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COVER/Tom Cullen p. 1
What a trade war costs the farm
EDITORIAL p. 2
Foreign and domestic election hacks
JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
Monopoly or democracy?
Trump’s border policies undermine our democracy
WILL DURST p. 3
Putin’s puppet
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
DON ROLLINS p. 4
Rappers, slammers and duffers
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
Farmers go broke working for corporations
DISPATCHES p. 5
GOP wants to kill single-payer by scaring seniors;
Trump puts dozens of House seats in play—for Dems;
Trump tops 4,229 lies in August;
Inflation keeps going up, but wages are going down;
Labor wins right-to-work fight in Mo.;
New Trump ‘reform’: Make it easier for payday lenders to scam military families;
Socialism approval rises under Trump;
Bayer shares plunge after $289M cancer liability of merger partner Monsanto;
We're dangerously close to climate death spiral, new study warns;
Pettiest prez ever excludes mention of McCain at signing of bill named in his honor;
Collapse of Sinclair TV mega-merger a huge win for viewers
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FROMA HARROP p. 6
Female candidates must move beyond #MeToo
MARGIANA PETERSEN-ROCKNEY p. 6
Our food system isn’t broken, but this farm bill is
ART CULLEN p. 6
Julio is gone
GENE LYONS p. 7
Waiting for Trump to testify? Don’t hold your breath.
JILL RICHARDSON p. 7
The organic food industry thrives on regulation
JOHN YOUNG p. 7
Cyber-reality and he who cries ‘fake news’
JENNIFER BENDERY p. 8
Trump’s tariffs are screwing farmers. Many still won’t blame him.
JIM GOODMAN & SIENA CHRISMAN p. 9
A $12 billion PR stunt
JIM VAN DER POL p. 9
Hollowed-out communities and dispossessed people lifted Trump
JONATHAN COHN p. 10
Trump’s new Obamacare sabotage could really stick it to consumers
JESSICAH PIERRE p. 10
You’ve heard of the gender pay gap, but there’s more
MARY SANCHEZ p. 11
Plastic gun blueprints are out there; the guns themselves will follow
DEAN BAKER p. 11
Contrary to Trump’s claims, last quarter’s GDP growth was not ‘amazing’
BOB BURNETT p. 11
Trump supporters, hiding in plain sight
RICHARD ESKOW p. 12
An economy in the fast lane — with no brakes
LEO GERARD p. 12
Republicans: Up is down, Medicare is safe
HEATHER DIGBY PARTON p. 13
Donald Trump digs himself into deeper trouble — and his voters are finally noticing
ROBERT B. REICH p. 13
Trump sees foreign danger in the wrong places
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
What LeBron James understands about the presidency and Trump doesn’t
BASAV SEN p. 14
Want to create jobs? Reduce fossil fuel use
KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL p. 14
Trump’s privatization plan would destroy the Postal Service
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
Breasts: Allure and utility
SAM URETSKY p. 15
Getting old and going under
BOOK REVIEW/Seth Sandronsky p. 15
Rethinking hi-tech
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
The two populisms
JOHN BUELL p. 16
Crime of the century or garden-variety hack?
BOOK REVIEW/Heather Seggel p. 16
Seedlings of change
JUAN COLE p. 17
Saudi Arabia bullies Canada with economic threats for criticizing its horrible human rights record
NORMAN SOLOMON p. 17
GOP and corporate dems gain when democrats run against Putin
JOE CONASON p. 18
Is ‘Q’ the greatest hoax of all time?
JAMIE STIEHM p. 18
Old, wise and powerful: DiFi, RBG and Madame Speaker
ROBERT KUTTNER p. 18
Yes, Democrats need to run left — on economics
RALPH NADER p. 19
Apple’s CEO Tim Cook — Serf labor, overpriced iPhones, and wasted burning profits
TED RALL p. 19
The Russia-Trump collusion conspiracy theory is a dead letter
YOLANDA PARKER p. 19
I grew up in the segregated South. For me, Supreme Court rulings are personal.
MARK ANDERSON p. 20
Time to turn the page on electronic voting?
ROB PATTERSON p. 20
Spy shows explore shadows and half lights
SATIRE/Rosie Sorenson p. 20
The art of the steal
MOVIE REVIEW/Ed Rampell p. 21
Infiltrate hate: Spike Lee’s ‘BlacKkKlansman’
CHRIS PETERSEN p. 21
I’m a small farmer from Iowa. Why does Trump want to take my health care?
EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
LeBron shows Trump what winning really looks like
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
Resistance is in the air
CONNIE SCHULTZ p. 22
Good golly, Ohio
DANA MILBANK p. 23
Journalists are playing into Trump’s hands
EMILY SCHWARTZ GRECO p. 23
Remembering Donald Kaul
Cover illustration by Dolores Cullen
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