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COVER/Marshall Allen Caroline Chen, J. David McSwane and Lexi Churchill, ProPublica p. 1
US hospitals say they’re ready for coronavirus. Their infection control violations say otherwise.
EDITORIAL p. 2
Biden rises back to life
JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
Push, push push: How movements succeed.
Trump flees Afghanistan, but US still there
SATIRE/Rosie Sorenson p. 3
‘If everyone lit just one little candle ...’
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
DON ROLLINS p. 4
Poverty and the arts
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
Pondering a sick extinction?
DISPATCHES p. 5
You’ll never guess whose people were messing with Florida elections;
Sanders didn’t expand his base;
Republicans resume smearing Hunter Biden;
‘Sanctity of life’ means something different in Alabama;
Pentagon vacancies hit record high;
Trump still sucking up taxpayer dollars from Secret Service;
Anti-choice epublican reality TV star leverages Trump pardon in attempt to unseat John Lewis
...
FROMA HARROP p. 6
How Trumpcare could lower medical costs
ART CULLEN p. 6
Paltry research funding
ELIZABETH COOK-LYNN p. 6
Some are just cons, others are dangerous to democracy
GENE LYONS p. 7
For Sanders, party rules are fine, until they’re not
JILL RICHARDSON p. 7
Mike Pence is the worst person to lead a coronavirus response
JOHN YOUNG p. 7
From Katrina to COVID-19: Governing is no game
HEATHER DIGBY PARTON p. 8
Faced with a public health crisis, our president is utterly clueless
GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet p. 9
We are all vulnerable
SAM PIZZIGATI p. 9
A simple prescription for a longer life: Equality
TOM CONWAY p. 10
An epidemic of insecurity
TOM JOHNSTON p. 10
Let’s get real about Medicare for All
MARY SANCHEZ p. 11
Coronavirus will test courage, honesty, compassion ... and other qualities Trump doesn’t have
DEAN BAKER p. 11
Patents are slowing the development of a coronavirus vaccine
JOEL D. JOSEPH p. 11
Check Chinese contamination of medical equipment and prescription drugs
DICK POLMAN p. 12
Uncle Joe is on top, and that’s no malarkey
KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL p. 12
When billionaires tell us they’ve bought our elections, we should act
ALBERT MORALES p. 13
Latino apathy in Texas
ROBERT REICH p. 13
Trump’s cuts have exacerbated danger of coronavirus
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
No, President Trump, the never-ending war in Afghanistan is not ending
JASON SIBERT p. 14
Redirect arms spending into affordable housing
GENE NICHOL p. 14
Race, again, in North Carolina
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
Retroactive denial, or, I changed my mind
SAM URETSKY p. 15
B-minus won’t beat an epidemic
ROBERTO DR. CINTLI RODRIGUEZ p. 15
Once again, indigenous census quandry
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
Searching for the great moderate
JOHN BUELL p. 16
Coronavirus and the health of the body politic
SETH SANDRONSKY p. 16
Struggling for shelter: Interviewing Dominique Walker
JUAN COLE p. 17
The real losers on Super Tuesday: Urgent climate action, Medicare for All, anti-plutocracy
N. GUNASEKARAN p. 17
Asia struggles with coronavirus
JOE CONASON p. 18
What a sane government would do
JAMIE STIEHM p. 18
Alice Paul’s spirit lights the house
ROBERT KUTTNER p. 18
The virus claims another American victim
RALPH NADER p. 19
American fuhrer — corrupt rampage against Americans
TED RALL p. 19
Don’t worry, centrists, Bernie isn’t radical
BOOK REVIEW/Heather Seggel p. 20
Prejudential black history
ROB PATTERSON p. 20
Was boomer music better?
MOVIE REVIEW/Ed Rampell p. 20
Indies, inclusivity, equality
EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
Coronavirus exposes why the Tokyo 2020 Olympics should be canceled
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
Make your choice: Medicare, or coronavirus, for all
CONNIE SCHULTZ p. 22
A not-so-super Tuesday
DANA MILBANK p. 23
Bloomberg’s problem is he spent too little
FRANK LINGO p. 23
An open letter to the Holy Father from Frank Lingo
Cover illustration by Dolores Cullen
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