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COVER/Art Cullen p. 1
Trump’s trade wars fuel Amazon forest fires
EDITORIAL p. 2
After Trump the deluge
JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
The problem with health care is ‘the system.’
Here's the real deal on ‘Medicare for All’
WILL DURST p. 3
Beat the heat
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
DON ROLLINS p. 4
Criminalizing free speech in Ohio and elsewhere
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
Getting to know farmers
DISPATCHES p. 5
US military stopovers in Scotland help struggling Trump resort;
Trump took a big loan from Trump and never paid it back, in just one more apparent scam;
Trump security risk causes CIA to pull top Kremlin spy;
NOAA probe NOAA's 'political' response to Trump's lies;
Trump takes money from FEMA for border seurity with with hurricane season ramping up;
Trump diverts funds from military to build wall;
Trump administration plans to gut food stamps, hitting red states hardest;
NC Supremes drop hammer on partisan gerrymandering;
Jobs report for August falls 30,000 short of prediction as retail jobs decline for 7th month;
Trump to Ukraine: No aid nless you smear Joe Biden;
DHS spent $120M on office furniture as migrant kids go without soap
...
FROMA HARROP p. 6
Curb your enthusiasms. Biden’s the one
ART CULLEN p. 6
The view from behind the ox is not that clear
JIM GOODMAN p. 6
Farmers need a bill of rights
GENE LYONS p. 7
Sometimes, the best response is no response
JILL RICHARDSON p. 7
Get ready for unnatural disasters this hurricane season
JOHN YOUNG p. 7
Hostages of lobbyists and hobbyists
JIM VAN DER POL p. 8
Saving our earth
SETH SANDRONSKY p. 8
Falling: Job growth down at very small farms
KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL p. 9
Big business is suddenly showing a conscience. But is that enough?
FINN COLLOM p. 9
Workers need more than a wage hike
TOM LEWANDOWSKI p. 9
Don’t subsidize companies that silence workers
TOM CONWAY p. 10
In praise of scabby the rat
NANCY ALTMAN p. 10
Trump’s Labor Day attacks on workers
MARY SANCHEZ p. 11
College board tries to address inequality, and takes a beating
DEAN BAKER p. 11
Austerity-obsessed Europe could combat climate change without raising taxes
SAM PIZZIGATI p. 11
Make America ... more like Canada
HAL CROWTHER p. 12
Bad news from home: The white knights ride again
HEATHER DIGBY PARTON p. 13
Trump campaign’s brilliant new tactic: Whining about media bias, as the right has for years
ROBERT REICH p. 13
The 5 biggest corporate lies about unions
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
Trump in denial of climate change
ERIC BOEHLERT p. 14
It’s 2019, and the media is still downplaying climate change’s role in catastrophic weather events
BOOK REVIEW/Heather Seggel p. 14
Three is a magic number
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
The know nothings redux
SAM URETSKY p. 15
Who will benefit from opioid settlement money?
ARMEN HENDERSON p. 15
Why some people don’t trust doctors
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
Wile E. Trump
JOHN BUELL p. 16
Politics and local weather broadcasters
CHRISTINE OWENS p. 16
Democracy needs unions
JUAN COLE p. 17
Hurricane Dorian: DeSantis & Trump haven’t curbed CO2 emissions and should resign
JOEL D. JOSEPH p. 17
Put US manufacturers on equal footing with government-paid comprehensive health insurance
MARK ANDERSON p. 17
Mind your pollinators
JOE CONASON p. 18
Is Trump playing with a full deck?
JAMIE STIEHM p. 18
What can beat Trump: A few good laughs
ROBERT KUTTNER p. 18
Don’t blame mental illness for mass shootings
RALPH NADER p. 19
From Trump Tower to dictatorial Trump power over law
TED RALL p. 19
Freedom of the press? Not in the US
BOB BURNETT p. 20
Dealing with the Trump cult
ROB PATTERSON p. 20
Jobs is survived by his machines
SATIRE/Rosie Sorenson p. 20
A new day, a new lexicon
MOVIE REVIEW/Ed Rampell p. 21
New film blows the whistle on war
EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
Andrew Luck and the NFL’s looming crisis of race and class
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
Climate colonialism: The picture of Dorian’s graves
CONNIE SCHULTZ p. 22
Welcome, Walter
DANA MILBANK p. 23
Donald and the Black Sharpie
JAMES EGGERT p. 23
Feeling betrayed
Cover illustration by Dolores Cullen
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This page posted September 14, 2019