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COVER/Liz Carey, The Daily Yonder p. 1
Privatized Medicare is putting financial strain on rural hospitals
EDITORIAL p. 2
Gaza gang: Don’t help Trump
JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
Hey Democrats: Find the party’s future in its Populist past.
What should politics do? Ask Woody Guthrie.
The Big Apple’s mayor takes a big bite out of democracy.
The true story about Coca-Cola’s plastic fairy tale.
FRANK LINGO p. 3
UN plastic conference bows to lobby
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
DON ROLLINS p. 4
The coal baron who would be a Democrat
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
Abortion rights: Men must make a choice
DISPATCHES p. 5
Medicare, Social Security funds doing better, but must be protected.
US billionaires pay lower tax rate than working class for first time.
Economy matches late 1960s low unemployment streak.
Poll finds rise of fascism and extremism in voters’ top concern.
Voters sharply divided by media they consume.
Biden campaign targets Latino men on abortion.
FROMA HARROP p. 6
Protests, privilege and hypocrisy
ART CULLEN p. 6
Iowa law: If you’re Brown, get out of town
ALAN GUEBERT p. 6
How to win the SAF game: Part 2
GENE LYONS p. 7
Kristi Noem’s sad tail ... er, tale
SARAH ANDERSON p. 7
House progressives unveil 2025 agenda to inspire action for a more equitable nation
JOHN YOUNG p. 7
‘Fake news’ fable: The liar and the Enquirer
LIZ CAREY p. 8
Privatized Medicare is putting financial strain on rural hospitals
DICK POLMAN p. 9
The Supreme Court, its credibility in tatters, is goose-stepping for Trump in slow motion
JOE CONASON p. 9
When moral hygiene becomes a lethal mistake
HEIDI SHIERHOLZ p. 9
Looking for a better job? Good news!
DAVID McCALL p. 10
Building resilience, saving lives
JOSEPH B. ATKINS p. 10
UAW organizers hope Chattanooga VW win opens South to unions
MARY SANCHEZ p. 11
The challenge to U.S. universities — free speech can’t lead to antisemitism
ROBERT KUTTNER p. 11
Our workforce needs more immigrants
SONALI KOLHATKAR p. 12
Prison communications: Increasingly free, but prisoners still aren’t
KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL p. 12
Here’s what a 21st-century rural new deal looks like
THOM HARTMANN p. 13
Would ‘dictator’ Trump kill his rivals?
ROBERT B. REICH p. 13
The most important litmus test of all
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
The demonstrators have it right
GENE NICHOL p. 14
Election interference
JOEL D. JOSEPH p. 14
The Supreme Court should lift the stay in the Trump immunity case
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
The crack that is a chasm: Medicaid unwinding
SAM URETSKY p. 15
Trump’s deteriorating state of mind is an issue
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
Is democratic capitalism the answer?
CLAUDE CUMMINGS JR. p. 16
Don’t let Congress widen the digital divide
HELEN H. ABRAHA p. 16
Restaurant workers deserve a livable wage, too
JUAN COLE p. 17
‘Intifada’ in Arabic just means uprising or mass protest; it is used for the Jewish Warsaw uprising
N. GUNASEKARAN p. 17
The evil of inequality and wrong prescriptions
JAMIE STIEHM p. 18
A light in the House: Farewell to a Senate friend
BARRY FRIEDMAN p. 18
The receding view of Rudy Giuliani
SETH SANDRONSKY p. 18
Lethal workplaces: Deaths on the job continue
RALPH NADER p. 19
Palestinians as ‘The Others’
TED RALL p. 19
This is a golden age of censorship
RICH WANDSCHNEIDER p. 20
How did so much stuff pile up?
ROB PATTERSON p. 20
Dick Wolf gets back to the basics with ‘Homicide’ docs
SATIRE/Rosie Sorenson p. 20
Did he or didn’t he
FILM REVIEW/Ed Rampell p. 21
The ‘Coachella of Classic Movies’ rides again at Hollywood
EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
Palestinians stand up to Israel through soccer
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
Campus protests, press freedom and Israel’s war on Palestine.
BONNIE JEAN FELDKAMP p. 22
Ultraprocessed food manufacturers should not be permitted to market to children
DANA MILBANK p. 23
This tiny flower teaches us all we need to know about growing old
ALEXANDRA PETRI p. 23
What would the Founders say to Trump’s immunity claim?
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