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COVER/Richard Heinberg p. 1
Can we abandon pollutive fossil fuels and avoid an energy crisis?
EDITORIAL p. 2
Better angels needed
JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
The inflation blame game. Bovine excrement.
FRANK LINGO p. 3
Beware of fakers in green investing
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
DON ROLLINS p. 4
Reforms for returnees
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
Suspicious machinery
DISPATCHES p. 5
McConnell tried to tamp down GOP talk of passing federal abortion plan; he failed.
Texas governor wants to deny immigrants free school.
Roe supporters: 50% ‘surprised’ it might be overturned.
ISPs under fire for sabotaging Biden FCC nominee as White House touts broadband program.
April jobs report shows continuing strong job creation.
Tulsa race riot reparations lawsuit moves forward.
Trump wanted to fire missiles into Mexico.
Indiana man charged with murdering his wfie wins GOP primary from jail ...
FROMA HARROP p. 6
Dreaming of better streaming
ART CULLEN p. 6
Iowa in the eye of storm over the future of food
ALAN GUEBERT p. 6
Lost in the pandering, posturing weeds
GENE LYONS p. 7
McCarthy is just another brick in Trump’s crumbling wall
WENONAH HAUTER p. 7
Price controls could tame inflation
JOHN YOUNG p. 7
Staggering toll of willfull negligance
ROBERT KUTTNER p. 8
Fake populist meets real populist
OLIVIA ALPERSTEIN p. 9
Nothing is more personal than the right to control your own body
GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet p. 9
Abortion rights is only the first salvo
DICK POLMAN p. 9
Justice Alito’s jihad against women proves that senate confirmation hearings are worthless
TOM CONWAY p. 10
Outsourcing children’s safety
RICHARD BYBEE p. 10
Republicans speak for themselves in attacking basis of democracy
MARY SANCHEZ p. 11
No, Derek Chauvin wasn’t just one bad apple
DEAN BAKER p. 11
The surge in imports and drop in GDP; offloading the ships lined up offshore
JOHN L. MICEK p. 11
The GOP’s anti-abortion crusade is not pro-family at all
JOEL D. JOSEPH p. 12
Fed up with the Fed
KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL p. 12
We can’t rely on billionaires to create necessary guardrails on social media
SONALI KOLHATKAR p. 13
How young workers are unionizing Starbucks
ROBERT B. REICH p. 13
Stopping the bullies
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
Gun violence rises as easy access to guns rises
DR. CINTLI p. 14
Wargames: ‘Shall we play?’
ROBIN FIELDS and ADRIANA GALLARDO, ProPublica p. 14
In a post-Roe America, expect more births — and also more maternal deaths
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
A capitalist conscience: Do ‘our better angels’ jibe with profits?
SAM URETSKY p. 15
Is there still a role for public health?
JOAN McCARTER p. 15
Republicans finally get around to pretending they care about life outside the womb
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
A tale of two healthcare systems
AARON RUPAR p. 16
The very simple reason Republicans are railing against leaks instead of celebrating the seeming demise of Roe
JUAN COLE p. 17
Climate emergency: India’s unprecedented heat wave blights wheat crops, adding to global bread shortages
BOB BURNETT p. 17
Ukraine: What we’ve learned
JAMIE STIEHM p. 18
How far the party fell into the abyss: From Hatch to McCarthy
BARRY FRIEDMAN p. 18
When I’m 65
JASON SIBERT p. 18
Nuclear-armed leaders are just as capable of acting irrationally as others
RALPH NADER p. 19
Against the Trumpian GOP onslaught — the Dems are like deer in the headlights
TED RALL p. 19
Better a pretend fight than none at all
JOSEPH B. ATKINS p. 20
Blame for the ‘special military operation’ in Ukraine: It’s complicated
ROB PATTERSON p. 20
Where have the magazines gone?
SETH SANDRONSKY p. 20
Unsafe employers endanger workers
ED RAMPELL p. 21
‘One Big Union’ returns to the big screen
EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
In defense of ‘Winning Time’
SATIRE/Rosie Sorenson p. 21
Don’t mess with the mouse
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
Will safe abortion fall victim to a supremely conservative court?
BONNIE JEAN FELDKAMP p. 22
How journalism is in search of its iPod solution
DANA MILBANK p. 23
Supreme Court hacks reward Republicans’ betrayal of democracy
GENE NICHOL p. 23
Supreme Court self-immolation
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