The Progressive POPULIST

A Twice-Monthly Journal from the Heartland
December 1, 2021 -- Volume 27, Number 21


TABLE OF CONTENTS

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COVER/Hal Crowther p. 1
A confederacy of dunces? Once again, Dixie wants out
EDITORIAL p. 2
Racism still swings votes

JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
The Republican supremes are defrocking themselves.
No vote, no work!
FRANK LINGO p. 3
Shatter the Glasgow facade

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
DON ROLLINS p. 4
Substandard housing: Suffering in the abstract

RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
Time for detox

DISPATCHES p. 5
Virginia lesson for Democrats: The media aren’t your friend.
Nov. 2 was a good day for diversity.
Voters of the Mequon-Thiensville school district can see what’s going on. Can national media?
October jobs growth exceeds expectations.
Progressive groups warn of GOP attack on 2024 elections.
Trump sank trust in US election.
Small town in N. California declares itself a republic ...

FROMA HARROP p. 6
Virginia race delivers a lesson to Democrats — and Republicans
ART CULLEN p. 6
We could make a statement against fear

ALAN GUEBERT p. 6
Cresting the wave, looking into next year’s trough

GENE LYONS p. 7
Jan. 6 Committee forges ahead while Trump stalls
JILL RICHARDSON p. 7
Do any Republicans still support democracy?

JOHN YOUNG p. 7
GOP cheers on race to bottom

DICK POLMAN p. 8
Don’t look now, but winter is coming
THOM HARTMANN p. 9
Virginia election proves America stands on the edge of a new populism
TOM CONWAY p. 10
Rebuilding the Middle Class

ROBERT KUTTNER p. 10
What’s causing the weird inflation?
MARY SANCHEZ p. 11
How do we stop a repeat of Kyle Rittenhouse’s story?
DEAN BAKER p. 11
GDP slows, but more good than bad
BOB LORD p. 11
Behold and beware! The age of trillionaires is coming
RICHARD D. WOLFF p. 12
Why the troubled U.S. empire could quickly fall apart
KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL p. 12
Warren persisted. She’s driving change.
SONALI KOLHATKAR p. 13
How a false narrative against government spending shapes legislation
ROBERT B. REICH p. 13
Whatever happened to the party of limited government?
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
It’s time for President Biden to deliver
DR. CINTLI p. 14
Dreaming and living nuclear dreams

LEEANN HALL p. 14
Public transit, built back better
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
Curb cuts for all

SAM URETSKY p. 15
Fighting COVID disinformation

GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet p. 15
Promises are not enough

WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
The Manchin-Sinema act

JOHN BUELL p. 16
Capitalism makes for weaker links

JUAN COLE p. 17
COP26: Biden first president to back sweeping measures on climate, as for-profit press lets denialist Republicans off the hook
JASON SIBERT p. 17
Biden should fight for nuclear arms control

REBEKAH ENTRALGO p. 17
Rediscovering the power of unions

JOE CONASON p. 18
Trump’s ‘executive privilege’ is another big lie
JAMIE STIEHM p. 18
Senator Sinema: The outsider is in
BARRY FRIEDMAN p. 18
He counted

RALPH NADER p. 19
GOP senators reduced to McConnell mush!
TED RALL p. 19
Graying, Gen X and generational leapfrog
SETH SANDRONSKY p. 19
OSHA advances COVID-19 standard to protect workplaces

BOOK REVIEW/Heather Seggel p. 20
Riot, don’t diet

ROB PATTERSON p. 20
Hail the King from Wales

SATIRE/Rosie Sorenson p. 20
Beware the consequences

MOVIE REVIEW/Ed Rampell p. 21
From adventurer to activist: Jacques Cousteau

EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
Colin Kaepernick, the Virginia elections, and the canary in the coal mine
MARK ANDERSON p. 21
Solve debt crises by replacing federal reserve

AMY GOODMAN p. 22
At UN Climate Summit, it’s people power vs. fossil fuel dinosaurs
BONNIE JEAN FELDKAMP p. 22
Be the helper you need to see in the world
DANA MILBANK p. 23
Democrats let Biden down. McAuliffe — and democracy — paid the price.
GENE NICHOL p. 23
Who is worse?

Cover illustration by Dolores Cullen


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