The Progressive POPULIST

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April 1, 2022 -- Volume 28, Number 6


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COVER/Andy Lee Roth p. 1
and Mickey Huff
The global seafood supply is being contaminated by microplastics, but no major news outlet has paid any attention

EDITORIAL p. 2
Putin is cornered

JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
Change that matters. An indigenous idea.
FRANK LINGO p. 3
The Earth loses all wars

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
MITCHELL ZIMMERMAN p. 4
GOP hostility to Ketanji Brown Jackson goes beyond hypocrisy
DON ROLLINS p. 4
Sometimes even the pushers have to pay

RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
Can we talk about survival of the planet?

DISPATCHES p. 5
Report details ‘unraveling’ of Manhattan DA’s Trump probe that led 2 prosecutors to resign.
Trump led criminal conspiracy, Jan. 6 probe’s lawyers say in court.
State of the Union provides Biden bounce.
Jobs report continues picture of fast and sustained growth.
Mark Meadows: Living in a mobile home or vote fraudster?
Republicans are still coming for your health care, Ron Johnson says.
Senate Republicans would hike taxes on the poorest 40%.
UN sets sights on plastic pollution, vowing to adopt agreement by 2024.
Russian invasion threatens Ukraine nuclear power plants...

FROMA HARROP p. 6
The old normal gets new appreciation
ART CULLEN p. 6
Finkenauer brings her blue-collar background to race against Grassley

ALAN GUEBERT p. 6
Global food chains face more uncertainty, more instability
GENE LYONS p. 7
On Ukraine, Republicans shift with the political wind
SARAH ANDERSON p. 7
Biden’s economic plans are solid, but we need action

JOHN YOUNG p. 7
A plunderer needs a pretext

DICK POLMAN p. 8
Is the State of the Union strong enough to extract more domestic sacrifice?

ROBERT KUTTNER p. 9
The inflation conundrum
JOEL D. JOSEPH p. 9
Vladimir Putin is a war criminal like Hitler

TOM CONWAY p. 10
Cross-border solidarity will forge economic justice
SONALI KOLHATKAR p. 10
There’s no sugarcoating Hershey’s abuse of workers and union-busting tactics
MARY SANCHEZ p. 11
Ukraine should shock us out of our immigration coma
DEAN BAKER p. 11
Reducing oil prices without ruining the environment: Pay people not to drive
PHYLLIS BENNIS p. 11
The best way to help Ukraine is diplomacy, not war
RICHARD D. WOLFF p. 12
The American political process is disconnected from economic reality

KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL p. 12
We must end the war on Ukraine — and put an end to perpetual wars
BONNY GARDNER p. 13
How Donald Trump conned his blue-collar base

ROBERT B. REICH p. 13
The Putin-Trump axis
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
What’s needed now is a push for peace
DR. CINTLI p. 14
Multiple crises bring out the best and worst in us

HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
The poor: Attention must be paid

SAM URETSKY p. 15
AIDS is back

KIMBERLY SHAPPLEY p. 15
I’m a Christian mom and I love my trans daughter

WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
Dollars and sense

ERIC BOEHLERT p. 16
Will GOP’s Putin bromance hurt them in November? Press couldn’t care less
JASON SIBERT p. 16
Russia’s invansion of Ukraine didn’t have to happen

JUAN COLE p. 17
UN Climate Panel: 50% of species have fled toward poles, as extinctions and food and water shortages burgeon
DAVID J. SCHMIDT p. 17
Do we actually care about the victims of war? The selective nature of ‘solidarity with Ukraine’

JAMIE STIEHM p. 18
Biden meets the moment in the house
JOE CONASON p. 18
Today’s sinister echo of ‘America First’
BARRY FRIEDMAN p. 18
Anhedonia, or things I used to like
RALPH NADER p. 19
California consumer advocates counterattack at corporate crime and control
TED RALL p. 19
It’s the inflation, stupid
BOB BURNETT p. 20
Ten questions about Urkaine
SETH SANDRONSKY p. 20
California cautiously charts recovery from COVID-19 pandemic

FILM REVIEW/Ed Rampell p. 21
Undergrads of the world, unite!

EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
The meaning behind Brian Flores’s new job
SATIRE/Rosie Sorenson p. 21
Russia on the rampage: Time to hide under our desks again

AMY GOODMAN p. 22
Putin’s war on Ukraine could spark a nuclear catastrophe
BONNIE JEAN FELDKAMP p. 22
How I ‘Zoom’ through deadlines every week with friends
DANA MILBANK p. 23
Republicans are so eager to see Biden fail that they’d let Putin succeed
GENE NICHOL p. 23
The Ukraine rising

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