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COVER/Nicole Carr and p. 1
Lucas Waldron, ProPublica
How school board meetings became flashpoints for anger and chaos across the country
EDITORIAL p. 2
Trump enablers get desperate
JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
Why you can’t believe a word anti-abortion politicos say.
What if George Washington or Sam Adams ran for president?
Stay hydrated, they say — unless you’re a construction worker.
The Supreme Court: A nest of clueless, overprivileged elites
FRANK LINGO p. 3
Blood batteries power our phones
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
DON ROLLINS p. 4
Is Black activism in shift?
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
This summer, don’t spread your carbon
DISPATCHES p. 5
No wonder Republicans believe in conspiracy theories.
If anyone benefits from Trump’s indictments, it’s Biden.
Dems’ growing dominance in college towns upends Republicans’ path to victory.
GOP spending cuts would kill 500,000 jobs, slam brakes on economy.
DeSantis attacks on Florida’s New College hit home as faculty flee.
Dems keep ahead of Trump’s pace with judicial nominees ...
FROMA HARROP p. 6
Is Elon’s problem simply loneliness?
ART CULLEN p. 6
Get me some more duct tape
ALAN GUEBERT p. 6
Climate change delay is climate change denial
GENE LYONS p. 7
Puritanism and power
DEB SITARSKY p. 7
What decades of social work taught me about poverty
JOHN YOUNG p. 7
My eye test for college admissions and hiring
GENE NICHOL p. 8
The Trumpian question for UNC administrators
JOE CONASON p. 9
That ‘missing’ Republican witness is on the lam
DICK POLMAN p. 9
His fraudulency will soon be charged with new felonies. Some of his coup toadies already have.
MITCHELL ZIMMERMAN p. 9
The Supreme Court’s gone rogue and Americans are suffering for it
TOM CONWAY p. 10
Suriving record heat
BELLA DEVAAN p. 10
Young people can’t sit on the sidelines on Social Security
DANIELLE BROWNE p. 10
Cultivating the next crop of America’s farmers
MARY SANCHEZ p. 11
When is a heartbeat a heartbeat? Not when Iowa’s GOP says so
ROBERT KUTTNER p. 11
Radical problems and liberal solutions
PAUL ARMENTANO p. 11
Cannabis laws are changing. Drug testing must change too
SONALI KOLHATKAR p. 12
It’s not that hard to solve homelessness
KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL p. 12
The private equity takeover of hospice care
THOM HARTMANN p. 13
Are GOP governors killing their citizens to protect billionaires?
ROBERT B. REICH p. 13
I knew Robert F. Kennedy, and you’re no Robert F. Kennedy
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
It is time to act
DR. CINTLI p. 14
There is no such thing as humane bombs
SETH SANDRONSKY p. 14
Cal State University employees rally for better pay and benefits
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
A new colonialism, a new raw material: Nurses
SAM URETSKY p. 15
AI can help make drugs better
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
Stealth revolution in health care
GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet p. 16
The nuclear debate
JOEL D. JOSEPH p. 16
Reopen the port of Odesa
JUAN COLE p. 17
Former Israeli PM Olmert calls on Biden to boycott extremist Israeli government, as generals and national union also shun it
N. GUNASEKARAN p. 17
The ill-effects of NATO’s eastward movement
JAMIE STIEHM p. 18
Heaven and Earth: One hot strike summer
BARRY FRIEDMAN p. 18
Trump’s luck
SATIRE/Rosie Sorenson p. 18
Cage match, Libertarian style
RALPH NADER p. 19
Suggestions for progressives to become stronger
TED RALL p. 19
Democrats and Republicans ‘stole’ over 35 million votes from Greens and Libertarians in 2020
MARJORIE “SLIM” WOODRUFF p. 20
Too many tourists follow a leader
ROB PATTERSON p. 20
I’m bullish as hell on ‘The Bear’
ELWOOD WATSON p. 20
Republicans had a pretty racist week
FILM REVIEW/Ed Rampell p. 21
‘Oppenheimer’ doesn’t fully depict atomic bomb’s consequences
EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
The end of the New York Times sports page is a tragedy
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
Climate reparations won’t kill us, but the heat will
BONNIE JEAN FELDKAMP p. 22
Take a minute to remember how far you’ve come
DANA MILBANK p. 23
In this House of Lies, there’s a conspiracy around every corner
ALEXANDRA PETRI p. 23
But have we considered ... tyranny?
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