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COVER/Thom Hartmann p. 1
Why America’s survival depends on bankrupting the Republican Party
EDITORIAL p. 2
Impeach fascism now
JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
We are all still animals. ‘Lord of the Flies,’ revisited. Special gifts for special people.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
DON ROLLINS p. 4
The religious left: Telling hard truths since 1780
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
What’s news in a bad year?
DISPATCHES p. 5
Republicans seek to avoid responsibility for inciting Capitol riot.
Remember: Trump’s insurrection failed.
Some Trump fans were surprised when they tried to fly home after MAGA riot.
FBI warns pro-Trump extremists plan armed actions in state capitols.
Republicans grabbed wolf by the ears and they can’t let go.
Months before Capitol riot, DHS gutted threat assessment group.
GA GOP looks to curb absentee voting days after Loeffler and Perdue concede.
Critics warn new domestic terror laws would be used against legit protest
...
FROMA HARROP p. 6
The Republican Party must split
ART CULLEN p. 6
Clean energy, farmer prosperity
SARAH ANDERSON p. 6
A welcome stopgap, but not nearly enough
GENE LYONS p. 7
Can we ‘lower the temperature’? We’ll find out soon
JILL RICHARDSON p. 7
The coming battle over vaccines
JOHN YOUNG p. 7
Trump’s end plays out like ‘Jaws’
BILL BLUM p. 8
Trump’s now-violent plot to retain power demands he be impeached again
DICK POLMAN p. 9
Thank Don the doofus for tanking the GOP
MICHAEL WINSHIP p. 9
Donald John Trump’s ‘seditious abuse’
RICHARD D. WOLFF p. 10
The D.C. political monopoly just does not get it
SAM PIZZIGATI p. 10
In 2021, let’s ring a global alarm on inequality that everyone can hear
MARY SANCHEZ p. 11
Gratitude for 2021; Trump missed an end-of-year census deadline
DEAN BAKER p. 11
Is the distribution of vaccines the biggest Trump screw-up yet?
MATTHEW H. GENDLE p. 11
The Sarvodaya Social Movement offers a viable populist solution to governmental dysfunction in the US
THOM HARTMANN p. 12
Talk radio: Democarts can’t win if they don’t play
KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL p. 13
How Biden can help end the country’s debt crisis
GENE NICHOL p. 13
Exacerbating inequality
ROBERT REICH p. 13
Seditious members of Congress must be held accountable
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
America leads the world in violence
ROBERTO Dr. CINTLI RODRIGUEZ p. 14
Pandemic of law enforcement killings continues
DIANA ANAHI TORRES-VALVERDE p. 14
Dreamers deserve a path to citizenship
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
Organ transplants and competence: A sad tale
SAM URETSKY p. 15
Don’t knock the doc
JOAN MCCARTER p. 15
Republican sabotage of Social Security left tens of thousands of eligible recipients without benefits
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
Après him, le déluge
JOHN BUELL p. 16
Politics by the trillion
JASON SIBERT p. 16
Biden must make peace at home and abroad
JUAN COLE p. 17
Saudis, afraid of Biden, hurry to end their blockade on Qatar
SASKIA HOSTETLER LIPPY, M.D. p. 17
Security culture and a new day in Portland
JOE CONASON p. 18
They’ve showed us who they are
JAMIE STIEHM p. 18
A desperate duel for democracy
ROBERT KUTTNER p. 18
Why did more people of color vote for Trump?
RALPH NADER p. 19
Recidivist criminal and constitutional outlaw Trump rushes to pardon criminal lawbreakers
TED RALL p. 19
In a crisis, a compromise is worse than no solution at all
BOOK REVIEW/Heather Seggel p. 20
Good grief! It’s Charlie Brown’s America
ROB PATTERSON p. 20
Leonard Cohen: Portrait of the artist as a young mensch
SETH SANDRONSKY p. 20
Ma Rainey don’t take no mess
MOVIE REVIEW/Ed Rampell p. 21
Nasrin Sotoudeh, Iran’s courtroom gladiator, for the defense
EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
2020: The year sports should have stopped
SATIRE/Rosie Sorenson p. 21
Who’s crazy now?
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
Trump’s insurrection requires his immediate removal
CONNIE SCHULTZ p. 22
Democracy, still
DANA MILBANK p. 23
President Trump has committed treason
FRANK LINGO p. 23
Bright hopes for 2021
Cover illustration by Dolores Cullen
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This page posted January 15, 2021