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This issue in The Progressive Populist
COVER/Steven Greenhouse p. 1
Unions face the fight of their lives to protect American workers
EDITORIAL p. 2
Dems: Go big or stay home
JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
Trump’s new war
BEN LILLISTON p. 3
Farm Bill lost in Never-Never Land
WILL DURST p. 3
Many, many more questions for Trump
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
DON ROLLINS p. 4
How Zion (and the rest of the world) just became less safe
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
Big ag farms the government
DISPATCHES p. 5
Trump backs down, claims victory in trade war with China;
Gorsuch’s first major opinion allows bosses to steal from workers;
Speaker Ryan dives in to save NAFTA for big business;
Trump administration finds a sham election it doesn’t like;
White House goes all in comparing migrants to animals;
Breakthrough solar panel havests power from raindrops;
EU may forbid compliance with Trump sanctions on Iran;
Repubs aim at black people with Medicaid work requirements in Kentucky, Ohio, Michigan;
Feds lose track of 1,475 migrant children, some to traffickers
...
FROMA HARROP p. 6
Freeing predators to bilk little people hurts everyone
JACK GREENE p. 6
Students do the impossible in getting Utah to recognize climate change
ART CULLEN p. 6
Norris goes for broke with immigration, rural Iowa
GENE LYONS p. 7
Trump’s options narrow as show reaches climax
JILL RICHARDSON p. 7
The lesson I learned growing up Jewish
JOHN YOUNG p. 7
The art of being transparently corrupt
RICHARD D. WOLFF p. 8
Capitalism’s betrayal of the working class could be its undoing
MICHAEL TAILLARD p. 8
Unions and small businesses need each other
BOB BURNETT p. 9
Mueller inquiry status
MARK ANDERSON p. 9
Modest proposal for Congress to reclaim war authority
RICHARD ESKOW p. 10
Real corruption: The Scott Pruitt story
GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet p. 10
Donald Trump’s racist ideas
MARY SANCHEZ p. 11
Mullahs or MAGA — pick a side, says GOP
DEAN BAKER p. 11
Workfare for private equity crew?
BRIAN WAKAMO p. 11
Sick of predatory lenders? Get a loan from the Post Office!
HEATHER DIGBY PARTON p. 12
Trump’s bizarre ZTE Tweets: payback for a huge real estate deal in Indonesia?
KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL p. 12
Trump’s brutal policies target the most vulnerable Americans
AMANDA MARCOTTE p. 13
Religious right is shrinking itself: Overzealous Christianity is driving people away
ROBERT B. REICH p. 13
Trump’s drug plan shows he isn’t willing to take on big pharma
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
Trump’s ‘new deal for blacks’ was dealt from the bottom of the deck
SETH SANDRONSKY p. 14
A safe black space
NORAH VAWTER p. 14
Pipeline outrage is a human issue, not a political issue
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
Cheap insurance: Back to the future
SAM URETSKY p. 15
High drug costs are a major health threat
BOB LORD p. 15
Congress made it harder to give teachers raises
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
Applesauce
JOHN BUELL p. 16
Who is the real nuclear threat?
JUAN COLE p. 17
Can Palestinians be killed? Can Israelis kill them? Or do they only “die”?
GRAHAM F. WEST p. 17
Wider consequences of pulling out from Iran deal
JOE CONASON p. 18
Once again, Trump diplomacy serves Kremlin interests
JAMIE STIEHM p. 18
Trump breaks bread, glasses and party at lunch
ROBERT KUTTNER p. 18
Trump’s Iran decision has turned allies into adversaries
RALPH NADER p. 19
An open letter to Tim Cook, CEO of Apple, Inc.
TED RALL p. 19
Thanks to Trump’s perfidy, Iran is now on a higher moral plane than US
BOOK REVIEW/Heather Seggel p. 20
Put your brain back on track
ROB PATTERSON p. 20
‘Atomic Cafe’ good for another 35 years
SATIRE/Rosie Sorenson p. 20
Sheryl and Mark’s magical mystery mea culpa tour
ED RAMPELL p. 21
Good when she’s bad: Bawdy bard Mae West’s ‘sex’ appeals
EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
The affirmative case for Becky Hammon
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
The Catonsville Nine, 50 years later
CONNIE SCHULTZ p. 22
You, too, would do this to save the life of your child
DANA MILBANK p. 23
Hey, Democrats! What’s the big idea?
JESSICAH PIERRE p. 23
The moral revolution America needs
Cover illustration by Dolores Cullen
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