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COVER/Hal Crowther p. 1
A whiter shade of pale?
EDITORIAL p. 2
GOP donors demand return on investment
JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
The GOP will free you from having health care.
Amazon buys out Whole Foods Market.
If Trump is so great, why is his approval rating so puny?
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
DON ROLLINS p. 4
Soft power, hard hearts and the bottom line
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
12 Steps for democracy
DISPATCHES p. 5
Donald Jr. admits Russian lawyer offered dirt on Hillary during campaign;
Trump follows Fox News in faulty attack against Comey;
Trump continues record pace for lying;
Likely EPA pick not conservative enough for climate deniers;
G19 outmaneuvers climate rogue Trump;
Republicans in several states reduce minimum wages;
Corporate media celebrate job loss;
TrumpCare will save Social Security $3B because of
the people it kills;
Hobby Lobby's stolen art may have financed Mideast terrorism
...
FROMA HARROP p. 6
‘Repeal now, replace later’ is really mean
PETER CARRELS p. 6
Land losses and lessons on the great plains
ART CULLEN p. 6
Where did all the cattle, and people, go?
GENE LYONS p. 7
With comfort animals, one size does not fit all
JILL RICHARDSON p. 7
America needs service workers — and they need health care
JOHN YOUNG p. 7
Mr. Fraud is on the trail of — voter fraud?
PAUL ROSENBERG p. 9
What next after the GOP’s massive health care fail?
RICHARD ESKOW
GOP ‘health’ bill: Death, disaster and gilded age greed
KENT PATERSON p. 10
Showdown in the battle for El Paso
PLAIN TALK/Dave Zweifel p. 10
GOP sabotage of Obamacare is the true cause of Anthem exiting exchange
MARY SANCHEZ p. 11
House immigration bills do nothing but wave a bloody shirt
DEAN BAKER p. 11
The Republican thieves who stole health care
BOOKS/Seth Sandronsky p. 11
Workplace democracy and its discontents
CONOR LYNCH p. 12
Now more than ever, Republicans are engaged in class warfare: Isn’t it time for Democrats to fight back?
KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL p. 12
Patriotism in the Trump era
HEATHER DIGBY PARTON p. 13
Tale of a traitor
ROBERT B. REICH p. 13
Trump’s escalating attacks on the press can’t be tolerated
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
Time for a citizens’ commission on defending the right to vote
WENONAH HAUTER p. 14
Don’t be fooled by rosy renewables projections
BOB BURNETT p. 14
Searching for the soul of the Democratic Party
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
Send in the wedding planners: Health care
SAM URETSKY p. 15
Billionaires have their uses in protecting democracy
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
Donkey in the doldrums and other tales
JOHN BUELL p. 16
The many faces of climate science denial
JUAN COLE p. 17
With CNN reporter attack video, Trump apes seedy dictators
JOEL D. JOSEPH p. 17
How to fix NAFTA
JOE CONASON p. 18
On July Fourth, a message for patriots
JAMIE STIEHM p. 18
On Madison, Trump and other presidents who burned the White House
JASON SIBERT p. 18
Defense establishment needs rent control
RALPH NADER p. 19
Driverless cars: Hype, hubris and distractions
TED RALL p. 19
Democrats want to lose the 2020 election
MARK ANDERSON p. 19
Congress stonewalls bill to stop funding terrorists
BOB CESCA p. 20
Meet the ‘Modern-Day President’: Donald Trump may have degraded the dignity of the office beyond repair
ROB PATTERSON p. 20
Maher wears thin on ‘Real Time’
MOVIES/Ed Rampell p. 21
‘The Big Sick’: Blondes still have more fun
SATIRE/Rosie Sorenson p. 21
Dear poor people: God is so not into you
EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
Colin Kaepernick shouldn’t have to beg to play in the NFL
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
Trump’s man with a plan ... to suppress the vote nationwide
CONNIE SCHULTZ p. 22
No recess for the American public
GARRISON KEILLOR p. 23
Dreadful things are afoot
WILL DURST p. 23
Eating crow now that America is great again
Cover illustration by Dolores Cullen
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This page posted July 14, 2017