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COVER/George Kimbrell p. 1
Farmers, enviros sue EPA over Monsanto’s disastrous dicamba pesticide
EDITORIAL p. 2
Common sense is not enough
JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
What will the Trump mob kill next?
The South is rising again.
WILL DURST p. 3
Republican cherry picking
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
DON ROLLINS p. 4
Motel culture
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
Who will pay for the new economy?
DISPATCHES p. 5
Looking grim for organized labor at the Supremes;
Dreamers win a stay as Supreme Court tells Trump to get in line;
Hopes to save NAFTA dwindle;
Author: 1994 assault weapons ban cut massacres;
Estimate: GOP health care sabotage will increase premiums;
Dem rebuttal tears Nunes memo apart;
States join forces to build background check system;
Trump approval drops to record lows;
Dems won't endorse Lipinski:
Eric Holder, Dems sue Wis. Gov. over lack of special elections
...
FROMA HARROP p. 6
In November, Democrats need to be the third party
JONATHAN THOMPSON p. 6
Zinke moves to privatize public lands
ART CULLEN p. 6
Who actually cares about our workforce?
GENE LYONS p. 7
Trump couldn’t get cleared as a White House security guard
JILL RICHARDSON p. 7
Mass shootings shouldn’t be the only time we talk about mental illness
JOHN YOUNG p. 7
Turn the corner against gun-culture politics
ROBERT BOROSAGE p. 8
The real reason workers can’t get a raise
GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet p. 9
An American obsession
BOB BURNETT p. 9
Forecasting midterm elections in the West
MATTHEW ROZSA p. 9
Courts are manipulated by private debt collectors
LEO GERARD p. 10
Trump’s big infrastructure con
RICHARD ESKOW p. 10
A pledge to transform the Resistance, and America
MARY SANCHEZ p. 11
Today activist moms mourn gun violence; Tomorrow they fight
DEAN BAKER p. 11
A note to media: Don’t tell us Republicans care about deficits
MARK ANDERSON p. 11
Oh, snap! Trump has ideas about fixing welfare
AMANDA MARCOTTE p. 12
Trump’s immigration policy in brief: Total racist shutdown
JASON SIBERT p. 12
Trump’s presidency a tragedy for the commons
HEATHER DIGBY PARTON p. 13
Donald Trump Jr.’s Indian vacation: The family cash-grab continues
ROBERT B. REICH p. 13
Has the real meaning of America been lost?
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
Those who do nothing on gun control fail our children
WENONAH HAUTER p. 14
We are drowning in plastic, and fracking companies are profiting
IRENE TUNG and TEÓFILO REYES p. 14
Tips are for servers, not CEOs
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
A guide to Chimera-Land
SAM URETSKY p. 15
Budget cuts drive people crazy
BOOK REVIEW/Heather Seggel p. 15
Staying alive in the age of Trump
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
Trump’s goldilocks economy
JOHN BUELL p. 16
Beyond crackpot realism
JOEL D. JOSEPH p. 16
Sex, age and video games: What to blame for school violence
JUAN COLE p. 17
The age of total war in Syria
KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL p. 17
The nuclear posture review signals a new arms race
ROBERT KUTTNER p. 18
Robert Mueller has Trump cornered
JAMIE STIEHM p. 18
A joust on the president and the press
SETH SANDRONSKY p. 18
Teamsters declare sanctuary union
RALPH NADER p. 19
Shernoff, Bidart, and Echeverria — wide-ranging lawyers for the people
TED RALL p. 19
On the one hand, gun violence; On the other hand, gun control
SATIRE/Rosie Sorenson p. 19
Poor demented Uncle Sam
LUCIAN K. TRUSCOTT IV p. 20
How about you join the Army if you want to shoot guns?
ROB PATTERSON p. 20
Get to know songwriter Paul Kelly
MOVIES/Ed Rampell p. 21
Pan African Film Fest offers cinema’s other ‘Barrow Gang’
EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
LeBron James flips the script — again
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
Can renewed call for gun control spark anti-militarism movement?
CONNIE SCHULTZ p. 22
And the children shall lead us
DANA MILBANK p. 23
The Kochs try to kill unions. Be careful what you wish for
JOE CONASON p. 23
In Cuba, Trump’s hostility serves Kremlin
Cover illustration by Dolores Cullen
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This page posted March 3, 2017