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COVER/Steven Rosenfeld p. 1
It was a blue wave election — and Republicans got drenched
EDITORIAL p. 2
Good day for democracy
JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
Pulling a con on the people.
Beware of the real gremlins this season.
A bawdyhouse of bad right-wing ideas.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
DON ROLLINS p. 4
A theological treatise from Pittsburgh
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
Strange poll results
DISPATCHES p. 5
Trump observes Veterans Weekend by shunning war dead, pushing to disenfranchise overseas military voters.
White House screams ‘fraud’ in Florida while Repubs await final counts in other states.
VA secretary plans budget cuts Trump requested.
FBI says Neo-Nazi militia in Ukraine trains US white supremacists.
Beto narrows gap in Texas.
Enfranchised cons might close gap in Florida.
People sickened by largest coal ash spill may finally get justice.
First priority for House Dems: Strenghtening democracy and ensuring voting rights
...
FROMA HARROP p. 6
Responding to domestic terrorists
ART CULLEN p. 6
Map to White House starts on an Iowa blacktop road
GENE LYONS p. 7
What’s the internet doing to our ... Oh! Look at this!
JILL RICHARDSON p. 7
Getting past Gingrich
GREG ZIMMERMAN p. 7
Corporate interests compromise the Interior Department
ROBERT BOROSAGE p. 8
2018 Midterms: Blue wave, red undertow
GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet p. 9
The day after
PETER CERTO p. 9
Midterm takeaway: We need a lot more democracy
DICK POLMAN p. 9
Blue wave meets red wall: Split decision for a divided nation
LEO GERARD p. 10
China grabs 3.4 million American jobs
JOEL D. JOSEPH p. 10
NAFTA 2.0: The US Mexico Canada agreement is a fraud
MARY SANCHEZ p. 11
President Trump courts midterm votes with absurd questioning of Constitutional Right to Citizenship
DEAN BAKER p. 11
Election turned on racism and anti-semitism vs. Social Security and Medicare
BOOK REVIEW/Seth Sandronsky p. 11
Race regimes
HEATHER DIGBY PARTON p. 12
Breaking bad: Low-grade right-wing hack is now our nation’s law enforcement chief
JOSH HOXIE p. 12
How aristocracies are born
BOB BURNETT p. 13
Ten midterm takeaways
ROBERT B. REICH p. 13
America has rejected Trumpism
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
Time to strike a blow against hate
KEVIN BASL p. 14
How veterans changed the military and built the middle class
JIM GOODMAN and ANTHONY PAHNKE p. 14
NAFTA 2.0 will help corporations more than farmers
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
Common-sense food stamps
SAM URETSKY p. 15
Political brain games
JASON SIBERT p. 15
Where are prison reformers?
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
Volcker at twilight
JOHN BUELL p. 16
Mars and other fantasies
JOHN YOUNG p. 16
Tourists in the White House
JUAN COLE p. 17
Refugee Muslim women that Trump wouldn’t have let in, win House seats
KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL p. 17
Trump is pushing the world closer to nuclear peril
JOE CONASON p. 18
Same old poison, brassy new salesman
JAMIE STIEHM p. 18
Today is all about us — American democracy
RICHARD D. WOLFF p. 18
How capitalism has screwed women over
RALPH NADER p. 19
Don’t be flattered, fooled and flummoxed by election results
TED RALL p. 19
Why are police caught flat-footed by right-wing extremism? Because they are right-wing extremists
GENE NICHOL p. 19
Saying ‘enough’
SATIRE/Rosie Sorenson p. 20
The re-education of Kanye and The Donald
ROB PATTERSON p. 20
Celebrities in politics
BOOK REVIEW/Heather Seggel p. 20
The high stakes of today
MOVIE REVIEW/Ed Rampell p. 21
A funny thing happened on the way to the politicon: Socialism without socialists?
EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
A call for solidarity in the face of hate
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
After an election of historic firsts, the real work begins
CONNIE SCHULTZ p. 22
Again, we fight for the vote
DANA MILBANK p. 23
You thought the election would restore order? Oh, you poor, sweet child
WILL DURST p. 23
Why Halloween is so monstrously like election day
Cover illustration by Dolores Cullen
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This page posted Nov. 16, 2018