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COVER/Tom Conway p. 1
A stronger labor movement is essential to fixing America’s unjust economy
EDITORIAL p. 2
Trump’s COVID relief con
JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
Showing patriotism in a time of chaos.
Crime in the suites.
The exceptional greed of health care executives.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
DON ROLLINS p. 4
Black preachers, then and now
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
Schools reopening despite risks
DISPATCHES p. 5
Krugman: Trump exec orders are ‘hydroxychloroquine of economic policy.’
Trump tells states to restrict food assistance.
Shortened census may shortchange marginalized communities for decades.
Lawmakers demand removal of new postmaster general over attempts to dismantle Postal Service.
Trump: executive order on pre-existing is ‘a signal.’
Missouri is sixth state to expand Medicaid at ballot box.
Business owners call for increase in minimum wage.
Russia working to defeat Biden; China and Iran prefer Trump defeat.
Republican senators may be using Russian disinformation to smear Biden
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FROMA HARROP p. 6
How America got so inferior
ART CULLEN p. 6
Trump’s goose is cooked in the Midwest
JIM GOODMAN p. 6
We can’t deny our history — can it guide us to become anti-racist?
GENE LYONS p. 7
‘Drinking the Kool-Aid’ takes on a whole new meaning
JILL RICHARDSON p. 7
Happy 30th birthday, ADA. What’s next?
RICHARD WOLFF p. 8
The consequences of inequality can be fatal
BOOK REVIEW/James McCarty Yeager p. 9
Journeys and gender
ROBERT KUTTNER p. 9
Biden’s cabinet and the thin progressive bench
SETH SANDRONSKY p. 9
Rethinking fed lending to get help to working families
NANCY J. ALTMAN p. 10
On Medicare and Medicaid’s 55th birthday, let’s expand benefits — not cut them
ROBERT P. ALVAREZ p. 10
I was tear gassed in Portland — and not just by feds
JOHN YOUNG p. 10
Face coverings and ‘cancel culture’
MARY SANCHEZ p. 11
Some children may never escape the harm of COVID-19
DEAN BAKER p. 11
Taxpayer-funded drug research should require open-source sharing by Big Pharma
ROBERTO Dr. CINTLI RODRIGUEZ p. 12
50 Years later: A state of war or a permanent state of insurrection?
BOB BURNETT p. 12
Plagued by two viruses
HEATHER DIGBY PARTON p. 13
Trump’s claims about mail voting were always incoherent: Now they’re falling apart
ROBERT REICH p. 13
The truth about the COVID-19 economy
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
The vote is the centerpiece of democracy
GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet p. 14
Notes on John Lewis
FRANK LINGO p. 14
Keep gun laws in focus for 2020
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
The uninsured, redux
SAM URETSKY p. 15
A good mask is nothing to sneeze at
SOPHIA PASLASKI p. 15
The Supreme Court just made the case for Medicare for All
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
The pandemic’s winners and losers
JOHN BUELL p. 16
Why are Republicans self-destructing?
DAVID SCHMIDT p. 16
Choosing when to give a s**t: Controversial language and the Trader Joe’s boycott
JUAN COLE p. 17
Reckless Trump nearly provokes international incident, wrongly saying Beirut explosion a ‘bomb’
N. GUNASEKARAN p. 17
Neoliberalism failed; state activism needed to save people from crisis
JOE CONASON p. 18
Ripping down Trump’s ‘treason’ conspiracy
JAMIE STIEHM p. 18
Trump’s farewell address: Hanging up my bone spurs
KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL p. 18
Biden’s running mate matters. So does his cabinet.
RALPH NADER p. 19
Fed guarantees unproductive debt and perilous speculation
TED RALL p. 19
Delay the election? Presidents often do things they can’t do
GENE NICHOL p. 19
Republican truth in advertising
BOOK REVIEW/Heather Seggel p. 20
The mess of life
ROB PATTERSON p. 20
Recording The Beatles
MARK ANDERSON p. 20
Small change is a big problem in the pandemic economy
MOVIE REVIEW/Ed Rampell p. 21
The ACLU’s fight for Constitutional Rights
EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
Should the world boycott the 2022 Beijing Olympics?
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
Medicare for All: A prescription against deadly COVID capitalism
CONNIE SCHULTZ p. 22
Let’s avoid the dueling dogma
DANA MILBANK p. 23
We are only beginning to suffer the consequences of Trump’s failures
SATIRE/Rosie Sorenson p. 23
In the swamp where it happened
Cover illustration by Dolores Cullen
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This page posted August 13, 2020