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COVER/Cassandra Jaramillo, p. 1
Lauren McGaughy and Allie Morris
Promoters of election lies also hyped a hospital for Ukraine. That never happened either.
EDITORIAL p. 2
DeSantis in denial
JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
Welcome to the US house of crazies. How inequality happens.
FRANK LINGO p. 3
Let’s be more like bonobos
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
DON ROLLINS p. 4
Let’s not be the party of rote
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMIllen p. 5
Reduce the birth rate to control climate change
DISPATCHES p. 5
Red state Republicans push voucher-style ‘school choice’ assistance.
Job growth soars in January, as unemployment rate hits new half-century low.
Job growth in 2022 reflects strong but unevent economic recovery.
Unionization increased by 200,000 in 2022.
Florida female student athletes ask why they should report menstrual cycles.
Seething Rick Scott vows not to ‘back down’ after McConnell ejects him from key panel.
Calls for windfall tax grow as ExxonMobil smashes Big Oil profit record with $56 billion haul.
Court: Wife beating was legal when the Constitution was written, so wife beaters can own guns....
FROMA HARROP p. 6
Social Security on the cutting block?
ART CULLEN p. 6
Rural diner menu choices are limited
ALAN GUEBERT p. 6
US may have the muscle in a trade fight, Mexico may have the law
GENE LYONS p. 7
COP can’t stop failing with conspiracy investigations
TRACEY L. ROGERS p. 7
Teach Black history — don’t ban it
JOHN YOUNG p. 7
‘Equity’ is not a four-letter word
SAM PIZZIGATI p. 8
The clearest case for taxing billionaires yet
DICK POLMAN p. 9
The plot thickens: Top FBI guy who was probing Trump’s 2016 ties to Russia ... sold out to Russia.
JOE CONASON p. 9
What does Charlie McGonigal know about 2016?
ROBERT KUTTNER p. 9
The economy is doing great
TOM CONWAY p. 10
The threat of supreme injustice
KENNY STANCIL p. 10
‘Drought profiteers’ under fire as Wall Street targets Colorado River water
MARY SANCHEZ p. 11
The arrogance to expect ‘calm’ when police kill
DEAN BAKER p. 11
Biden gets a solid ‘A’ at his midterm
THOM HARTMANN p. 12
A media ceiling is about to fall in on Democrats
KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL p. 12
Biden’s foreign policy at 2: Is America back?
SONALI KOLHATKAR p. 13
Google’s stock climbed after it fired 12,000 employees — but what did they get out of it?
ROBERT B. REICH p. 13
Should Trump get back his giant megaphones?
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
We can’t accept mass murder
DR. CINTLI p. 14
Guns, hate & roses
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
Guns: Geico, Amica, Aetna to the rescue
SAM URETSKY p. 15
The health care system is failing its providers, too
PAMELA M. COVINGTON p. 15
Don’t let politicians cut housing aid
GENE NICHOL p. 16
A Democratic duty
N. GUNASEKARAN p. 16
Pakistan: ‘At the end of the road.’
JASON SIBERT p. 16
South Korea looks at getting its own nukes
JUAN COLE p. 17
US Sec. of State Blinken offers anesthesia while Palestinians are operated on by far-right Israeli government
LAWRENCE S. WITTNER p. 17
The Ukraine war and international law
JAMIE STIEHM p. 18
Blood on many Memphis hands: To be black at a traffic stop
BARRY FRIEDMAN p. 18
What if Hitler did meet the press
SETH SANDRONSKY p. 18
The criminalization of Emily
RALPH NADER p. 19
Drug price showdown time for Chairman Bernie Sanders
TED RALL p. 19
Hire back workers fired for refusing vaccine mandates
TIM LYDON p. 20
The housing crisis is harming my town
ROB PATTERSON p. 20
Who tells a favorite performer it’s time to go?
SATIRE/Rosie Sorenson p. 20
Wherefore art thou, Pinocchio
FILM REVIEW/Ed Rampell p. 21
Would Florida’s fascistic governor ban this play and burn the script?
EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
The enduring stench of Jerry Jones’s politics
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
The police murder of Tyre Nichols and the attack on Black history
BONNIE JEAN FELDKAMP p. 22
What’s more dangerous, a gang member or an activist? Documentary ‘The Holly’ shows how police punish both.
DANA MILBANK p. 23
House Republicans bring the bread and circuses
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