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COVER/Chauncey DeVega p. 1
White supremacists to Trump: Welcome Back! We still love you
EDITORIAL p. 2
Lack of trust shut down government
JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
What’s killing America’s middle class?
Who really pays for corporate subsidies?
WILL DURST p. 3
A few 2018 predictions
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
DON ROLLINS p. 4
Polls track Trump’s empathy problem
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
Time to capture the narrative
DISPATCHES p. 5
‘Citizens United’ may have helped Russians funnel dark money to NRA;
White House might start deporting Dreamers March 5;
Talk shows largely ignore women’s marches;
Repubs fear blue wave;
Paul Ryan gets $500K payday after billionaire tax cuts;
Pa. court strikes down GOP gerrymander, orders new congressional maps for 2018;
Trump fade 2,140 false or misleading claims in first year;
3.2M Americans lost health insurance in 2017;
Bank of America, flush with tax cut windfall, increases fees on low-income customers;
Zinke's 'political stunt' on offshore drilling backfires;
Republican senator blames Medicaid for opioid epidemic;
Ky. gov. says he'll shut down Medicaid for 500,000 if work requirements are challenged
...
FROMA HARROP p. 6
Democrats need to stop ingesting the Right’s propaganda
SHARON SALISBURY O’TOOLE p. 6
Justice in the age of the Bundys
ART CULLEN p. 6
Why do we want them?
GENE LYONS p. 7
What happened to Women’s Agency?
JILL RICHARDSON p. 7
There are no s—-hole countries
JOHN YOUNG p. 7
For that red ball cap: ‘Make America white again’
AMANDA MARCOTTE p. 8
Trump seems likely to kill any immigration compromise: So now what?
BOB BURNETT p. 8
What to expect in 2018
BENJAMIN Y. FONG and DUSTIN GUASTELLA p. 9
America needs a healthcare system built for care, not profit
MARK ANDERSON p. 9
‘King’s Bench’ may foil fraudulent debt collections
RICHARD ESKOW p. 10
When will Democrats start #resisting GOP voter suppression?
MIKE KUHLENBECK p. 10
Iowa Gubernatorial candidate stresses progressive change
MARY SANCHEZ p. 11
Yep, he’s a racist all right. Now what are we going to do about it?
DEAN BAKER p. 11
State employer side payroll taxes and loser liberalism
MITCHELL ZIMMERMAN p. 11
Law, order, and the Dreamers
FRANCES MOORE LAPPÉ and ADAM EICHEN p. 12
A powerful economic justice movement is brewing, even in this dark time
JESSICAH PIERRE p. 12
America, Oprah is not your savior
HEATHER DIGBY PARTON p. 13
Lindsey Graham thought he had Trump tamed — but got played instead
ROBERT B. REICH p. 13
Let’s not use euphemisms for conduct unbecoming a president
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
Trump doesn’t understand what makes America truly great
WENONAH HAUTER p. 14
Candidates for Congress want to win in 2018 on a platform of decisive climate action
KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL p. 14
Will our endless wars fuel the next Populist revolt?
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
The fat age
SAM URETSKY p. 15
Pharma can buy hasty FDA reviews of new drugs
LEEANN HALL p. 15
Trump’s gift for the unemployed: Kicking them off health care
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
Greed rewarded
JOHN BUELL p. 16
The bipartisan fallacy
KENT PATERSON p. 16
An explosive election year kicks off in Mexico
JUAN COLE p. 17
Turkey threatens war against US/Kurdish force in Syria
ROBERT KUTTNER p. 18
How do you say s**thole in Norwegian?
JOHN L. MICEK p. 18
One year in, Trump remains his own worst enemy
JAMIE STIEHM p. 18
Pitch-dark Democracy: Perfect for Trump
RALPH NADER p. 19
Twitter rock star Obama’s silence must delight Trump
TED RALL p. 19
So what if Trump is an a-hole? All presidents have been a-holes
SETH SANDRONSKY p. 19
Tax cuts don’t guarantee wage hikes
INGRID ROJAS CONTRERAS p. 20
I became an American the day Trump made his ‘s***hole countries’ comment
ROB PATTERSON p. 20
Cop shows have family appeal
SATIRE/Rosie Sorenson p. 20
Roll over, George Carlin
MOVIES/Ed Rampell p. 21
Raiders of the First Amendment: Spielberg’s ‘The Post’ is masterful storytelling starring free speech — and a woman leader
EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
Jaylen Brown and the Evolution of the activist athlete
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
Trump’s roundup of immigrant leaders has begun
CONNIE SCHULTZ p. 22
Quote the president, and skip the asterisks
DANA MILBANK p. 23
I know Glenn Simpson. He’s not a Hillary Clinton hit man.
Cover illustration by Dolores Cullen
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This page posted January 27, 2017