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COVER/Daniel Denvir p. 1
White working class gets no respect
EDITORIAL p. 2
Keep up the good fight; Take down the haters’ firepower
JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
Pent up fury beneath the Bernie and Donnie phenomena;
New species of jumping beans;
Bringing back Bill Clinton
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
DON ROLLINS p. 4
Kasich back to being Kasich
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
Big ag creates big problems
DISPATCHES p. 5
Vast majority of Dems back major Sanders role;
Coal & gas to begin ‘terminal decline’ in less than a decade;
Vulnerable GOP sens endorse Trump, voters not happy;
Trump claims Orlando shooter was foreign born (from same borough as Tump);
AR-15 weapon of choice for mass murder;
Repubs accused of leaking info on fetal tissue researchers;
Clinton and Sanders ads remained positive;
Blue Cross seeks 60% rate hike in Texas;
New GOP health plan would gut health reform;
Trump pee-pees on fair trade promise;
Texas inmate freed after 22 years on Death Row
...
FROMA HARROP p. 6
A Trump presidency would sink all boats
ANDY RIEBER p. 6
Keep ranchers on the land, the land stays open
JILL RICHARDSON p. 6
Our immigration policies are ridiculous
GENE LYONS p. 7
No matter how you do the math, Sanders loses
JOHN YOUNG p. 7
Can’t swallow ‘climate action’? Do right anyway
ERIC BLUMBERG p. 7
Two for the price of one
ROBERT BOROSAGE p. 9
Clinton makes history; Sanders struggle continues
ROBERT B. REICH p. 9
Trump’s strategy is to win by destroying
ERIC BOEHLERT p. 10
Conservative media struggles to defend Trump and his widening university scandal
DAVE JOHNSON p. 10
Lame duck TPP push hands Trump a powerful issue against Clinton
GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet p. 10
Cult of personality
MARY SANCHEZ p. 11
Congress must act to save pension fund
DEAN BAKER p. 11
Weak job numbers will delay rate hikes
DAVID DAYEN p. 12
New life for the labor movement in Verizon deal
JOSEPH B. ATKINS p. 12
French support for Mississippi autoworkers
AMANDA MARCOTTE p. 13
Clinton’s shining moment at NY rally
BOB BURNETT p. 13
The Hillary problem
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
Presidential election is a choice of direction
WENONAH HAUTER p. 14
I wrote a book the fracking industry doesn’t want you to read
MARK ANDERSON p. 14
New money is needed to close income gaps
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
Phantasmagoria, USA
SAM URETSKY p. 15
Robots are good for profits, bad for workers
SAM SMITH p. 15
Conventions used to be fun
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
Be careful what you wish for
JOHN BUELL p. 16
Krugman annotated
RICHARD ESKOW p. 16
Social Security’s enemies are down, but they’re not out
JUAN COLE p. 17
As US/Kurdish force moves on ISIL, Turkey goes ballistic
KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL p. 17
Clinton may take the nomination, but Sanders has won the debate
JOE CONASON p. 18
Crying ‘rape,’ Trump? Unseal your records
DAVID CAY JOHNSTON p. 18
Trump used his aliases for more than gossip
SETH SANDRONSKY p. 18
Book review: Contemporary imperialism
PUBLIC INTEREST/Ralph Nader p. 19
Cheating Donald
TED RALL p. 19
Trump or Clinton: We’re screwed either way
FR. DONNELL KIRCHNER p. 20
Presidential candidates and virtue ethics
ROB PATTERSON p. 20
‘The Apprentice’ nominee
MOVIES/Ed Rampell p. 21
The bad neighbor policy
EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
The radical reverberations of Muhammad Ali
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
End to impunity for dictators and their backers
CONNIE SCHULTZ p. 22
Our milestone moment
WILL DURST p. 23
It’s come down to Hillary or Trump
POET/Michael Silverstein p. 23
A potential third party candidate steps back
Cover illustration by Dolores Cullen
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This page posted June 17, 2016