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COVER/Marshall Auerback p. 1
Why the oil and gas industry will never be the same
EDITORIAL p. 2
Workers need rights
JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
What’s the difference between corporate CEOs and pigs?
The deadly economic disease behind COVID-19.
What’s the gimmick in Trump’s plan to ‘rescue’ the public postal service?
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
DON ROLLINS p. 4
Showdown in Michigan
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
COVID-19 won’t stop the meat lines
DISPATCHES p. 5
COVID was an emergency until Trump found out who was dying;
Trump team ignored early offer to ramp up production of medical masks;
Corporations got their bailouts, so Republicans rediscover the deficit;
“It is scary to go to work,’ as COVID spreads in the White House;
Repubs grow nervous about losing Senate amid worries over Trump handling pandemic;
Biden's lead is steadiest on record;
Trump is beating Biden online. So what?
Anvious about virus, seniors grow more wary of Trump ...
FROMA HARROP p. 6
After COVID, will we want what we wanted?
ART CULLEN p. 6
Why is Trump insisting that meatpacking plants stay open despite risks?
JOHN YOUNG p. 6
Of remedies that don’t work: Trumpism
GENE LYONS p. 7
What’s a presidential campaign without a sex scandal?
JILL RICHARDSON p. 7
A death sentence for meatpackers
JIM VAN DER POL p. 7
We made Trump and pandemic possible
SAM PIZZIGATI p. 9
How to wage war, FDR-style, on our pandemic
RICHARD WOLFF p. 9
Yes, we can do better than capitalism
TOM CONWAY p. 10
Mitch McConnell’s moral bankruptcy
BOB BURNETT p. 10
California’s unemployment problem
ROBERTO Dr. CINTLI RODRIGUEZ p. 10
C-19 and why red, black and brown?
MARY SANCHEZ p. 11
US lawsuits against China point to greater divides ahead
DEAN BAKER p. 11
How many people will patent monopolies kill in this pandemic?
NATIONAL CATHOLIC REPORTER p. 12
Editorial: Dolan delivers the church to Trump and the GOP
SETH SANDRONSKY p. 12
After the May 1 national rent strike
HEATHER DIGBY PARTON p. 13
Live and let die: Was this Trump’s “mission accomplished” moment?
ROBERT REICH p. 13
Trump’s reopening strategy will be lethal
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
Voting is the fundamental basis of democracy
KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL p. 14
Pandemic made the poor people’s campaign virtual — and vital
GENE NICHOL p. 14
Coronavirus and the Republican war on poor people
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
AV: The case for national health insurance
SAM URETSKY p. 15
Steer clear of quack treatments for COVID-19
JOSEPH B. ATKINS p. 15
See no evil
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
More lessons from the pandemic
JOHN BUELL p. 16
Lessons from Smithfield
JUAN COLE p. 17
Anti-immigrant Trump promotes burning fossil fuels that will drive millions toward US
KENT PATERSON p. 17
Mexico’s COVID-19 wildcat strikes
JOE CONASON p. 18
The travel ban that wasn’t
JAMIE STIEHM p. 18
Survival skills rise from a Wisconsin girl’s roots
ROBERT KUTTNER p. 18
Laid-off workers lost health coverage: Where’s Pelosi?
RALPH NADER p. 19
Stopping Trump’s demonic reversals of the long-term benefits of Earth Day
TED RALL p. 19
Save America, throw the landlords under the bus
SATIRE/Rosie Sorenson p. 19
Freedom’s just another word
BOOK REVIEW/Heather Seggel p. 20
Method and madness
ROB PATTERSON p. 20
‘Longmire,’ the zen western
JOEL D. JOSEPH p. 20
Tesla should buy Ford
GLORIA OLADIPO p. 20
Rural America deserves a real COVID-19 response
MOVIE REVIEW/Ed Rampell p. 21
‘Planet of the Humans’ breaks down climate crisis
EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
and Jules Boykoff
Olympic workers of the world unite!
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
Trump can’t mask his message to Indian country: ‘Live and let die’
CONNIE SCHULTZ p. 22
After three years, who are we now?
DANA MILBANK p. 23
Trump calls the pandemic ‘worse than Pearl Harbor’ — and declares a cease-fire
SATIRE/Frank Lingo p. 23
Virus hits Native Americans hard
Cover illustration by Dolores Cullen
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This page posted May 30, 2020