14
Tax cuts for the rich help the rich, not you
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
Our kaleidoscope-in-chief: Below-the-fold havoc
SAM URETSKY p. 15
Trump protects Confederate statues but puts natural monuments at risk
ADITI KATTI p. 15
An anti-poverty program that makes it pay to work
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
Trumplandia
JOHN BUELL p. 16
Harvey: None dare speak its real causes
MARK ANDERSON p. 16
Guaranteed income could be a game changer
JUAN COLE p. 17
Have we won yet? Was ISIL a flash in the pan?
MARK WEISBROT p. 17
Trump sanctions on Venezuela will cause more harm
RICHARD NORTH PATTERSON p. 18
How Trump is changing America
DANA MILBANK p. 18
Apparently, it’s illegal to laugh at Jeff Sessions
JAMIE STIEHM p. 18
Tennis greats Ashe and King showed we are created equal
RALPH NADER p. 19
Can the politicians heed the lessons of Hurricane Harvey?
TED RALL p. 19
Progressive, heal thyself
BOB CESCA p. 20
Trump and the generals: Are Kelly, Mattis and McMaster keeping the Tweeter-in-Chief under wraps?
ROB PATTERSON p. 20
Lyrics swing low
MOVIES/Ed Rampell p. 21
New biopic chronicles UFW co-founder Dolores Huerta, working class heroine
SATIRE/Rosie Sorenson p. 21
What Donald Trump and Republican men know about women
EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
The Houston stadium grift comes home to roost
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
Trump’s hurricane of hate
CONNIE SCHULTZ p. 22
Remember when you, too, were a dreamer?
GARRISON KEILLOR p. 23
When a red state gets the blues
WILL DURST p. 23
Boy, Labor Day came fast this year
Cover illustration by Dolores Cullen
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This page posted September 16, 2017