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COVER/Reynard Loki p. 1
You may become a casualty in the war against weeds
EDITORIAL p. 2
Controlling Trump’s virus
JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
Is your job in the robot kill path? Give nature a right to self-defense
SATIRE/Frank Lingo p. 3
New theory of creation
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
DON ROLLINS p. 4
Madison Cawthorne’s star keeps on a-risin’
ALAN GUEBERT p. 5
Who do we blame for not farming the way we know we should?
DISPATCHES p. 5
Prosecutor who led Capitol riot inquiry sees sedition charges.
Social Security still in hands of Trumpers, and Biden needs to fix that.
Progressive Dems demand repeal of PAYGO law as automatic Medicare cuts loom.
Former Trump lawyer Sidney Powell admits her claims about Dominion Voting Systems conspiracies were unbelievable.
Dems call out GQP hypocrisy and media enabling on border.
Texas congressman speaks up for lynching.
Kevin McCarthy twisted by loyalty to vulgar talking yam.
Mar-A-Lago 'partially closed' after Covid outbreak.
Trump said to
be planning return to social media with his own alt-twitter app ...
FROMA HARROP p. 6
Democrats are finally bragging
ART CULLEN p. 6
Betting a third wave could restart middle America
ROBIN BROAD and JOHN CAVANAUGH p. 6
Water is life. Can we protect it?
GENE LYONS p. 7
By actually governing, Biden proves to be un-Trump
JILL RICHARDSON p. 7
The fraught politics of wolf hunting
JOHN YOUNG p. 7
‘Doddering Joe’ takes off like a geyser
THOM HARTMANN p. 8
It’s time to roll back Reagan’s middle-class tax increases!
SAMANTHA GARCIA p. 8
We all need transit — whether we ride it or not
DICK POLMAN p. 9
White racist republicans plot to sacrifice minority voters on the altar of the big lie
ROBERT C. KOEHLER p. 9
Growing up ecologically
TOM CONWAY p. 10
A historic save for retirees
OLIVIA ALPERSTEIN p. 10
COVID relief: The biggest health care expansion in a decade
BOB BURNETT p. 10
Biden’s first 50 days
MARY SANCHEZ p. 11
What’s at stake in the fight for $15? More than a higher salary
DEAN BAKER p. 11
An 18th reason to be optimistic about the economy
ROBERT KUTTNER p. 12
Biden’s child tax credit as Universal Basic Income
KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL p. 12
Biden’s foreign policy team can’t handle new threats with old strategies
SONALI KOLHATKAR p. 13
How a guaranteed income can actually solve inequality
ROBERT REICH p. 13
How Bidenomics can unite America
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
The right to vote is the essential foundation of democracy
ROBERTO Dr. CINTLI RODRIGUEZ p. 14
Stereotypes generally rooted in white supremacy and misogyny
LAWRENCE S. WITTNER p. 14
US government should promote general welfare
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
Vaccinate! Vaccinate!
SAM URETSKY p. 15
Stand up for filibuster
JAKE JOHNSON p. 15
Advocates sound alarm over quiet Trump era move that could further privatize Medicare
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
Minimum effort on wages
JOHN BUELL p. 16
Vaccine politics: Rich nations get vaccines, poor nations don’t, which is a big danger to rich nations
BILL JOHNSTON p. 16
Darwin was right
JUAN COLE p. 17
Not waiting on Biden: China breaks US Iran blockade, moves to import nearly 1 mn b/d of Ayatolllah’s oil
JASON SIBERT p. 17
What can nuclear powers agree upon?
JOEL D. JOSEPH p. 17
The United States and Europe should pressure Saudi America to become a democratic state
JOE CONASON p. 18
A real ‘infrastructure week’ — or decade
JAMIE STIEHM p. 18
A year in the dark city
MARK ANDERSON p. 18
Saving the free press
RALPH NADER p. 19
Perfidy meets putty — congressional democrats betray voters
TED RALL p. 19
In praise of bad weather
BOOK REVIEW/Heather Seggel p. 20
I’m lovin’ it
PAUL ARMENATANO p. 20
Is pot really more potent these days? Does it matter?
MOVIE REVIEW/Seth Sandronsky p. 20
Rebel with a cause
SATIRE/Rosie Sorenson p. 20
And the Emmy goes to ...
MOVIE REVIEW/Ed Rampell p. 21
Nate Parker takes the gloves off with ‘American Skin’
EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
So what the hell is race norming?
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
Now is the time to end the filibuster
CONNIE SCHULTZ p. 22
COVID-19 vaccine: Part I
DANA MILBANK p. 23
Republicans aren’t fighting democrats. They’re fighting democracy.
GENE NICHOL p. 23
Joe Biden takes on childhood poverty
Cover illustration by Dolores Cullen
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