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COVER/Hal Crowther p. 1
Send off the clown?
EDITORIAL p. 2
Democrats in array
JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
Pro-golfers dirty themselves by “sportswashing.”
How a clerical error made corporations ‘people.’
FRANK LINGO p. 3
Schizophrenic senate climate bill
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
DON ROLLINS p. 4
Leaving ‘em on the bench: A study in -ocracies
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
Those Erics in Missouri politics
DISPATCHES p. 5
Fox News struggles to deal with good economic news.
Right-wing think tank claims to be church; members of Congress want to investigate.
Whining Trump confirms FBI raids Mar-a-Lago.
Maternal and infant mortality is highest in states that are banning abortion.
McConnell says people forced to have children don’t deserve any more financial help.
Biden admin has reunited nearly 400 children taken from parents by Trump admin.
FROMA HARROP p. 6
Biden is obviously not too old
ART CULLEN p. 6
Take what you can get for the sake of sanity
ALAN GUEBERT p. 6
Forty billion green reasons to go green
GENE LYONS p. 7
The misinformation superhighway
SARAH ANDERSON p. 7
It’s time to crack down on excessive CEO pay
JOHN YOUNG p. 7
We know what the majority supports; will it vote?
DANA MILBANK p. 8
The latest Trump grift? Burying Ivana at their golf club.
ROBERT KUTTNER p. 9
The Kansas vote is a lot bigger than abortion
DICK POLMAN p. 9
Red-State Kansas sends a message to right-wing theocrats: Don’t mess with women’s bodies
JOE CONASON p. 9
The Republicans have a Nazi infestation
TOM CONWAY p. 10
Trade adjustment assistance: A bulwark for workers
DEDRICK ASANTE-MUHAMMAD p. 10
and BRIANA SHELTON
The great migration failed to bridge the racial wealth divide. What’s next?
JESSICA CORBETT p. 10
‘Distressing:’ Republicans support plot to purge federal workers
MARY SANCHEZ p. 11
Jim Thorpe — the misunderstood GOAT
DEAN BAKER p. 11
The semiconductor bill and the Moderna billionaires
SONALI KOLHATKAR p. 12
To reduce inflation, control corporate profits
KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL p. 12
If Democrats are losing the working class, it’s not because of the left
THOM HARTMANN p. 13
Is the GOP calling public schools ‘Communist’ just code for racism?
ROBERT B. REICH p. 13
Why the fed’s decision is dead wrong
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
Bill Russell was a champion and a hero
DR. CINTLI p. 14
Decoding modern LEL [Lying English Language]
SETH SANDRONSKY p. 14
In California, making pay equity and transparency the law
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
What would Pangloss do in this not-so-best of all worlds?
SAM URETSKY p. 15
Veterans burned by Republicans, return fire
ROCKY BARKER p. 15
Will salmon finally win this year?
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
Judicial dictatorship
AARON RUPAR p. 16
One Fox News Sunday clip illustrates the fundamental divide between the parties
JUAN COLE p. 17
Taken for a ride: Saudi-led OPEC+ snubs Biden with tiny oil increase, despite arms sales, fist bump
GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet p. 17
Living in the shadow of armageddon
SATIRE/Rosie Sorenson p. 17
Haulin’ ass with Josh Hawley
JAMIE STIEHM p. 18
Manchin: The man in the middle moves
BARRY FRIEDMAN p. 18
Guns and chicken parmesan
JASON SIBERT p. 18
Russia pushes nuclear threat to brink
RALPH NADER p. 19
Callers say ‘can’t get through’ — callees say ‘don’t want to let them through’
TED RALL p. 19
What are awards for?
BOOK REVIEW/Heather Seggel p. 20
Drifting toward the center
ROB PATTERSON p. 20
Documentary series revives the Sex Pistols
FARRAH HASSEN p. 20
Climate change threatens the most iconic US landscapes
MOVIE REVIEW/Ed Rampell p. 21
Waiting for Lito: Is love ageless and color blind?
EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
By attacking Brittney Griner, Trump signals to his base: ‘I’m still racist’
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
The US military burn pits’ other victims: Iraqi and Afghan civilians
BONNIE JEAN FELDKAMP p. 22
Memoirs like ‘Gender Queer’ remind us what is normal
DANA MILBANK p. 23
In the GOP, the paranoid fringe is becoming the establishment
MITCHELL ZIMMERMAN p. 23
Anti-abortion extremism is scaring voters. It should.
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