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COVER/Art Cullen p. 1
Breaking the Red Wall
EDITORIAL p. 2
Bill for Trump’s lies comes due
JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
What is a banker’s promise worth?
The debacle of ‘God’s army’ at Eagle Pass.
Abortion-ban extremists are using a slave law to repress women.
Where did our local newspapers go?
FRANK LINGO p. 3
Peace and the planet
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
DON ROLLINS p. 4
A puzzle, a wonder and a miracle
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
The weeds fight back. What’s next?
DISPATCHES p. 5
Trump underperformance in South Carolina is anti-MAGA triumph.
Trump’s weekend at CPAC was tour de force of bigotry and incompetence.
Childcare crisis grips US as IRS chief says wealthy tax dodgers cost $150B a year.
Trump will destroy health care, and his voters don’t care.
Make big money peddling COVID misinfo
Catholic leaders protest Texas AG’s lawsuit targeting El Paso migrant ministry.
FROMA HARROP p. 6
Parents who arm troubled kids finally face justice
ART CULLEN p. 6
Vilsack’s lament
ALAN GUEBERT p. 6
From ink to electrons, the retirement of print journalism
GENE LYONS p. 7
There’s nothing ‘normal’ about 2024
SARAH ANDERSON p. 7
Poor, low-income voters are a sleeping giant
JOHN YOUNG p. 7
Agent Orange’s inspiration: “Be like Vlad”
ANNIE SCIACCA p. 8
In California, faceoff between major insurer and health system shows hazards of consolidation
DICK POLMAN p. 9
Putin’s bootlicker condones political murder. He wants to bring Kremlin values to the White House.
JOE CONASON p. 9
Behind the special counsel smear of Biden
JOHN CULLEN p. 9
Old enough to know better
DAVID McCALL p. 10
Solidarity saved him
LES LEOPOLD p. 10
Did Wall Street just end the class war?
MARY SANCHEZ p. 11
Why my beloved Kansas City suffered a mass shooting
ROBERT KUTTNER p. 11
Dealing with the bad stewards
THOM HARTMANN p. 12
Why the corporate tax bracket should go back to 52%
KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL p. 12
It’s not just love that’s on the ballot
SONALI KOLHATKAR p. 13
Cash bail system violates due process
ROBERT B. REICH p. 13
The difference between leaders and thugs
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
Biden v. Trump, the reality is clear
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
Scrooge returns: No food for children during the summer
SAM URETSKY p. 15
Supreme Court takes on ballot access
FARRAH HASSEN p. 15
The rent is still too high
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
The empire reenergized
LINDSAY K. SAUNDERS p. 16
Having a child shouldn’t cause financial catastrophe
JAKE JOHNSON p. 16
Labor leaders condemn GOP fiscal commission as anti-worker ‘power grab’
JUAN COLE p. 17
Biden, tired of being called ‘Genocide Joe,’ finally blinks
GENE NICHOL p. 17
The attorney general’s jam
ELWOOD WATSON p. 17
Women and the future of politics
JAMIE STIEHM p. 18
Lincoln’s life lesson on saving democracy
BARRY FRIEDMAN p. 18
The summer of our discontent/party one
SATIRE/Rosie Sorenson p. 18
All Tuckered out
SUSAN HARLEY p. 18
Free tax filing: A crucial step toward unrigging our economy
RALPH NADER p. 19
Biden & Blinken — rule of illegal power over rule of law
TED RALL p. 19
What if we had $4.5 trillion a year to spend on ordinary people?
JOHN CLAYTON p. 20
You’re not the boss in wilderness
ROB PATTERSON p. 20
Max is anything but that
SETH SANDRONSKY p. 20
Book it: Reading about heterodox economics
FILM REVIEW/Ed Rampell p. 21
‘Kipkemboi’: Kenya’s genius, from a mud hut to Wall Street
EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
What the Super Bowl parade shooting has to do with the empire of the gun
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
Australia demands US, UK drop charges against Julian Assange
BONNIE JEAN FELDKAMP p. 22
The homeless crisis should not be treated as out of sight, out of mind
DANA MILBANK p. 23
Mike Johnson needs a cognitive test
ALEXANDRA PETRI p. 23
Walk a mile in the $399 Trump sneakers
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