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COVER/Heather Digby Parton p. 1
No denying Trump’s campaign of racism
EDITORIAL p. 2
Trade ire boosts Sanders
JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
To get America moving, tax financial transactions.
What happened to America’s train system?
Why the fence fantasy is a Republican farce.
Where does the GOP’s grouchiness come from?
Texas workers discover corporate giant’s shriveled heart.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
DON ROLLINS p. 4
Jim Brown’s cloudy skies
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
Farmers need to make a living
DISPATCHES p. 5
Republicans continue Court obstruction;
Iran: GOP tried to stall prisoner exchange;
Dem chair seeks to relax consumer protections on payday loans;
Low-tax states have lowest economic growth;
Jindal’s anti-tax fervor cripples La.;
Brownback's budget plan failing;
Dems keep control of Ky. House
FROMA HARROP p. 6
Sanders must level with his young voters
ELIZABETH SHOGREN p. 6
Scalia: SCOTUS leader against environment
JILL RICHARDSON p. 6
Walling off common sense
GENE LYONS p. 7
Clinton’s USA never stopped being great
EMILY SCHWARTZ GRECO p. 7
Al Gore moves to bright side
MARK ANDERSON p. 7
If ketchup were blood
ROBERT REICH p. 8
An open letter to the GOP establishment
DANIEL DENVIR p. 9
How to win the political revolution
SIMON MALOY p. 9
Clinton’s secret weapon against Trump
MATTHEW ROSZA p. 10
This Democratic civil war is going to end
ROBERT BOROSAGE p. 10
Super Tuesday: the beat goes on
MARY SANCHEZ p. 11
Feds ponder shaft for retirees in pension crisis
DEAN BAKER p. 11
We poisoned Flint kids to deny parents jobs
JOHN YOUNG p. 11
All right Mitch, the people will have their say
LEO GERARD p. 12
Lights go out at Lorain Steel Mill
JOE CONASON p. 12
For honest conservatives, it’s #NeverTrump
AMANDA MARCOTTE p. 13
Rubio and Cruz are the real monsters
KARL FRISCH p. 13
Who would ever agree to be Trump’s VP?
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
Build bridges, not walls
LIZ MURRAY p. 14
Paying for low-wage pollution
BOB BURNETT p. 14
Clinton vs. Trump: First impressions
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
Poor programs for poor people
SAM URETSKY p. 15
Econ wonks spar over Sanders proposals
GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet p. 15
Sanders right on free tuition, but wrong argument
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
Health care’s line in sand
JOHN BUELL p. 16
Scalia and SCOTUS coups, past and present
KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL p. 17
Why we must close Guantanamo now
JUAN COLE p. 17
Tehran is ‘liberated territory’ as pragmatists win
BOOK REVIEW/Seth Sandronsky p. 17
Tri-national inegration
ROBERT KUTTNER p. 18
Trump, Berlusconi and the populist moment
TINA DUPUY p. 18
The Hillary Clinton paradox
JOHN KIRIAKOU p. 18
What’s at stake in Apple’s privacy fight
PUBLIC INTEREST/Ralph Nader p. 19
Conundrums with Justice Scalia
TED RALL p. 19
FBI v. Apple is really about Snowden
JOHN KIRIAKOU p. 19
What’s at stake in Apple’s privacy fight
GARY LEGUM p. 20
Requiem for a ‘liberal news network’
ROB PATTERSON p. 20
Get smart TV
ED RAMPELL p. 20
Progies honor movies with left themes
EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
Thanks Melissa Harris-Perry
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
Race and felony disenfranchisement
CONNIE SCHULTZ p. 22
Abortions, withput any regrets
DONALD KAUL p. 23
The elephant in the race
POET/Michael Silverstein p. 23
The recovery schism
Cover illustration by Dolores Cullen
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This page posted March 12, 2016