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COVER/Dana Milbank p. 1
Biden gave $90 billion to Rural America. The thank you went to spam.
EDITORIAL p. 2
Biden goes long and scores!
JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
Is ‘Icarus’ the solution to climate change?
What if there was a natural substitute for plastic? There is!
How corporate lobbyists can engineer a train wreck.
What happened to the ‘miracle of meatless meat’?
FRANK LINGO p. 3
Solar revolution is on the way
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
DON ROLLINS p. 4
The southern border: When suffering begets suffering
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
‘Show Me’ bad legislative ideas
DISPATCHES p. 5
‘Social Security is on the ballot,’ say advocates, as Trump threatens cuts.
Trump team takes over RNC, slashes staff.
Trump’s affection for dictators is at heart of his plan for America — and Ukraine.
To regain youth support, groups say Biden must embrace ‘Finish the Job’ youth agenda.
Trump endorses Gaza genocide: ‘Finish the Problem.’ ...
Senators call for new ‘war profiteering’ panel.
FROMA HARROP p. 6
New York suburbs could return Democrats to power
ART CULLEN p. 6
Iowa has robins in February and we can barely water the hogs
ALAN GUEBERT p. 6
The growing disconnect between hard numbers and soft policy
JOE CONASON p. 7
Over congressional Republicans, Putin casts his dark shadow
MARTHA BURK p. 7
Backlash: Women’s History Month in a post-Roe world
JOHN YOUNG p. 7
Tales of the embryonic highway patrol
SETH SANDRONSKY p. 8
Closing California prisons will save taxpayers money, budget watchdog agency reports
DICK POLMAN p. 9
During the pandemic, his fraudulency got a lot of people killed. Has that slid down the memory hole?
TOM SCHALLER and PAUL WALDMAN/ The Daily Yonder p. 9
Lack of political competition harms rural Americans
DAVID McCALL p. 10
Defying the South’s corporate lackeys
JOSEPH B. ATKINS p. 10
Workers once again try to organize the South
MARK ANDERSON p. 10
Support for aid to Ukraine is waning
MARY SANCHEZ p. 11
Biden eyes US-Mexico border with a Trumpian gaze
ROBERT KUTTNER p. 11
Civil War II
THOM HARTMANN p. 12
The Saudi & Putin scheme for screwing Biden’s election hopes
KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL p. 12
Free Boris Kagarlitsky
SONALI KOLHATKAR p. 13
Countering corporate propaganda
ROBERT B. REICH p. 13
Escaping Trump’s revenge
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
It is time to save the children
CHRIS MILLS RODRIGO p. 14
We need a ‘Marshall Plan’ for public media
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
Welcome to the Twilight Zone: Strange rulings in family care
SAM URETSKY p. 15
The pandemic has long-term effects on the economy
PHYLLIS BENNIS p. 15
Gazans are starving — don’t cut aid now
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
Big Pharma on the defensive
GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet p. 16
An assault on campus speech
JASON SIBERT p. 16
Military rivals of the US in the second Cold War
JUAN COLE p. 17
Trump, like Biden, supports Israeli campaign against Gaza: ‘You’ve got to finish the problem’
N. GUNASEKARAN p. 17
‘The world cannot afford conflict in Asia’
JAMIE STIEHM p. 18
The Roberts Supreme Court: Too exteme for voters
BARRY FRIEDMAN p. 18
Summer of discontent/Part 2
SATIRE/Rosie Sorenson p. 18
Say it ain’t so, Joe
RALPH NADER p. 19
Count the real Gaza death toll
TED RALL p. 19
Let’s declare war on economic insecurity
DAVE MARSTON p. 20
Glen Canyon Dam has created a world of mud
ROB PATTERSON p. 20
‘The Crown’ was a crowning TV achievement
ELWOOD WATSON p. 20
The creep of Christian nationalism
FILM REVIEWS/Ed Rampell p. 21
Pan African Film Festival offered new media for Black History Month
EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
The first athletes to speak out are the bravest
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
Dropping bombs and bread on Gaza
BONNIE JEAN FELDKAMP p. 22
This election season, let’s choose productive public discourse
DANA MILBANK p. 23
Mike Johnson asked for ‘decorum. House GOP ignored him.
ALEXANDRA PETRI p. 23
McConnell stepping down from senate leadership to spend more time eroding the rights of his family
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