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COVER/Bill Moyers and Michael Winship p. 1
We need truth about Trump and Russia now
EDITORIAL p. 2
Trump’s alt reality
JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
We can beat back the reign of Trump.
Searching for integrity in Trumplandia.
WILL DURST p. 3
2017 Resolutions I hope people made
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
JOSH HOXIE p. 4
Health care repeal is a stealth tax break for millionaires
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
Where did your grain come from?
DISPATCHES p. 5
Dems will fight right-wing court nominee;
Trump would convert Medicaid to block grants;
GOP sens. propose giving states option on Obamacare;
Canadians denied entry for Women’s March;
Trump's inauguration TV ratings worst in 40 years;
Trump makes homebuying more expensive;
Trump picks ‘net neutrality’ foe as FCC head;
Group aims at recruiting, training, supporting young people to run for office;
Trump has high disapproval ratings;
Trump faces lawsuit for violating
Constitution;
Abortion rate hits all-time low, not because of restrictions
...
FROMA HARROP p. 6
When Trump goes low, media can go away
MAYA L. KAPOOR p. 6
With more monuments, Republican backlash mounts
JILL RICHARDSON p. 6
A war on regulations
GENE LYONS p. 7
Putin praise could have disastrous results for NATO, US
DON ROLLINS p. 7
Faith communities pray for the best, prepare for the worst
JOHN YOUNG p. 7
No shiny shoes at this inaugural ball
SEAN MCELWEE p. 8
What is to be done?
ILANA NOVICK p. 9
Time to put the pressure on
RICHARD ESKOW p. 10
Booker and big pharma dems have no excuse for vote against drug imports
LEO W. GERARD p. 10
Speak loudly and carry a big aluminum bat
THOM HARTMANN p. 10
The Trump story the media dare not utter
MARY SANCHEZ p. 11
Did we expect too much from Obama on race?
DEAN BAKER p. 11
Republican part-time nation: going involuntary
AMANDA MARCOTTE p. 12
Sorry, liberals: Donald Trump really plans to silence and intimidate dissenters
BOB BURNETT p. 12
Lessons liberals learned
HEATHER DIGBY PARTON p. 13
Donald Trump’s ‘Law and Order’ obsession
ROBERT B. REICH p. 13
Trump’s plan to neuter the White House press corps
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s reflection and action
LEEANN HALL p. 14
Why this price is wrong
SIMON MALOY p. 14
GOP’s new Obamacare-repeal debacle
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
Introducing personhood
GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet p. 15
The big con
JOEL D. JOSEPH p. 15
Why self-driving cars will fail
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
The art of the con
JOHN BUELL p. 16
Meeting President Trump’s challenge at the grass roots
SETH SANDRONSKY p. 16
Reforming work on-demand in 2017
JUAN COLE p. 17
Trump feuds with Merkel, EU, BMW, NATO, China, CIA, but not with Putin
JOHN KIRIAKOU p. 17
I have come to the conclusion the country does not need a CIA
JOE CONASON p. 18
The hostile transition of power
KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL p. 18
Media, don’t play Trump’s game of divide and conquer
DANA MILBANK p. 18
Is this what we’ve come to, America?
RALPH NADER p. 19
An open letter to President-elect Donald Trump
TED RALL p. 19
Life under Trump
FR. DONNELL KIRCHNER p. 20
Practicing respectful free speech
ROB PATTERSON p. 20
Sober reading
ROSIE SORENSON p. 20
I am NOT a sissy
MOVIES/Ed Rampell p. 21
Framing philosophy: Good grief!
EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
Athletes shouldn’t visit Trump’s White House
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
The long ordeal of whistleblower Chelsea Manning
CONNIE SCHULTZ p. 22
He gave his daughter a Kindle and filled it with books
GARRISON KEILLOR p. 23
Here comes president whiz
MARC MUNROE DION p. 23
No socks, no class
Cover illustration by Dolores Cullen
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This page posted January 28, 2017