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COVER/Benjamin Waddell p. 1
Willing workers are right at the border
EDITORIAL p. 2
R’s test positive for hate
JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
There’s rich, ugly rich and Jeff Bezos. The oracle speaks.
FRANK LINGO p. 3
Dialogue with Delta
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
DON ROLLINS p. 4
GOP putting lives at risk, with or without Trump
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
Deconstructing industrial ag
DISPATCHES p. 5
Senate Judiciary Committee hears testimony on Trump coup attempt.
Biden vehicle plan would cut US emissions by one-third.
UN panel says climate change must be reversed.
Postmaster general’s ex-company gets $120 million USPS contract.
AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka dies.
Dems must raise debt limit on their own.
Voters aren't clear about Biden's economic success. Senate Dems plan to change that
...
FROMA HARROP p. 6
Voters really do want order on the border
ART CULLEN p. 6
Auctioning off rural America
ALAN GUEBERT p. 6
Threading needles with camels
GENE LYONS p. 7
Trump tactics straight out of the mob boss handbook
JILL RICHARDSON p. 7
Dial down the panic over ‘critical race’ theory
JOHN YOUNG p. 7
Deadly disease is no trolling matter
SETH SANDRONSKY p. 8
Exploiting immigrant labor
THOM HARTMANN p. 8
Civilization-ending climate change is knocking on our door
ROBERT KUTTNER p. 9
Beware Wall Street Democrats calling for austerity
DICK POLMAN p. 9
Abbott and DeathSantis, the sluggers of murderer’s row
TOM CONWAY p. 10
The best in the world
BILL JOHNSTON p. 10
Unions aren’t rebuilding in communities
ROBERT P. ALVAREZ p. 10
Rural towns deserve better than prison jobs
MARY SANCHEZ p. 11
The avoidable Covid death of a Missouri farmer
DEAN BAKER p. 11
GDP rises 6.5% in second quarter, passed pre-pandemic level of output
THOM HARTMANN p. 12
Trump’s shadow cabinet is part of his ongoing coup
KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL p. 12
America faces cascading crises. Democrats must act.
SONALI KOLHATKAR p. 13
Fed up with Democrats, thousands march to demand Medicare for All
ROBERT REICH p. 13
The virus is back; so is Trumpism
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
Time for democracy to work
ROBERTO RODRIGUEZp. 14
Thinking and acting locally and globally
SHEA LEIBOW p. 14
To save the planet, we need to demilitarize the police
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
Shrinking the insured/uninsured schism
SAM URETSKY p. 15
The great inflation scare
GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet p. 15
The dangers of anti-terror laws
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
Florida is as Florida does
JOHN BUELL p. 16
The politics of unemployment insurance
PHYLLIS BENNIS p. 16
The triumph and tragedy of the Olympic refugee team
JUAN COLE p. 17
Trump’s Tehran poison pill: US trade embargo provokes Iranian attacks in Gulf, making return to nuclear deal harder
NORMAN SOLOMON p. 17
Nina Turner’s loss is oligarchy’s gain
JOE CONASON p. 18
The murder rate rose in Republican cities, too
JAMIE STIEHM p. 18
Two Californias clash in a divided House: Pelosi versus McCarthy
BARRY FRIEDMAN p. 18
Statement by Donald J. Trump, 45th President of the United States of America
RALPH NADER p. 19
Collapsing federal corporate crime enforcement
TED RALL p. 19
9/11 had nothing to do with Afghanistan
BOOK REVIEW/Heather Seggel p. 20
Carrots and sticks
ROB PATTERSON p. 20
The return of David Crosby
SATIRE/Rosie Sorenson p. 20
What a send-off
MOVIE REVIEW/Ed Rampell p. 21
New Zealand Maori movie about family separation and land rights
EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
and Jules Boykoff
Covid surge and record heat created a cursed Olympics games
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
Once unhoused herself, congresswoman’s protest forces White House to extend eviction ban
BONNIE JEAN FELDKAMP p. 22
Unmasking support for mental health in school
DANA MILBANK p. 23
Fact check: Is Kevin McCarthy a ‘moron’?
GENE NICHOL p. 23
Foxhole folks
Cover illustration by Dolores Cullen
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