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COVER/Elliott Negin p. 1
To find out if ExxonMobil really supports a carbon tax, just follow the money
EDITORIAL p. 2
‘GOP’ sticks with Jan. 6 whitewash
JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
Pantry power.
Why would we let Wall Street “care for” our pets?
FRANK LINGO p. 3
Democrats failing planet again
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
DON ROLLINS p. 4
Undoing racism perfected: A diversified approach
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
Redistricting crosses the line into gerrymandering
DISPATCHES p. 5
States where mosts people are quitting their jobs seem to have two things in common.
Lawmakers probing Jan. 6 are following the money and putting pieces together.
Jan. 6 rally organizers are talking, and congressional Republican should be nervous.
Trump had ‘command center’ to plot coup.
Investors bail from Trump social media startup.
Why Medicare Advantage plans are bad.
Getting rid of Super Spreaders.
Geohmert asks why Rep. John Lewis wasn't treated the same as Jan. 6 insurrectionists
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FROMA HARROP p. 6
Yes, our economic problems are ‘high class’
ART CULLEN p. 6
Friends are tough to come by, easy to lose
ALAN GUEBERT p. 6
Death taxes: Only for the 1 percenters
GENE LYONS p. 7
Democrats couldn’t sell water in a desert
FRANCINE TOWNSEND p. 7
When Wall Street came to my mobile home park
JOHN YOUNG p. 7
Call it the ‘Green Real Deal’
ROBERT KUTTNER p. 8
The supply chain story everyone is missing
SAM PIZZIGATI p. 9
The US has become a tax haven for the vile and the vicious
DICK POLMAN p. 9
Country first: Let’s remember Colin Powell at his best
TOM CONWAY p. 10
Health care at risk of collapse
SISTER KAREN M. DONAHUE p. 10
The hypocrisy of the federal spending debate
REBEKAH ENTRALGO p. 10
Don’t cut care
MARY SANCHEZ p. 11
The US needs better immigration policy to address labor issues
DEAN BAKER p. 11
If this is a wage-price spiral, why are profits soaring?
BOB BURNETT p. 11
View from the barricades: The labor market
THOM HARTMANN p. 12
There’s nothing ‘normal’ about have a middle class: It has to be chosen
KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL p. 12
Manchin’s shameful child-care stance isn’t just bad politics. It’s self-defeating policy.
SONALI KOLHATKAR p. 13
Why record numbers of workers are quitting and striking
ROBERT B. REICH p. 13
The three biggest and least accountable power centers in America
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
We must save the children
DR. CINTLI p. 14
The song of the Quetzal
EBONY SLAUGHTER-JOHNSON p. 14
Here comes the abortion bounty hunters
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
The annals of greed
SAM URETSKY p. 15
Killed by COVID by way of Myeloma
GENE NICHOL p. 15
Judge issues powerful, legally precise ruling in UNC admissions case — it can’t be read in Johnston County, N.C., public schools
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
Corporate America builds back worse
JOHN BUELL p. 16
Medicinal advances may depend on preserving biodiversity
JUAN COLE p. 17
How Sen. Manchin just positioned Chinese firms to dominate the green energy markets of the 21st century, leaving the US in the dust
DAVID NEIWERT p. 17
Oath keepers’ insurrectionist extremism spreads among elected officials, hacked data reveals
JOE CONASON p. 18
No, Kyrsten Sinema is not like John McCain
JAMIE STIEHM p. 18
The tragedy of Joe Manchin in three acts
BARRY FRIEDMAN p. 18
Wingnuts and caramel apples at the Tulsa State Fair
RALPH NADER p. 19
Reporter’s alert part VI: More story ideas for the American press
TED RALL p. 19
Colin Powell, moral weakling
SATIRE/Rosie Sorenson p. 19
Dear Mr. NSA
BOOK REVIEW/Heather Seggel p. 20
Will we survive what’s coming?
ROB PATTERSON p. 20
Do you have a podcast yet?
MARJORIE “SLIM” WOODRUFF p. 20
Let’s redefine those bucket lists
MOVIE REVIEW/Ed Rampell p. 21
Nonfiction creature feature: He’s alive!
SETH SANDRONSKY p. 21
She’s on a roll
EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
Texas slam door on trans kids’ playing sports
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
An epidemic within the pandemic: Police killings of African American men
BONNIE JEAN FELDKAMP p. 22
Breastfeeding moms need support to succeed
DANA MILBANK p. 23
Trump and his herd are the real RINOs. So I stand with the zebras.
JOEL D. JOSEPH p. 23
Arrest Steve Bannon
Cover illustration by Dolores Cullen
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