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COVER/Sarah Jane Tribble p. 1
Rural hospitals feel the pinch as Medicare Advantage plans grow
EDITORIAL p. 2
Don’t panic on Joe Biden
JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
A Supreme Court of ethical weasels.
Instead of utility greed, how about some energy sanity?
Chap Ambrose versus Elon Musk — I’m betting on Chap.
The secretive presidential primary that excludes you.
FRANK LINGO p. 3
International Energy Agency paints false rosy future
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
DON ROLLINS p. 4
Sports betting in Ohio: All bets are still on
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
Biden should withdraw
DISPATCHES p. 5
Trump’s ominous plan for revenge.
Telling the truth costs Meadows.
Gushing: US oil output under Biden beats Trump record.
Families go hungry since Republicans and Joe Manchin ended child tax credit.
Economy adds 150,000 jobs, unemployment stays below 4%.
Trump reminds workers how weird he is.
Republicans are tanking in battleground House districts.
FROMA HARROP p. 6
Montana turns into feudal estates
ART CULLEN p. 6
Listening to rural working families
ALAN GUEBERT p. 6
Now for the really hard, chaotic part
GENE LYONS p. 7
Speaker Johnson’s God and piety show
SARAH GERTLER p. 7
Americans need to hear more Palestinian voices
JOHN YOUNG p. 7
Thou shalt not impede gun hobbyists’ fun
POOJA SALHOTRA p. 8
COVID-19 funding halted rural hospital closures across Texas, until now
JOE CONASON p. 9
Mike Johnson seems nice
DICK POLMAN p. 9
The most pro-union president in history has scored another big win, in case anyone cares
LAURA CLAWSON p. 9
UAW wins for workers and the environment — and knocks down a favorite Trump talking point
DAVID McCALL p. 10
Pathway to the Middle Class
SAM PIZZIGATI p. 10
Is a ‘Mayday!’ now looming for our billionaire class?
SARAH ANDERSON p. 11
Why is Biden cracking down on stock buybacks in just one industry?
ROBERT KUTTNER p. 11
Debunking the latest attack on Social Security
THOM HARTMANN p. 12
Universal Basic Income: If it works for billionaires’ children, why not the poor?
KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL p. 12
How Osage Nation members struck back at decades of indigenous misrepresentation in the media
SONALI KOLHATKAR p. 13
What’s behind the Texas GOP’s latest attack on people of color?
ROBERT B. REICH p. 13
Does UAW strike win against Big Three mean pendulum swinging towards labor power?
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
Ceasefire in Gaza is imperative
SATIRE/Rosie Sorenson p. 14
A plan, a plan, our kingdom for a plan
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
The new pseudo-physician legislators
SAM URETSKY p. 15
Pick the right Medicare before you need it
SETH SANDRONSKY p. 15
Pfizer grows by merging with Seagen
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
Reaping what’s been sown
LEW KINGSBURY p. 16
Stop warrantless government spying now
WINSLOW MYERS p. 16
Gaza and Maine
JUAN COLE p. 17
If Gaza is a conflict over oil money investments, Norway points to a near future where petroleum is worthless
N. GUNASEKARAN p. 17
The unheard voice of the Global South
JAMIE STIEHM p. 18
Giant pandas make it all better — for a while
BARRY FRIEDMAN p. 18
The box of ducks
PAUL HELLWEG p. 18
Talk to a neighbor, feel better, save humanity
RALPH NADER p. 19
Mass media needs to probe deeper re: Israel/Gaza conflict
TED RALL p. 19
Israel is not acting in ‘self-defense’
DAVE MARSTON p. 20
Creative builders get rural housing done
ROB PATTERSON p. 20
A masterful examination of a music scene
ELWOOD WATSON p. 20
Matt Gaetz is right about the new Republican speaker
ED RAMPELL p. 21
An anti-racist cinematic masterpiece: ‘Stamped from the Beginning’
EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
For the people in the back: Anti-Zionism is not anti-semitism
GENE NICHOL p. 21
Mocking justice
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
Saving Palestinian lives will save Israeli lives
BONNIE JEAN FELDKAMP p. 22
The one where Matthew Perry determines his legacy
DANA MILBANK p. 23
A fifth-string Speaker suits up for House Republicans
ALEXANDRA PETRI p. 23
‘The problem is the human heart. It’s not guns.’
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