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COVER/Dr. Caroline Poplin p. 1
Medicare for All — What’s necessary and what’s not
EDITORIAL p. 2
Call it fascism
JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
The mad corruptions of Trump Inc.
Up against monopoly.
The devastation of farm country is biting us all on the butt.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
DON ROLLINS p. 4
Betsy DeVos on education: Voucherize, privatize and segregate
HEALTH CARE/Margot McMillen p. 5
Terrorizing immigrants
DISPATCHES p. 5
Sex trafficking prosecutions plummet under Trump;
Budget deal outrages hawks;
Trump lags in ‘battleground’ states;
Mitch McConnell is only senator more unpopular than Susan Collins;
Federal agencies’ plans to move out of D.C. slammed as ‘anti-science’;
Trump heat wave: Just a taste of what’s to come;
Trump’s EPA favors chemical industry over kids;
Trump
wants to profit off meeting with world leaders;
Coal towns face financial collapse;
Rural hospital closures affect empoyment and wages
...
FROMA HARROP p. 6
Drug price gouging: An American story
ART CULLEN p. 6
Rural vote is about abortion, not immigration
JOSEPH B. ATKINS p. 6
Kissing industry’s butt in Laurel, Miss.
GENE LYONS p. 7
Trump’s brand of racism is nothing new, but it’s still ugly
JILL RICHARDSON p. 7
Weapons of the weak
JOHN YOUNG p. 7
That oath was Trump’s first lie in office
LEO GERARD p. 8
Is there a future for unions?
GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet p. 10
The real race card
GENE NICHOL p. 10
The best friend of North Carolina fire breathers
JOEL D. JOSEPH p. 10
Gerrymandering and the Supreme Court
MARY SANCHEZ p. 11
We must address the mixed messages our country is sending to women and girls
DEAN BAKER p. 11
Replace patent monopolies with direct public funding for drug research
D.H. KERBY p. 11
ICE holds activist after poetry reading
ERIC BOEHLERT p. 12
Sunday morning talk shows became willing Trump enablers
S.V. DATE p. 12
Trump campaign trying to rebrand racist attacks as clever ‘strategy’
HEATHER DIGBY PARTON p. 13
Liz Cheney goes all-in on Trump’s racism: Meet the future of the Republican party
ROBERT B. REICH p. 13
The old ‘left’ and ‘right’ labels have become obsolete
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
Trump’s behavior is infamous and longstanding
BOB BURNETT p. 14
The economy and the election
MARK ANDERSON p. 14
Texas bans pipeline protests
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
The true demons
SAM URETSKY p. 15
Little-known democratic presidential contendors deserve a look, too
BOOK REVIEW/Heather Seggel p. 15
The battle continues
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
American conservatism’s China dolls
JOHN BUELL p. 16
Neoliberalism down on the farm
JUAN COLE p. 17
Squad of young congresswomen represent more Americans than Trump
DAVID SCHMIDT p. 17
Pluralism, partnerships and prosecutions: Church and state in contemporary Mexico
JOE CONASON p. 18
Who hates America?
JAMIE STIEHM p. 18
Trump’s 2 darkest sides are talking against congresswomen
ROBERT KUTTNER p. 18
Pelosi, AOC, Trump, Bannon — and the stakes
RALPH NADER p. 19
Highly recommended books for 2019 summer reading
TED RALL p. 19
It’s up to Nancy Peolosi to cave in
ROSS ROSENFELD p. 20
My daughters will not grow up with Disney. Here’s why.
ROB PATTERSON p. 20
Woodstock at 50
SATIRE/Rosie Sorenson p. 20
Pandora, the box
MOVIE REVIEW/Ed Rampell p. 21
Tenement lament’s testament
EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
Megan Rapinoe and the USWNT are the heroes America needed
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
President Trump redefines ‘White House’
CONNIE SCHULTZ p. 22
A birthday like no other
DANA MILBANK p. 23
Trump has done the impossible: He has united the democrats
WILL DURST p. 23
Greenwashing the White House
Cover illustration by Dolores Cullen
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This page posted July 27, 2019