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COVER/Aric Sleeper p. 1
Grassroots energy projects are taking back power from utility companies
EDITORIAL p. 2
Joe Biden’s good start
JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
How corporate greed is causing tornado deaths.
It’s an endangered species: Save Kar-toon-us A-mer-i-kan-us!
FRANK LINGO p. 3
Democracy essential to ecology
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
PAUL ARMENTANO p. 4
It’s time for Biden to keep his promises on marijuana
DON ROLLINS p. 4
Desmond Tutu: Still preaching
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
Restaurants must adapt or die
DISPATCHES p. 5
Youngkin schools country in how to create chaos in his first week as governor.
Fla. school district cancels history prof’s lecture because it might be labeled ‘CRT.’
Republicans plan new ‘Contract on America’ with assistance of Newt Gingrich.
SWAT team of wingnut legal apparatus will try new Supreme Court on affirmative action.
Union membership dropped in 2021 ...
FROMA HARROP p. 6
Our bigfoot-prints on social media
ART CULLEN p. 6
Keep your eye on the piano player
ALAN GUEBERT p. 6
The new ag alchemy: Gold from gas
GENE LYONS p. 7
In 2022, ignorance isn’t bliss
OLIVIA ALPERSTEIN p. 7
My disabled life is worthy
JOHN YOUNG p. 7
Readying airlift for reproductive rights
JOAN McCARTER p. 8
‘Democracy’s foes have not had the last word.’ The fight to save democracy won’t stop
ROBERT KUTTNER p. 9
Is government competent to spend more public money?
TOM CONWAY p. 10
Manchin abandons West Virginia’s working families
ROGER BYBEE p. 10
Dems dig in for long haul on voting rights despite defectors
DICK POLMAN p. 10
Rancid race-baiter can’t show respect for MLK holiday
MARY SANCHEZ p. 11
Race in school: What educators know and politicians should learn
DEAN BAKER p. 11
The continuing phony debate on ‘free trade’
GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet p. 11
A hate that runs deep
SONALI KOLHATKAR p. 12
‘Queer Eye’ upholds liberal economic fantasies
KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL p. 12
Progressive champion from rural Maine can teach democrats about winning
THOM HARTMANN p. 13
What do Democrats and Republicans actually believe in 2022? That should decide the midterms
ROBERT B. REICH p. 13
The right-wing Supreme Court’s appalling decision on COVID safety rules
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
Dr. King’s work is not yet done
DR. CINTLI p. 14
Despite a dramatic drop, the “other pandemic” continues unabated
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
Cupid’s most painful barb: Syphilis
SAM URETSKY p. 15
Who runs the country? Those who show up
BOB BURNETT p. 15
Coming to grips with the insurrection
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
The limits of global ‘laissez-faire’
ERIC BOEHLERT p. 16
Biden’s getting doomsday press — just like Obama did.
JUAN COLE p. 17
US maximum pressure foiled as Iran’s new best friend, China, imports as much as 18 million barrels a month of its oil
FARRAH HASSEN p. 17
Gitmo’s shameful 20th anniversary
MITCHELL ZIMMERMAN p. 17
Russia is wrong to bully Ukraine, but it’s not worth a war
JOE CONASON p. 18
The roots of republican insurrection
JAMIE STIEHM p. 18
Odd duck sings senate swan song
BARRY FRIEDMAN p. 18
I’m back in Trump’s good graces
RALPH NADER p. 19
Think big to overcome losing big to corporatism
TED RALL p. 19
Corporate journalists are blind to a big COVID lesson
JOEL D. JOSEPH p. 20
Can you spare a tire?
ROB PATTERSON p. 20
‘Yellowstone,’ where the left may meet the right
SETH SANDRONSKY p. 20
Union nurses seek workplace protections
ED RAMPELL p. 21
Sidney Poitier, tightrope walker
EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
There are no heroes in Djokovic vs. Australia
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
Global wealth inequality is fueling the pandemic and killing millions
BONNIE JEAN FELDKAMP p. 22
Checking my privilege as an adult and removing the labels of my childhood
DANA MILBANK p. 23
As one Joe builds, another Joe destroys
SATIRE/Rosie Sorenson p. 23
Senator Rittenhouse?
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