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COVER/Jennifer Oldham p. 1
Wildfires in Colorado are growing more unpredictable. Officials have ignored the warnings.
EDITORIAL p. 2
Clown car’s in gear
JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
The perverse vulgarity of book banning.
If you’re ‘not woke,’ doesn’t that mean you’re asleep?
2022: The year of the workers.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
DON ROLLINS p. 4
The proper and the questionable
KELSEY WELLINGTON p. 5
Wildlife watching has been getting a free ride
DISPATCHES p. 5
Unemployment falls to half-century low, but wage growth and inflation slows.
Democratic lawmakers push Biden to protect renters.
During Biden visit to border, Abbott cries he ‘desperately needs more money’ after wasting billiosn on stunts.
FTC proposes ban on noncompete clauses.
Report shows promise of greener jobs for former fossil fuel workers
Who could run to succeed Sen. Debbie Stabenow? Pretty much everybody ...
FROMA HARROP p. 6
Did Joe Biden ‘shut down’ American energy? Hardly
ART CULLEN p. 6
Gimme some of that old-time socialsim
ALAN GUEBERT p. 6
Commodity markets see winter thaw, securities markets remain in deep ice
GENE LYONS p. 7
The misinformation highway
FARRAH HASSEN p. 7
A year of global displacement
JOHN YOUNG p. 7
Two who flunked dictator school
DICK POLMAN p. 9
A New Year’s resolution: Do not underestimate Uncle Joe. Ever again.
DICK POLMAN p. 9
Burning down the house: For the gang that can’t govern, it’s been a long time coming.
TOM CONWAY p. 10
Living proof
JOE CONASON p. 10
Trump isn’t the only big lie grifter
JAKE JOHNSON p. 10
No matter who leads House GOP, advocates say, ‘They all want to cut your Social Security’
MARY SANCHEZ p. 11
A Trumpy Latino for the GOP — the implosion of George Santos
ROBERT KUTTNER p. 11
Who will talk Jay Powell off the ledge?
THOM HARTMANN p. 12
What the final stage of Reaganism looks like
SONALI KOLHATKAR p. 13
Fixing the broken American healthcare system is not actually hard
ROBERT B. REICH p. 13
Staying hopeful in a cynical time: Thoughts for the new year
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
The Jan. 6 Committee report is only the first chapter
DR. CINTLI p. 14
The unthinkable and inevitable civil war?
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
The battle for America’s soul: The dilemma of the poor
SAM URETSKY p. 15
Get the facts right on contraception
FRANK LINGO p. 15
Over-engineering food and energy
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
The real inflation
PETER ELKIND p. 16
What to know about cellphone radiation
JUAN COLE p. 17
2023 Prediction: The 2 major headaches for US foreign policy, aside from Russia, will be Israeli and Iranian fundamentalism
JOSEPH B. ATKINS p. 17
Geopolitical death in Ukraine
JAMIE STIEHM p. 18
New year’s light on lies clears the air
BARRY FRIEDMAN p. 18
Losing Trump
RALPH NADER p. 19
The New York Times is diminishing itself
TED RALL p. 19
How about equal time for the truth?
SATIRE/Rosie Sorenson p. 19
The great brain robbery, Elon style
GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet p. 20
Free speech, not corporate control
ROB PATTERSON p. 20
When politics becomes entertainment, call for Robert Draper
SETH SANDRONSKY p. 20
UC strike over, but questions remain over new contracts
FILM REVIEW/Ed Rampell p. 21
‘Chile ’76’
EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
The NFL just showed the world what it thinks of its players
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
Brazil has a new president, and a renewed chance to save the Amazon
BONNIE JEAN FELDKAMP p. 22
Why I need 2023 to pull me from last year’s wreckage
DANA MILBANK p. 23
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