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COVER/Hal Crowther p. 1
Christmas at the madhouse: The straitjacket blues
EDITORIAL p. 2
Trump isn’t a populist
JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
What’s scaring the bejeezus out of billionaires?
Which food future will you choose?
FRANK LINGO p. 3
Progressive propaganda: Private parts
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
DON ROLLINS p. 4
A tale of two narratives
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
Threats to farms and food — roundup the usual suspects
DISPATCHES p. 5
Deal reached on bill to replace NAFTA;
One-third of Americans delayed medical care over cost last year;
House sends bill to restore Voting Rights Act to roadblocked Senate;
N.R. Rep. George Holding to retire after district redrawn;
Dems say Trump ‘illegally withholding’ funding for Puerto Rico hurricane aid;
Trump brings war crimes pardonees to Fla. fundraiser;
Refugee advocates remember anniversary of child's death in US custody;
Moscow Mitch's boycott of legislating is angering one of his own: Chuck Grassley;
Lawsuit alleging private prison company used ICE detainees as 'captive labor force' goes forward;
Trump touts 'special relationship' with North Korea, which calls him 'heedless and erratic old man'
...
FROMA HARROP p. 6
Not much romance in Santa’s toy warehouse
ART CULLEN p. 6
Biden appeals to rural voters over climate change
TRACEY L. ROGERS p. 6
Can plantations be redeemed?
GENE LYONS p. 7
It’s Trump himself, not his supporters, who should scare us
JILL RICHARDSON p. 7
Is marijuana a gateway drug?
JOHN YOUNG p. 7
Gleam in Rick Perry’s eyes: King Trump
ERIC BOEHLERT p. 8
Half of America wants Trump removed from office. Why does the press keep shrugging that off?
MAX B. SAWICKY p. 9
Everything you need to know about the next recession
TOM CONWAY p. 10
Corporations sell out workers’ safety for profit — with Trump as their ally
THOM HARTMANN p. 10
Why have no republicans turned on Trump?
SAM PIZZIGATI p. 10
What would it cost to buy the 2020 election?
MARY SANCHEZ p. 11
Women of color are emerging as a powerful voting bloc. Don’t dismiss them.
DEAN BAKER p. 11
Workers benefit from low unemployment and higher minimum wages
JOEL D. JOSEPH p. 11
Ford Motor Company has lost its way
KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL p. 12
Why are big-money democrats turning their fire on progressives?
NORMAN SOLOMON p. 12
Corporate media’s mantra is ‘anyone but Sanders or Warren’
HEATHER DIGBY PARTON p. 13
World mocks Trump at NATO Summit: Impeachment has him coming unglued
ROBERT REICH p. 13
Impeachment would make Trump the unpardonable president
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
Donald Trump doesn’t get it
BOB BURNETT p. 14
The new normal
JOHN L. MICEK p. 14
Trump continues to manufacture lies
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
A shopper’s guide to costs, the health version
SAM URETSKY p. 15
When do pols pass their peak?
ALEX LAWSON p. 15
Why Bernie Sanders is backing Cory Booker’s plan to tackle Big Pharma’s soaring prices
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
Annals of inequality: The market factor
JOHN BUELL p. 16
The politics of the non-political fed
JASON SIBERT p. 16
Get a grip on nukes
JUAN COLE p. 17
Back to Jim Crow under Trump: ‘Lynch her’ is republicans’ big idea to deal with Rep. Ilhan Omar
N. GUNASEKARAN p. 17
‘Asia’s oldest democracy,’ Sri Lanka, faces dilemma
JOE CONASON p. 18
Conspiracies, imaginary and real
JAMIE STIEHM p. 18
Democracy’s grande dames: Opposing Trump’s forces
AMANDA MARCOTTE p. 18
Impeach Bill Barr too
RALPH NADER p. 19
Impeach Trump for deliberately abetting the climate crisis security perils
TED RALL p. 19
Trump gets away with stuff because he does
HEATHER SEGGEL p. 20
The trash is piling up
ROB PATTERSON p. 20
‘Mrs. Maisel’ is indeed marvelous
SATIRE/Rosie Sorenson p. 20
What goes around
MOVIE REVIEW/Ed Rampell p. 21
Dead woman walking: A capital film on capital punishment
SETH SANDRONSKY p. 21
A king’s ransom
EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
High school football players took a knee before a game, and opposing ‘fans’ threw trash at them
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
2019’s Right livelihood laureates shine a bright light in dark days
CONNIE SCHULTZ p. 22
Beware of Mike Pence
DANA MILBANK p. 23
Pat Cipollone is the dog that caught the car
JAMES G. KAHN p. 23
It’s time to end Medicare-for-All denial
Cover illustration by Dolores Cullen
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This page posted December 14, 2019