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COVER/Robert Kuttner p. 1
It’s time to try progressive bipartisanship
EDITORIAL p. 2
Get ready for 2024; Protect railway workers
JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
Why trust high-tech billionaires to save humanity? The GOP is literally going hunting for illegal voters.
FRANK LINGO p. 3
Manatees need protection to survive
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
DON ROLLINS p. 4
Christianity’s durability being tested
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
Don’t let them divide us
DISPATCHES p. 5
Record turnout in Georgia? There was a record collapse.
Reports of ‘breakthrough’ in fusion power fuels hopes of major clean energy progress.
Keystone Pipeline spills 600,000 gallons of tar sands oil in Kansas.
Biggest election of 2023 is battle for control of Wisconsin Supreme Court.
McCarthy doesn’t understand what the debt ceiling is. Dems can’t let him anywhere near it.
GOP fight spills over to committee assignments...
FROMA HARROP p. 6
Democrats are learning how to win
ART CULLEN p. 6
Ro Khanna on a lonely campaign on the back roads
ALAN GUEBERT p. 6
You’re a neoliberal, I’m a neoliberal, we’re all neoliberals — for now
GENE LYONS p. 7
As Trump melts down, DeSantis may get burned
NANCY J. ALTMAN p. 7
Good news for the 65 million Americans who rely on Social Security
JOHN YOUNG p. 7
Thoughts and prayers and vicious slurs
ROBERT KUTTNER p. 8
The added benefits of Warnock’s win
DICK POLMAN p. 8
Final midterm celebration: Georgia voters defeat the dolt and solidify Senate Democratic power
JOE CONASON p. 9
The Nazi rot goes deeper than Trump
PAUL SONN p. 9
The midterms mean cities and states are where workers must fight to improve their jobs
SARAH IZABEL p. 9
Congress: Help struggling famlies before it’s too late
TOM CONWAY p. 10
Union solidarity is driving better health care
JOSEPH B. ATKINS p. 10
Democrats have lost blue-collar voters
DICK POLMAN p. 10
Beaten and battered yet again, Republicans can’t seem to fathom why it happened
MARY SANCHEZ p. 11
Trump and his racist admirers are a threat the GOP must disrupt
DEAN BAKER p. 11
The November jobs report was not as strong as advertised
PERLA TREVIZO and p. 12
JEREMY SCHWARTZ, ProPublica
DOJ tried to hide report warning that private border wall in Texas could collapse
KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL p. 12
Sarah Palin is a faux populist. Alaskans chose the authentic one.
THOM HARTMANN p. 13
Is ‘creative expression’ the new strategy for ‘Christian’ fundamendalists and SCOTUS to heart bigots?
ROBERT B. REICH p. 13
The one thing you need to know about the railroads
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
Democrats must respond to young voters
DR. CINTLI p. 14
Healing from spiritual violence and historical trauma?
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
Children: A modern take on Dickens
SAM URETSKY p. 15
What will it take to bring rural areas back to the Democratic party?
SETH SANDRONSKY p. 15
UC union strikers hold the line
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
Medicare is dying: Where are the Democrats?
SAM PIZZIGATI p. 16
Elon Musk may not be so brilliant after all
LINDSAY KOSHGARIAN p. 16
We need a smaller Pentagon
JUAN COLE p. 17
Defying Biden, Netanyahu allows extremist religious Zionists to rule over West Bank Palestinians
JOEL D. JOSEPH p. 17
Immunity for Mohammed Bin Salman is a grave mistake
JASON SIBERT p. 17
Laws can’t stop a nuclear attack
JAMIE STIEHM p. 18
Washington wakes up for the holidays
BARRY FRIEDMAN p. 18
Guess who’s staying for dinner
MELINDA BURRELL p. 18
What’s in a speech? Rebuilding a welcoming political culture
RALPH NADER p. 19
Lessons for Democrats in 2024
TED RALL p. 19
Why are women falling behind?
SATIRE/Rosie Sorenson p. 19
God’s great gaffe
BRIAN SEXTON p. 20
Red Flag laws work, but they have to be used
ROB PATTERSON p. 20
Sherlock Holmes’ younger sister
MARK ANDERSON p. 20
Republicans are coming after your Social Security
FILM REVIEW/Ed Rampell p. 21
The goldin girls
DAVE ZIRIN p. 21
Palestine: The unexpected star of the 2022 World Cup
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
In the Georgia Senate runoff, people power beats voter supression
BONNIE JEAN FELDKAMP p. 22
I’m not dieting to lose weight; I’m eating whole foods to lose pain.
DANA MILBANK p. 23
As Pelosi bows out, chaos enters (stage right)
GENE NICHOL p. 23
Pelosi’s farewell
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