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COVER/Richard Eskow p. 1
Koch caucus continues assault on healthcare
EDITORIAL p. 2
Stupid makes a comeback
JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
Activism is the only hope of restoring America’s democratic principles.
A clueless dealmaker’s deal goes down.
Real news.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
DON ROLLINS p. 4
Dorothy Day: the making of a reluctant saint
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
Time for yet another debate on health care
DISPATCHES p. 5
TPP managing editor wins Pulitzer Prize;
Gorsuch could prove double-edged ‘win’ for Trump;
Trump’s national security adviser says ‘we’re prepared to do more’ in Syria;
Trump administration isn’t finished rolling back environmental regs; renewable energy shatters records;
Drops in solar, wind costs flip global power market;
China grants trademarks for Trump massage parlors, bars and escort services;
Farmes protest Trump's reversal of climate change progress;
EPA staff 'openly mocking' Trump enviro policies, says retiree
...
FROMA HARROP p. 6
Liberals find community, and that could be big
STEPHEN CAPRA p. 6
We’re creating a world with just us humans
JAMES A. HAUGHT p. 6
Nine-tenths of coal miners are gone
GENE LYONS p. 7
How Arkansas went from blue state to red
JILL RICHARDSON p. 7
Feeding one kid, starving the family
JOHN YOUNG p. 7
Launching missiles from ‘Oppositeville’
GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet p. 8
Building on a healthcare win
LEO GERARD p. 9
A soulless man cannot serve justice
KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL p. 9
Fifty years later, King’s warning still resonates
DAVE JOHNSON p. 10
Trade is Trump’s biggest broken promise
DAVE JOHNSON p. 10
Antitrust under Trump: Monopolies grow, people lose
JOEL D. JOSEPH p. 10
12 things Trump should know about trade
MARY SANCHEZ p. 11
Trump’s words betray his true intent
DEAN BAKER p. 11
Filling in the magic asterisk: The Republican tax reform proposal
JOSH HOXIE p. 11 A tax plan only a one percenter could love
MARK WEISBROT p. 12
Medicaid saved Obamacare, and single-payer health insurance may be on the agenda
BOB BURNETT p. 12
Inside Devin Nunes
HEATHER DIGBY PARTON p. 13
A moment of great danger
ROBERT B. REICH p. 13
Trump cranks up the fog machine
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
In troubled times, some struggle for a better nation
SIMON MALOY p. 14
Launching missiles turns bumbling liar into decisive leader in D.C.
MARK ANDERSON p. 14
Who will decide for whom fresh water flows?
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
Escaping Mephistopheles
SAM URETSKY p. 15
Research cuts hurt
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
Republicans just don’t care
JOHN BUELL p. 16
The politics of full employment
SETH SANDRONSKY p. 16
California post-ACA considers single-payer
JUAN COLE p. 17
Washington’s hypocrisy on chemical weapons and civilian deaths
N. GUNASEKARAN p. 17
Will Trump’s climate policies retard Asia?
JOE CONASON p. 18
First step down a dangerous path in Syria
DANA MILBANK p. 18
Mitch McConnell, the man who broke America
JAMIE STIEHM p. 18
Senate changes its ways for Gorsuch
RALPH NADER p. 19
Trumpcare crash opens door to Medicare for all
TED RALL p. 19
Five things Democrats could do to save their party (but probably won’t)
ROBERT KUTTNER p. 19
Needed: A Democratic shadow cabinet
ERIC BOEHLERT p. 20
Media must choose: If Trump’s not a liar, he’s delusional
MARTHA BURK p. 20
A new way to close the gender pay gap
ROB PATTERSON p. 20
Grief over celebrity deaths
MOVIES/Ed Rampell p. 21
‘American Auschwitz’: Trump’s ‘final solution’ to the immigrant question
ROSIE SORENSON p. 21
Twister, anyone?
EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
Victory! USA Women’s hockey team just won their strike
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
In Trump’s America, your privacy is for sale
CONNIE SCHULTZ p. 22
Really, O’Reilly
GARRISON KEILLOR p. 23
The beauty of adversity
WILL DURST p. 23
Trump is breaking (the) news
Cover illustration by Dolores Cullen
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, 2017