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COVER/Art Cullen p. 1
Biden’s ag chief sees big shift in farms to battle climate change
EDITORIAL p. 2
Go big or go home
JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
Who’s really behind the desecration of our Capitol?
The problem with plastic ... is plastic
FRANK LINGO p. 3
It’s been a fun-filled 4 years
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
DON ROLLINS p. 4
A liberal’s lament: When the governed won’t be governed anymore
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
Let’s cool our jets
DISPATCHES p. 5
More than 30 cops linked to Capitol riot.
Feds mull letting non-violent Capitol rioters go.
Trump supporters continue to plot violence as second impeachment trial approaches.
Giuliani continues to double down on Big Lies, so Dominion sues him for $1.3 billion.
Washington Post: Trump told 30,573 lies as president. Biden urged to fire Postal Service board for complicity in ‘sabotage.’
Tom Cotton stretched truth in 'Army Ranger' claim.
AZ GOP censures Gov. Ducey, Flake and McCain, signaling fracture in swing state.
Trump was the accelerant in encouraging hate and political violence ...
FROMA HARROP p. 6
Without discipline, humane border policy fails
ART CULLEN p. 6
Reasons for optimism despite what we have endured
JOHN YOUNG p. 6
Camo or no, traitors were clearly visible
GENE LYONS p. 7
Calming the stampede
JILL RICHARDSON p. 7
The time I got coffee with Hollywood satanists
JIM GOODMAN p. 7
After four years, accountability is long overdue
HAL CROWTHER p. 8
Facing the founder on a day of shame
DICK POLMAN p. 9
Goodbye MAGA, hello MGWA (Make Government Work Again)
JAKE JOHNSON p. 9
Incoming Senate Budget Chair Bernie Sanders lays out visionary first 100 days for Biden
TOM CONWAY p. 10
American workers have been taken to the brink
GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet p. 10
Fix the broken health system
DEDRICK ASANTE-MUHAMMAD and TYLER BOND p. 10
Obama didn’t close the racial wealth divide. Can Biden?
MARY SANCHEZ p. 11
How long will the suspension of corporate PAC contributions last?
DEAN BAKER p. 11
The DeFazio Bill: Reducing the financial industry’s tax on retirement savings
SETH SANDRONSKY p. 11
Manufacturing ‘democracy’
JOSEPH B. ATKINS p. 12
Citizen Trump
KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL p. 12
Progressives know how to turn the page on the Trump years. Biden should listen.
SONALI KOLHATKAR p. 13
Dear Republicans, was your deal with Trump worth it?
ROBERT REICH p. 13
Why Biden can’t govern from the center
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
Biden’s inauguration offers new hope and new energy
ROBERTO Dr. CINTLI RODRIGUEZ p. 14
Bring down the damn wall, now!
KENNY STANCIL p. 14
Warning against further ‘erosion’ of civil liberties, Tlaib leads charge against new domestic terrorism laws
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
Vaccination: A call for the Biden plan
SAM URETSKY p. 15
Too soon for a victory lap, but democracy is still standing
SARAH ANDERSON p. 15
Workers need paid sick leave right this minute
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
MediScam
JOHN BUELL p. 16
Restoring workers’ trust
JUAN COLE p. 17
Time for Biden to end the forever wars and bring Iran in from the cold
LAWRENCE S. WITTNER p. 17
The great evasion
JOE CONASON p. 18
Uncovering the plot against America
JAMIE STIEHM p. 18
Racist mobs rage all over American history
ROBERT KUTTNER p. 18
On civil disobediance
RALPH NADER p. 19
Trump’s finale from impeachment to conviction
TED RALL p. 19
Congress votes to arm violent mobs that storm through capitols around the world
SATIRE/Rosie Sorenson p. 19
The beat goes on
BOOK REVIEW/Heather Seggel p. 20
Failing upwards
PAULA GREEN p. 20
How do we heal now?
KENNY STANCIL p. 20
Janet Yellen gave progressives a lot to be happy about as Biden’s treasury secretary pick
MOVIE REVIEW/Ed Rampell p. 21
By any means necessary: The FBI vs. Civil Rights
EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
and Jules Boykoff
Klete Keller: From gold medalist to capitol insurrectionist
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
The Biden/Harris Inauguration: When the wall becomes a door
CONNIE SCHULTZ p. 22
We have our marching orders
DANA MILBANK p. 23
A president replaced. A nation redeemed.
BOB BURNETT p. 23
In defense of civility
Cover illustration by Dolores Cullen
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This page posted January 29, 2021