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COVER/April M. Short p. 1
COVID-19 has exposed the fragility of our food system — here’s how we can localize it
EDITORIAL p. 2
Free-market freezer burn
JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
We can push Biden for fundamental change.
Rural does not equal red.
FRANK LINGO p. 3
Climate consciousness courtesy of the Wall Street Journal
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
DON ROLLINS p. 4
Two pastors, two prophets
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
Keep the peace and get things done
DISPATCHES p. 5
Dems march ahead with COVID relief bill while Republicans whine.
US Supreme Court denies Trump effort to block release of his tax returns.
With Trump gone, CNN pulls plug on White House press briefings.
Defeated and impeached, Trump still commands loyalty of GQP loyalists.
Republicans who voted to convict Trump in impeachment trial face backlash.
Voting machine company sues pillow CEO to quash stolden election lies.
Republicans are shocked! by partisan animosity.
Lawmakers pull in opposite directions on voting rights.
Federal judges continue to step back, allowing Biden to choose their replacements.
Anti-Black hate crimes have plummeted in US.
Pandemic recession pain continues
...
FROMA HARROP p. 6
Hope up and guard down as pandemic starts to weaken?
ART CULLEN p. 6
Frozen in: A new civic battery will help us restart
SARAH ANDERSON p. 6
Expose the insurrection financiers
GENE LYONS p. 7
Bovine drama runs hot, even in the cold
JILL RICHARDSON p. 7
Education won’t stop conspiracy theories
JOHN YOUNG p. 7
Wanted: Jurors who aren’t accomplices
DICK POLMAN p. 9
Can Uncle Sam hold the line against mob rule?
ALAN GUEBERT p. 9
The best way to start fighting big meat is to start
TOM CONWAY p. 10
US labor laws need a major update — and the PRO Act is a great start
NORMAN SOLOMON p. 10
Cuomo and Newsom symbolize the rot of corporate democrats — and the dire need for progressive populism
MARY SANCHEZ p. 11
The escape hatch republicans don’t seem to see
DEAN BAKER p. 11
Being wrong in elite jobs doesn’t have any consequences
GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet p. 11
Raise the floor: Time to boost the minimum wage
JOEL D. JOSEPH p. 12
Raising the minimum wage will expand the economy
KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL p. 12
How to hold Senate Republicans accountable
SONALI KOLHATKAR p. 13
Why Amazon is fighting so hard to stop warehouse workers from unionizing
ROBERT REICH p. 13
Trump is history; It’s Biden who’s changing America
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
GOP senators stand with seditionists, not the republic
ROBERTO Dr. CINTLI RODRIGUEZ p. 14
Impeachment does not get in way of providence & manifest destiny
JOHN L. MICEK p. 14
Is this America?
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
Rural hospitals: Congress acts
SAM URETSKY p. 15
Conspiracies: What do you believe?
SETH SANDRONSKY p. 15
Vaccine rules: Intellectual property rights and COVID-19
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
State of the Democrats
JOHN BUELL p. 16
True financial literacy
JUAN COLE p. 17
From COVID-19 to power outages in ice storms, the Texas Republican Party has created a failed state
RICHARD D. WOLFF p. 17
The centers of global capitalism are migrating away from the US, Europe and Japan
JOE CONASON p. 18
They fear Trump more than they love America
JAMIE STIEHM p. 18
Painting parallels of presidents’ civil wars
ROBERT KUTTNER p. 18
Trump, Netanyahu, and COVID-19
RALPH NADER p. 19
Failure to call witnesses helped acquittal of Donald J. Trump
TED RALL p. 19
It’s not that Biden is too slow. It’s that he’s going too small
BOOK REVIEW/Heather Seggel p. 20
Keeping history honest
BOB BURNETT p. 20
What happens next
SATIRE/Rosie Sorenson p. 20
Those who can, do — those who can’t ...
MOVIE REVIEW/Ed Rampell p. 21
New documentary poses the question: Reform or revolution?
EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
Why did Mark Cuban fold?
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
Alone star state: Global heating plunges Texas into a deadly deep freeze
CONNIE SCHULTZ p. 22
I’d rather talk about Michael J. Fox
DANA MILBANK p. 23
Trump left them to die. 43 Senate republicans still licked his boots.
MITCHELL ZIMMERMAN p. 23
GOP senators said Trump was culpable, but he’s a ‘private citizen’ now. Fine — indict him like one.
Cover illustration by Dolores Cullen
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