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COVER/Lisa Song and Lylla Younes, ProPublica p. 1
The EPA refuses to reduce pollutants linked to coronavirus deaths
EDITORIAL p. 2
Finish strong for freedom
JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
A wealth of riches, a poverty of morals.
Sabotaging democracy.
NORMAN SOLOMON p. 3
Why a former Green Party candidate is on a very long fast — urging progressives to vote for Biden to defeat Trump
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
DON ROLLINS p. 4
Nukes: The devil that never left
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
Save family farms, because Wall Street won’t
DISPATCHES p. 5
Trump can’t change subject from COVID-19.
COVID cases surge after Trump ‘superspreader’ rallies.
Trump plans post-election purge.
Trump still has no health care plan.
Trump tops 22,000 lies as prez, but Washington Post can’t keep up.
Early voting encourages Dems.
Lincoln Project rejects threat.
Trump targets civil service.
Secret Chinese bank account remains problem for Trump.
Poll: Pennsylvanians support clean energy
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FROMA HARROP p. 6
Some countries beat back the virus. Not ours
ART CULLEN p. 6
A cure for the wintertime blues
SARAH ANDERSON p. 6
Farmers and meatpackers are teaming up
GENE LYONS p. 7
Fact vs. falsity vs. opinion — let’s review
JILL RICHARDSON p. 7
Voter suppression in a pandemic election
JOHN YOUNG p. 7
Your take on Trump now, corruption lady
KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL p. 9
Progressives should support Biden now, but be ready to push later
RICHARD ESKOW p. 9
Three-pronged lie about Social Security undermines whole point of the program
TOM CONWAY p. 10
Hanging by a thread
JOHN GEYMAN p. 10
Trump’s fantasy about COVID-19 keeps killing Americans. What can be done?
MARY SANCHEZ p. 11
Voting rights might be the first proof that ACB is not RBG
DEAN BAKER p. 11
Waiting for a vaccine and the collaborative research alternative
ROBERTO Dr. CINTLI RODRIGUEZ p. 11
Foundational lies & foundational myths: Or the ‘genius’ of the ‘Founding Fathers’
RICHARD D. WOLFF p. 12
How fascism has converged with capitalism to redefine government
HEATHER DIGBY PARTON p. 13
GOP’s invented Hunter Biden scandal isn’t going away: Are they shooting for 2022 already?
ROBERT REICH p. 13
The public, the personal and the utter hypocrisy of the GOP
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
Voter suppression a social injustice and civic indignity
ANDREW MOSS p. 14
Preparing for a contested election
SAM PIZZIGATI p. 14
Biden’s tax plan would make America more equal
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
The Great Barrington Declaration meets Eugenics
SAM URETSKY p. 15
Infrastructure week put off again
JOHN L. MICEK p. 15
Democrats keep healthcare front and center
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
Myth of the great Trump economy
JOHN BUELL p. 16
Negotiations amidst an emerging evictions crisis
SATIRE/Frank Lingo p. 16
Trump’s legacy
JUAN COLE p. 17
Is it an accident that Iran and the US, two theocracies, are coronavirus basket cases?
JOEL D. JOSEPH p. 17
Barrett should not get that promotion
JOE CONASON p. 18
Those Biden smears collapse
JAMIE STIEHM p. 18
The Supreme Court’s lost luster: 3 Trumpers
ROBERT KUTTNER p. 18
Biden needs to clear the air on court expansion
RALPH NADER p. 19
For want of two more senators, corporatist Judge Barrett was rushed onto the Supreme Court
TED RALL p. 19
Deluge after the Donald?
BOOK REVIEW/Heather Seggel p. 20
Truth vs. journalism? Spotting a hoax?
ROB PATTERSON p. 20
Jane Fonda still trends left
SETH SANDRONSKY p. 20
Filming movement politics
SATIRE/Rosie Sorenson p. 20
Mother knows best
MOVIE REVIEW/Ed Rampell p. 21
‘Totally Out of Control’ chronicles COVID ‘response’ a.k.a. Trump’s genocidal negligent homicide of the American people
EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
NBA bubble postmortem
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
Trump lies; the numbers don’t
CONNIE SCHULTZ p. 22
‘I want to feel America’
DANA MILBANK p. 23
The only thing worse for Trump than an unwatchable debate is a watchable one
GENE NICHOL p. 23
Losing heroes
Cover illustration by Dolores Cullen
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