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COVER/Robert Borosage p. 1
How to build a progressive populist movement from the ground up
EDITORIAL p. 2
Check the Lying King
JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
A plutocratic coup.
Patience and secrecy in the Kochs’ complex conspiracy.
WILL DURST p. 3
His own worst enemy
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
DON ROLLINS p. 4
Paul Ryan and the unintentional prophet
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
Dairies are squeezed to the limits
DISPATCHES p. 5
NRA tries to distance itself from Russia by hiring man known for working with foreign adversaries;
Trump exploring new ways to hurt people;
Report: Trump team hired spy firm for ‘dirty ops’ on Iran deal;
Consumers will pay for Trump sabotage of ACA;
Trump voters hurt most by Trump policies, study finds
Americans spend time in ICE prison trying to prove citizenship;
Newest attack on Roe v. Wade: Abortion opponents are done being subtle;
Trump administration stops short of most restrictive Medicaid proposal;
Texas officials ignore dioxin spread in Houston waterways
...
FROMA HARROP p. 6
The right lesson to take from the Alfie Evans tragedy
FORREST WHITMAN p. 6
Making do when the gas goes out
ART CULLEN p. 6
They’ve built a sham.
GENE LYONS p. 7
Neighbors accomplish what government can’t, or won’t
JILL RICHARDSON p. 7
‘The Art of the Deal’ was a lie
JOHN YOUNG p. 7
Your swamp water is served
BOB BURNETT p. 8
‘Christians’ go astray
MICHELANGELO SIGNORILE p. 9
Chaplain ouster shows what version of Christianity controls GOP
ROQUE PLANAS p. 9
Jeff Sessions wants to make the Justice Department more like ICE
LEO GERARD p. 10
Protect the workers who save our lives
SETH SANDRONSKY p. 10
Worker safety is not assured in US
NIJMIE DZURINKO p. 10
Fighting back in the war on the poor
MARY SANCHEZ p. 11
Kansas adoption bill seeks to enshrine faith-based discrimination
DEAN BAKER p. 11
Making finance pay
GREG BAILEY p. 11
Trumpian chaos plays out with Missouri’s embattled governor
AMANDA MARCOTTE p. 12
Are Republicans serious about getting people to work? If so, there are real options.
SAM PIZZIGATI p. 12
What ‘Toys R Us’ teaches us about taxes
HEATHER DIGBY PARTON p. 13
Trump’s tournament of corruption: Mick Mulvaney and Scott Pruitt still in the lead
ROBERT B. REICH p. 13
How Democrats can stop Trump (And prevent future Trumps)
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
Face the truth to move toward reconciliation
GENE NICHOL p. 14
Pence and taxes
EBONY SLAUGHTER-JOHNSON p. 14
This is the wrong time to cut back on public housing
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
The greatest health scourge: Religious persecution
SAM URETSKY p. 15
Antibiotic resistance: The bugs are gaining on us
JOEL D. JOSEPH p. 15
Needed: An elected attorney general and an independent justice department
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
The mythology of trade
JOHN BUELL p. 16
Good jobs in a neoliberal era?
FRAN TEPLITZ p. 16
Corporations should have to hear from owners
JUAN COLE p. 17
Netanyahu: Don’t look at us shooting children, look over there at Iran
KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL p. 17
The ‘People’s Pulitzers’ salute those who give voice to the powerless
JOE CONASON p. 18
No, Mr. President, the roast must go on
JAMIE STIEHM p. 18
Burning down the press dinner
ROBERT KUTTNER p. 18
The great Republican tax cut backfire
RALPH NADER p. 19
Citizen-Mayor Gayle roars through Richmond, California
TED RALL p. 19
Ban drones
BOOK REVIEW/Heather Seggel p. 20
Life in the wild fracking upper Midwest
ROB PATTERSON p. 20
Looming Tower
SATIRE/Rosie Sorenson p. 20
Last man standing: Kevin J. from Boise, Idaho
THEATRE REVIEW/Ed Rampell p. 21
Enter stage left: ARULA’s onstage revolution continues
EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
Donald Trump and Jack Johnson would have despised one another
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
Kanye West should visit the Montgomery Slavery Memorial and take his friend, President Trump, with him
CONNIE SCHULTZ p. 22
Well, good for Michelle Wolf, anyway
DANA MILBANK p. 23
The media ought to be ashamed. Here’s how to redeem ourselves.
CHUCK COLLINS p. 23
My advice for high school graduates: Learn a trade
Cover illustration by Dolores Cullen
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This page posted May 11, 2017