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COVER/Leo W. Gerard p. 1
Workers get scammed in the new economy — as corporations get richer and more powerful
EDITORIAL p. 2
NAFTA 2.0: Details bedevil
JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
A test of character
WILL DURST p. 3
Battle of D.C. network stars; Swamp things
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
DON ROLLINS p. 4
A tale of two counties
KAYLA KITSON p. 5
Scoring Trump’s tax cuts so far: $280K for rich lawmakers, pennies for working people
DISPATCHES p. 5
Health care motivates voters — and physicians run as Democratic candidates;
Trump, GOP play down Obama economic gains;
Republicans predict probes if Dems take over;
Student loan watchdog quits, claiming Trump ‘failed borrowers’;
Trump lied about Paris climate deal, his own EPA confirms;
Democrats limit role of superdelegates;
Judge strikes down Trump orders in win for federal unions;
Maine's top court orders Gov. LePage to stop ignoring Medicaid mandate;
Republican staffers tied to allegedly forged signatures on petitions to spoil opponent's vote ...
FROMA HARROP p. 6
Environmental malpractice washes onto the beach
JIM LYONS p. 6
One insult after another to public lands
ART CULLEN p. 6
Tickling Trump’s ear
GENE LYONS p. 7
Republicans surrender grand old party to Trump
JILL RICHARDSON p. 7
Here out West, ‘smoke season’ keeps getting worse
JOHN YOUNG p. 7
Four reasons why Ted Cruz is losing sleep, or should
ROBERT BOROSAGE p. 8
How to win elections from the ground up
JIM VAN DER POL p. 9
Keeping farms in the economy
BOB BURNETT p. 9
Will the economy determine the midterms?
DAVID DAYEN p. 10
What if banks were publicly owned? In LA, this may soon be a reality.
SAM PIZZIGATI p. 10
If your boss makes millions, it’s not because of the ‘market’
MARY SANCHEZ p. 11
Kansas governor’s race might be a test for Trumpism
DEAN BAKER p. 11
Retirement income in the 21st century
LIDWINA BELL p. 11
Schools need resources, not ‘school resource officers’
CARL POPE p. 12
Trump’s atrocious coal plan: A rear-view mirror vision, unconnected to reality
JASON SIBERT p. 12
Real home security includes affordable housing
HEATHER DIGBY PARTON p. 13
President Donald Trump’s worst day yet: Manafort, Cohen fall and the walls are closing in
ROBERT B. REICH p. 13
Musk, Trump and the second gilded age
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
There’s more than enough evidence of Trump’s bias
KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL p. 14
In the dark days of Trump, there are still sweet victories to celebrate
MARK ANDERSON p. 14
Cancer-causing herbicide found in breakfast cereal
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
The dark side of paradise: Decision time
SAM URETSKY p. 15
Trump berates the ‘fake news’ that made him president
SETH SANDRONSKY p. 15
School reform lands in federal court
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
Losing it
JOHN BUELL p. 16
Civil War and popular memory
JUAN COLE p. 17
Trump’s remark that Israeli PM will be ‘Mohammed’ ignores how Apartheid works
N. GUNASEKARAN p. 17
Former cricketer’s dream of new Pakistan and hard realities
PETER CERTO p. 17
Trump snubbed McCain. The media snubbed the rest of us.
JOE CONASON p. 18
The end is coming, mob style
JAMIE STIEHM p. 18
The love-hate president and August wars
ROBERT KUTTNER p. 18
The economy won’t save Republicans in the midterms
RALPH NADER p. 19
Going fundamental eludes congressional progressives
TED RALL p. 19
Don’t fall for the First Amendment=free speech trick
HEATHER SEGGEL p. 20
What democracy looks like
ROB PATTERSON p. 20
Bobby Kennedy: What might have been
SATIRE/Rosie Sorenson p. 20
Oh, the injustice of it all
ED RAMPELL p. 21
Congresswoman Maxine Waters awarded at play featuring ‘slaves in epaulettes’
EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
From Richard Collins III to Jordan McNair: The shocking negligence of the University of Maryland
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
Silent Sam, another confederate monument, comes tumbling down
CONNIE SCHULTZ p. 22
A young woman dies, and Republicans see only a road to victory
DANA MILBANK p. 23
In dark times, we marvel at those who retain a shred of dignity
Cover illustration by Dolores Cullen
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This page posted Sept. 1, 2018