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COVER/Robert Borosage p. 1
Opening a new way for Democrats to run and win
EDITORIAL p. 2
Expect the worst from Pompeo and Bolton
JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
Thieves in the suites.
Everybody does better when everybody does better.
WILL DURST p. 3
March madness in the White House
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
DON ROLLINS p. 4
A conservative’s guide to the real Pope Francis
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
With pesticides, if you catch your neighbor’s drift, you’re in trouble
DISPATCHES p. 5
New report shows midterms rigged for Republicans;
Fair Elections issue on Ohio ballot;
NRA mocks gun violence survivors;
What’s in the spending bill?
Spending bill saves border wildlife refuge;
Congress funds EPA, clean energy programs Trump planned to slash;
Puerto Rico passes six months without full power;
Trump has trouble finding and keeping lawyers;
MSNBC silent in run-up to vote to end Yemen war
...
FROMA HARROP p. 6
Capital idea: Seize the oligarchs’ Manhattan penthouses
GABRIEL HUNT p. 6
Bail out coal communities, not coal executives
ART CULLEN p. 6
Kander wants to talk to rural Iowa
GENE LYONS p. 7
Lock her up? No, but maybe shush her until Nov. 7
JILL RICHARDSON p. 7
To believe in science, you have to understand how it’s done
JOHN YOUNG p. 7
This week on: ‘(US) House Makeover’
BOB BURNETT p. 8
Forecasting midterm elections in Midwest
LEO GERARD p. 9
Labor organizes a congressional win
JEFFERSON MORLEY p. 9
Bush is gone, but the Neocons are back
AMANDA MARCOTTE p. 10
Alt-Right is dying, but powerful conservatives are mainstreaming its ideas
RICHARD ESKOW p. 10
There’s fake news on your television, too
MARY SANCHEZ p. 11
‘Militant’ anti-gay activist seeks to divide Catholic flock
DEAN BAKER p. 11
Are the Trump tax cuts working and does anyone care?
STEPHANIE SAVELL p. 11
15 years after the Iraq invasion, what are the costs?
ROBERT KUTTNER p. 12
How will America respond to Cold War II?
KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL p. 12
Haspel’s role in the torture era demands action
HEATHER DIGBY PARTON p. 13
Trump unchained: After McCabe firing, he thinks he can do whatever he wants
ROBERT B. REICH p. 13
The menace of a mad king
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
Our most vulnerable live in poverty
WENONAH HAUTER p. 14
Bottled water, brought to you by fracking
ROGER BYBEE p. 14
The unhinged and ignorant vs. clueless and complacent on tariffs
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
A better target: The NRA
SAM URETSKY p. 15
US health declines toward third-world status
NEGIN OWLIAEI p. 15
Teachers deserve a raise. Here’s how to fund it.
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
The banksters are back
JOHN BUELL p. 16
Sexual exploitation and corporate power
JUAN COLE p. 17
Cambridge Analytica as the matrix: Information dominance and the next level of fake news
KENT PATERSON p. 17
Will an ‘inconvenient’ Lopez Obrador be Mexico’s next president?
JOE CONASON p. 18
On Russia, GOP probers looked the other way
GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet p. 18
Drug war tougher than smart
JAMIE STIEHM p. 18
A perfect storm coming Trump’s way
RALPH NADER p. 19
Ahoy America, give Trump a taste of his own medicine starting on Trump Imitation Day
TED RALL p. 19
Democrats should run on impeachment
KAREN KNUDSEN p. 20
Private funding for public water? No, thanks
ROB PATTERSON p. 20
Dylan’s Christian excursion revisited in ‘Bootleg Series’
BOOK REVIEW/Seth Sandronsky p. 20
Resisting oppression
MOVIES/Ed Rampell p. 21
Tim Robbins tackles the refugee crisis, racism, and modern life
SATIRE/Rosie Sorenson p. 21
We’re lucky to have him
EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
What losing the Brooklyn Dodgers taught Bernie Sanders
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
The US War in Iraq: 15 Years and counting... the dead and displaced
CONNIE SCHULTZ p. 22
It’s springtime — somewhere
DANA MILBANK p. 23
My life as a terrorist money launderer
SAM PIZZIGATI p. 23
Billionaires won’t save the world — just look at Elon Musk
Cover illustration by Dolores Cullen
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This page posted March 30, 2017