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COVER/Sonali Kolhatkar p. 1
Joe Biden proves he will use his power to undo Trump’s damage
EDITORIAL p. 2
Biden learned his lesson
JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
Why billionaires are detested. Hey, Joe, be a Democrat!
SARAH ANDERSON p. 3
Big chicken bosses are no longer calling all the shots in D.C.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
DON ROLLINS p. 4
Repealing child marriage, North Carolina style
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
Unity and cooperation are still hard to find
DISPATCHES p. 5
Trump shifted campaign-donor money into his business after losing election.
Jared and Ivanka may have made $640 million while in the White House.
CBO sees mixed impact of $15 minimum wage, but Bernie Sanders says that qualifies it for budget bill.
USPS head readies another assault on Postal Service.
Meager January job gains point to slow recovery.
Biden gives the back of his hand to deficit trolls.
Feds charge 'Proud Boys' with conspiracy to obstruct Electoral College vote count.
Pro-Trump extremists increasingly middel-class, older.
Florida governor rebrands bill to silence Black Lives Matter
as response to Capitol riot.
...
FROMA HARROP p. 6
Detroit puts pedal to the metal toward clean energy future
ART CULLEN p. 6
To capture the wind and sun, quiet the lies with results
FRANK LINGO p. 6
Black land matters
GENE LYONS p. 7
Who needs the rapture when QAnon is cooking up conspiracy stew
JILL RICHARDSON p. 7
The GOP’s resentment theater
JOHN YOUNG p. 7
One-way ticket for a super weasel
JESSE EISINGER p. 8
The return of the regulators
CARL POPE p. 9
Joe Biden and the climate crisis: What a difference two weeks makes
REYNARD LOKI p. 9
Trump unleashed dozens of dangerous pesticides on America — now it’s up to Biden to protect us
TOM CONWAY p. 10
Biden moved swiftly to protect workers’ rights
BOB BURNETT p. 10
Republicans in the Biden era
MARY SANCHEZ p. 11
The GOP’s embrace of conspiracy theorists is all of America’s problem now
DEAN BAKER p. 11
The Robinhood/GameStop ‘scandal’
ALEX LAWSON p. 11
The so-called Moderna vaccine is a publicly funded miracle
RICHARD D. WOLFF p. 12
US economy excels at one thing: Producing massive inequality
KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL p. 12
At long last, a president declares the era of small government is over
KARL GROSSMAN and p. 13
HARVEY WASSERMAN
Biden must inspect America’s brittle nuclear reactors
ROBERT REICH p. 13
Biden shouldn’t compromise on COVID-19 relief — or anything else
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
It’s time for action
ROBERTO Dr. CINTLI RODRIGUEZ p. 14
The X in MeXiquense
GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet p. 14
Forced flight and false choices
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
Health in the time of COVID: Not me, but you
SAM URETSKY p. 15
Buy American, promote democracy
KERRI KENNEDY p. 15
Three steps to prevent future election violence
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
Unholy alliance: Christian conservatism and antidemocratic politics
JOHN BUELL p. 16
Nukes, Trump and cybersecurity
N. GUNASEKARAN p. 16
Asia’s peasantry ruined with no alternatives
JUAN COLE p. 17
President Biden, we can do this too: Europe generates more electricity with renewables than fossil fuels for first time
DAVID SCHMIDT p. 17
Attack on US Capitol prompts Latin American nations to reflect on their own coups — often sponsored by the US
JOE CONASON p. 18
Is Marjorie Taylor Greene a conservative?
JAMIE STIEHM p. 18
Profiles in cowardice: The mob still haunts the halls
ROBERT KUTTNER p. 18
The Democrats’ secret weapon for 2022: Republican primary challenges
RALPH NADER p. 19
New auto safety report demands Biden strengthen federal programs now
TED RALL p. 19
No, Virginia, it’s not too early to criticize Joe Biden
BOOK REVIEW/Heather Seggel p. 20
What now?
ROB PATTERSON p. 20
Still reconstructing
SETH SANDRONSKY p. 20
A Frenchman in Texas
SATIRE/Rosie Sorenson p. 20
The woman in green
MOVIE REVIEW/Ed Rampell p. 21
Endangered indigenous Amazonians struggle for survival
EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
He had a hammer: Henry Aaron Presente
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
Pauli Murray and Black trans rights shine at Sundance
CONNIE SCHULTZ p. 22
We can stop wondering who Rs want to be
DANA MILBANK p. 23
The ‘Civil War’ for the soul of the GOP is over before it began. Trump won — again.
Cover illustration by Dolores Cullen
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