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COVER/Art Cullen p. 1
‘Vaya con dios’: the impossible life of a judge on the US immigration frontline
EDITORIAL p. 2
Turn rural America purple
JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
Privatization is not an option. The agriCULTURE attitude.
WILL DURST p. 3
Giving thanks in 2018
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
DON ROLLINS p. 4
Dennis Kucinich, the blue wave and hope for the Dems
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
Winning on issues is consolation prize
DISPATCHES p. 5
Centrist Dems work with Wall Street to block Pelosi House Speaker bid.
After Trump threat, Mexico announces asylum agreement may be off.
White House admits Trump climate policies will cost US $500 billion a year.
GM plant closings contradict Trump rhetoric.
Health care drives new voters.
Dirty farm water
makes US sick, but Trump's FDA delays testing rule.
Arkansas Medicaid work requirement fiasco actually causes man to lose job.
Gowing Latino vote could make Texas 'fully competitive' in 2020
...
FROMA HARROP p. 6
America’s wealth floods into already wealthy cities
JOHN BUCKLEY p. 6
What Abbey’s ‘Desert Solitaire’ means in these trying times
KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL p. 6
How Democrats can turn up the heat on Trump — and win the battle of ideas
GENE LYONS p. 7
Trump’s base is itching for a fight
JILL RICHARDSON p. 7
California is on fire. Trump’s solution: rakes?
JIM GOODMAN p. 7
We call BS, now, will you please get over this partisanship?
KENT PATERSON p. 8
Mexican saints and trumps emerge in migrant/refugee drama
DREYA MOORE p. 9
I’m making it my business to stand up for immigrants
SUE DINSDALE p. 9
Trump’s trade wars hurt all of us in farm country
LEO GERARD p. 10
Labor’s challenge to the new Democrats in Congress
GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet p. 10
Can we talk about guns?
SETH SANDRONSKY p. 10
Losing Paradise
MARY SANCHEZ p. 11
Hate crime stats leave much to be desired, but what they tell is disturbing
DEAN BAKER p. 11
Learning from 3.7% unemployment: It’s more than just a number
ROSS ROSENFELD p. 11
The Trump tax cut: Heavy costs, little benefit to the markets
HAL CROWTHER p. 12
Pax Vobiscum. Who are the patriots?
HEATHER DIGBY PARTON p. 13
Mob boss gone mad: Trump longs to go after Clinton, apologizes for murderers
ROBERT B. REICH p. 13
Break up Facebook (and, while we’re at it, Google, Apple and Amazon)
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
Obama vs. Trump: A story of decline and hope for renewal
WENONAH HAUTER p. 14
Cash buys elections — and continued fossil fuel dominance
JOEL D. JOSEPH p. 14
The demise of American denim?
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
Hubris at the feast
SAM URETSKY p. 15
With Amazon HQ2, be careful what you wish for
BOOK REVIEW/Heather Seggel p. 15
What’s wrong with the economy, and what can we do about it?
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
Now the hard part
JOHN BUELL p. 16
Defeating the Fasclican Party
JUAN COLE p. 17
Top five ways Trump put America last with whitewash of Saudi prince
N. GUNASEKARAN p. 17
US-led ‘great power rivalry’ causing instability in Asia
JOHN YOUNG p. 17
‘Big victory’: Another Trump whopper
JOE CONASON p. 18
Why Pelosi opponents are so wrong
JAMIE STIEHM p. 18
A puritan cloud over Pelosi’s blue house
ROBERT KUTTNER p. 18
Movement against Nancy Pelosi is a classic Democratic circular firing
RALPH NADER p. 19
If it takes the rats to wake up us and Congress, bring them on!
TED RALL p. 19
By law, the president should have to give daily press conferences
SAM PIZZIGATI p. 20
Democrats won big. Can they go bold, too?
ROB PATTERSON p. 20
Declaring war on bad Christmas music
SATIRE/Rosie Sorenson p. 20
The big o’s drive-by
MOVIE REVIEW/Ed Rampell p. 21
Foreign affairs at AFI: ‘Nonfiction’ and ‘Roma’
EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
Calgary Olympic bid goes down in flames
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
Jamil Khashoggi and the Saudi dismemberment of Yemen
CONNIE SCHULTZ p. 22
As autumn reminds us, it’s time to shed what isn’t working
DANA MILBANK p. 23
This is what happens when a stable genius leads a stupid country
TODD LARSEN p. 23
Senate needs to put people before pipelines
Cover illustration by Dolores Cullen
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