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COVER/Jim Goodman p. 1
Dairy farming as we knew it is dying. After 40 years, I’m done.
EDITORIAL p. 2
AOC’s modest proposal; Deadbeat Don
JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
D.I.Y. Democracy.
Special gifts for special people.
Trump’s border war.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
DON ROLLINS p. 4
Divesting in Trumpism
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
Let the presidential candidates show they can help
DISPATCHES p. 5
Mainstream media blows coverage of Warren’s DNA test.
Maine’s new governor gives health care to 70,000 on first day.
US-Mexico treaty shows Trump border wall absurd, also illegal.
Only six on terror list stopped at southern border in first half of 2018, and more immigrants are leaving than coming in.
Trump's trade war costs middle-class families hundreds of dollars this year.
Trump in ‘no hurry’ to get Senate-confirmed Cabinet secretaries.
Trump tops 7,645 lies in December.
Supreme Court clears the way for Mass. A.G. to pursue ExxonMobil.
Don't mess with AOC
...
FROMA HARROP p. 6
The self-destruction of US farmers
ART CULLEN p. 6
Our role in Democracy
JOHN YOUNG p. 6
Trump nation can’t see out its own windows
GENE LYONS p. 7
Best antidote for wall hysteria? A little reality
JILL RICHARDSON p. 7
New Year’s affirmations
ANTHONY PAHNKE p. 7
The Farm Bill should be better
JIM VAN DER POL p. 8
Reaching across the aisle isn’t working for the people
MARSHALL AUERBACK p. 9
Shareholder capitalism brings the slow death of US manufacturing
GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet p. 9
Time to leave the war zone
NEIL J. YOUNG p. 10
The scariest thing for Republicans in 2018 was the Democrats’ new blue base
JAMES A. HAUGHT p. 10
Evangelicals vote, ‘nones’ falter
MARK ANDERSON p. 10
Beekeepers seek to save the buzz
MARY SANCHEZ p. 11
Can the Koch Network push immigration reform past GOP opposition?
DEAN BAKER p. 11
Warren-Schakowsky bill is a huge step toward bringing drug costs down
SETH SANDRONSKY p. 11
Amazon and cross-border solidarity
PAUL BLUMENTHAL p. 12
New House Democratic majority will take antitrust oversight seriously
KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL p. 12
Why the time has come for a green new deal
HEATHER DIGBY PARTON p. 13
Mueller’s report is on the way — and Donald Trump’s 2019 problems are just starting
ROBERT B. REICH p. 13
Trump’s shutdown and the economic precipice
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
Petulant president callously shuts down government
ROBERT KUTTNER p. 14
Elizabeth Warren is running and there’s no Democrat more qualified
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
From genetics to the media: In praise of sunshine
SAM URETSKY p. 15
Not all cities get IT booms
FRANK CLEMENTE p. 15
The GOP tax bill is creating jobs — just not in the US
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
The yellow and the green
JOHN BUELL p. 16
Which way the yellow vests?
JUAN COLE p. 17
Trump’s US in 2019: Is the Mideast ‘war on terror’ paradigm ending?
JOEL D. JOSEPH p. 17
Worldwide corporate tax dodge
JOE CONASON p. 18
The new sheriff talks impeachment
JAMIE STIEHM p. 18
Pelosi makes silent generation speak (on history’s stage)
BOB BURNETT p. 18
Trump’s slow-motion breakdown
RALPH NADER p. 19
25 ways the Canadian health care system is better than Obamacare
TED RALL p. 19
Death to the D.I.Y. society
BOOK REVIEW/Heather Seggel p. 20
Let it all out
ROB PATTERSON p. 20
Thank goodness for Bob Dylan
SATIRE/Rosie Sorenson p. 20
There’s a new crust in town
MOVIE REVIEW/Ed Rampell p. 21
The life aquatic with Hawaiian Jason Momoa: Polynesian power!
EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
The ‘Story of the Year’ at the collision of sports and politics: The woman who defeated a cartel
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
Netflix’s censorship of comedian Hasan Minhaj is no joke
CONNIE SCHULTZ p. 22
Sister, teacher
DANA MILBANK p. 23
Don’t blame the rats abandoning the USS Trump
WILL DURST p. 23
Turning Trump around
Cover illustration by Dolores Cullen
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This page posted Jan. 11, 2019