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COVER/Hal Crowther p. 1
Staring down the barrel in the land of the smoking gun
EDITORIAL p. 2
Democrats take big win
JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
The GOP’s shameful war on voters.
What the Texas deep freeze revealed
FRANK LINGO p. 3
Creating a fair standard of living on all Indian reservations in the US
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
DON ROLLINS p. 4
Lebron, Ibra and Fox News: A yawner gone wrong
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
Hold off the land grabbers
DISPATCHES p. 5
Republican incompetence makes federal government popular again.
Dems hail big spending, with an eye on infrastructure package.
Supreme Court dumps last Trump election appeal.
If democracy loses to money, it may not rise again.
Lindsey Graham admits Trump could ‘destroy’ the GOP, after he sends RNC a cease-and-desist letter.
Trump vandalism at USDA is just conservative government.
Republican governors roll back COVID-19 restrictions — and health experts are horrified.
Held back out of fear of Trump, female generals finally get promoted by Biden.
Post-insurrection crackdown on far-right extremists leads to arrests, charges around the country.
The call (to the Proud Boys) is coming from inside the (White) House
...
FROMA HARROP p. 6
Donald Trump finally makes me smile
ART CULLEN p. 6
Midwest in the catbird’s seat to make history
ALAN GUEBERT p. 6
Rural America shouldn’t be a dump site for corporate America
GENE LYONS p. 7
Crying ‘racism’ at Smith College and elsewhere
JILL RICHARDSON p. 7
The long history of ‘America Uncanceled’
JOHN YOUNG p. 7
Deregulation always benefits — somebody
ROBERT P. ALVAREZ and p. 8
UMA NAGARAJAN-SWENSON
Biden needs to keep promises on immigration
STEVEN ROSENFELD p. 9
Republicans trying to restrict voting may see their schemes backfire
TOM CONWAY p. 10
Keeping America self-reliant
SARAH ANDERSON p. 10
Danny Glover: ‘The best anti-poverty program is a union’
ESHAWNEY GASTON p. 10
Essential workers deserve $15 an hour
MARY SANCHEZ p. 11
How Limbaugh took hold of the conservative movement, helped pave the path it’s on today
DEAN BAKER and p. 11
HAYLEY BROWN
Public sector unions mean middle-class jobs for Black workers
KAYLA SOREN p. 11
Small towns and rural communities need transit, too
BILL BLUM p. 12
The Supreme Court finally lets the light shine on Trump
KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL p. 12
Biden ran on ending forever wars. He’s already undermining that promise.
SONALI KOLHATKAR p. 13
Black lives still don’t matter in America
ROBERT REICH p. 13
Trump’s GOP takeover is great for the Democrats but could be disastrous for America
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
Now is the time to raise the minimum wage
ROBERTO Dr. CINTLI RODRIGUEZ p. 14
Where all lands and all peoples are sacred
D.H. KERBY p. 14
Poor people’s army accupies vacant homes
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
Welcome, COVID-submicrobes, class of 2027
SAM URETSKY p. 15
Rescuing the climate is complicated
BOOK REVIEW/Seth Sandronsky p. 15
Mapping COVID-19
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
The disloyal opposition
JOHN BUELL p. 16
Fallacies of minimum wage opponents
DICK POLMAN p. 16
FBI guy says Antifa didn’t storm the Capitol, but MAGA loons still love their big lie
JUAN COLE p. 17
Biden’s double standards: Iranian civilians under severe US sanctions but not accused Saudi murderer Bin Salman
BOB BURNETT p. 17
The disinformation party
JOE CONASON p. 18
How to truly honor Dr. Seuss
JAMIE STIEHM p. 18
Don’t fence the Capitol in or out
ROBERT KUTTNER p. 18
The Manchin conundrum
RALPH NADER p. 19
Reporter extraordinaire: The pioneering pathways of James Ridgeway
TED RALL p. 19
Don’t hate Rush Limbaugh, copy him
BOOK REVIEW/Heather Seggel p. 20
The burnout is real
ROB PATTERSON p. 20
Rock’n’Roll is wreckless abandon on a good night
SATIRE/Rosie Sorenson p. 20
Take that, you monster
REBEKAH ENTRALGO p. 20
Paid sick and family leave can’t wait
MOVIE REVIEW/Ed Rampell p. 21
Black movies matter: Pan African Film Festival goes virtual
EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
Welcome to the real March madness
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
Voter suppression and the filibuster: More Confederate monuments to tear down
CONNIE SCHULTZ p. 22
My brother, still
DANA MILBANK p. 23
Did the Pentagon wait for Trump’s approval before defending the Capitol?
GENE NICHOL p. 23
Lincoln and the GOP
Cover illustration by Dolores Cullen
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