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COVER/Thom Hartmann p. 1
When Reagan’s racism saved lives: Armed Black men meant immediate gun control
EDITORIAL p. 2
Gun safety compromise
JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
The court’s new clothes. The corporate conspiracy on the court.
FRANK LINGO p. 3
Let’s finally go solar
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
DON ROLLINS p. 4
Rosemary Radford Reuther: Ecofeminist who stayed put
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
Concentrated animals on land and sea
DISPATCHES p. 5
Republicans close ranks against accountabiity.
Republicans wield inflation fears to distract from Jan. 6 guilt.
Bipartisan gun deal is a good start, like tying your shoes.
Sanders, Warren target rich to expand Social Security.
Mass shootings ‘something we have to live with,’ 44% of Republicans say.
Jan. 6 hearing reached more than 20 million.
South Dakotans crush GOP effort to sabotage Medicaid expansion.
FROMA HARROP p. 6
California Democrats had to educate the media
ART CULLEN p. 6
The light will come back on
ALAN GUEBERT p. 6
New signs of apocalypse: War, famine and Davos Man
GENE LYONS p. 7
Hey, MAGA folks: Define ‘great’
SARAH ANDERSON p. 7
Low-wage American taxpayers spent billions inflating CEO pay through stock buybacks
JOHN YOUNG p. 7
Big lie hearings will make memories
HAL CROWTHER p. 8
Slaughterhouse America
PERLA TREVIZO and JEREMY SCHWARZ p. 9
Settlement over troubled private border wall won’t stop flooding or erosion of Rio Grande shoreline, experts say
DICK POLMAN p. 9
Will Jan. 6 hearings sway minds and help save democracy?
AARON RUPAR p. 10
Trump’s direct involvement in a coup plotting session and other big takeaways from the first Jan. 6 hearing
JOE CONASON p. 10
Do Republicans really want to stop school shootings?
MARY SANCHEZ p. 11
Invoking Emmett Till’s 1955 murder for gun reform
DEAN BAKER p. 11
Soaring food and energy prices drive in flation higher in May
ROBERT KUTTNER p. 11
Bad doctor vs. bad patient
RICHARD D. WOLFF p. 12
There are better ways for societies to address inflation than by hiking interest rates
KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL p. 12
The Jan. 6 committee’s audience won’t match Watergate’s. But it should.
SONALI KOLHATKAR p. 13
Our country is trading children’s lives for guns
ROBERT B. REICH p. 13
How to make big banks like JPMorgan choose whether to be socially responsible
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
Trump’s big lie a threat to our democracy
DR. CINTLI p. 14
Gun culture as part of a political and religious crusade
SATIRE/Rosie Sorenson p. 14
A Monkey Pox on the house of Abbott
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
A nation of the mentally ill
SAM URETSKY p. 15
Abortion has a long history
ALISON HOLMES p. 15
We’ll all need home care someday
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
American oligarchs
JASON SIBERT p. 16
US foreign and trade policy must reflect reality
JUAN COLE p. 17
Ukraine War: Europe declares Independence of Russian petroleum, looks to mass transit, EVs to achieve “freedom” goal
BOB BURNETT p. 17
Everything is broken: 5 interventions
GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet p. 17
Which side are you on?
JAMIE STIEHM p. 18
Sharing a cell in history hell: Trump and Nixon
BARRY FRIEDMAN p. 18
A name by any other name
GENE NICHOL p. 18
The toughest work
RALPH NADER p. 19
Is corporate criminal law heading for extinction?
TED RALL p. 19
Our culture of violence comes from the White House
BOOK REVIEW/Ken Winkes p. 20
The Farmer’s Lawyer goes to the head of the class action
ROB PATTERSON p. 20
How can you refuse ‘the offer’?
FILM REVIEW/Seth Sandronsky p. 20
Fire Island
BOOK REVIEW/Ed Rampell p. 21
From Puritans to Trump, Harvey Wasserman analyzes the spiral of the far right in his new book
EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
The Tampa Bay Rays, Pride, and the perils of corporate branding
ROBERT P. ALVAREZ p. 21
Cancel student loan debt. Bail out regular people.
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
Our nation bleeds out while gun control remains dead on arrival in the Senate
BONNIE JEAN FELDKAMP p. 22
Why working together should matter to us all
DANA MILBANK p. 23
Trump will be gone, but the GOP’s ‘dishonor will remain’
MITCHELL ZIMMERMAN p. 23
America needs to see the reality of assault rifle murders
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