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COVER/Kevin Robillard p. 1
Democrats have a shot at winning the Senate — and blocking Trump’s court picks
EDITORIAL p. 2
Mean drunk justice
JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
Tracking Trump’s convoluted immigration policy.
Poverty Is Over! So why are Republicans so quiet about their chief economic accomplishment?
WILL DURST p. 3
Harassing the harassee
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
DON ROLLINS p. 4
College unrest: Why Joe Hill, Mother Jones and Cesar Chavez are smiling
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
You know the type. Do you want him on the court?
DISPATCHES p. 5
Kavanaugh fight turns Fox News white supremacist.
Kavanaugh accuser reacts to confirmation.
Prominent conservative says GOP must be destroyed.
GOP mulls Murkowski reprimand.
Dems have narrow edge in key House districts.
Climate report predicts crisis as early as 2040.
Dairy farmers say NAFTA redo won’t solve milk problems.
Postal unions fight privatization. Steel booming but workers fuming.
Steel is booming, but workers are fuming.
No 'States' Rights' fo Trump when California wants open internet.
FCC's 5G vote blasted as handout to carriers.
Trump attacks Dems for immigration billl that does't exist.
Trump says China can pay for pre-existing conditions.
Wait, Judge Kavanaugh told us he would be fair and impartial
...
FROMA HARROP p. 6
Are low prices always a good thing?
PETE LETHEBY p. 6
Nebraska is a little too friendly to livestock
ART CULLEN p. 6
Iowa is a trade casualty
GENE LYONS p. 7
When in doubt, blame Hillary
JILL RICHARDSON p. 7
We need to talk about masculinity
JOHN YOUNG p. 7
The toxic public unraveling of a would-be justice
MARTHA BURK p. 8
The mean drunk and the mendacity
BENJAMIN DANGL p. 9
Trump’s NAFTA 2.0 is a win for big oil — but a huge loss for workers and the environment
JOEL D. JOSEPH p. 9
Brett Kavanaugh does not have proper judicial temperament or neutrality to be a Supreme Court Justice
BOB BURNETT p. 9
A tipping point: Kavanaugh and Trump
LEO GERARD p. 10
The rich want to take away your right to vote
BOB CESCA p. 10
Democrats, don’t get complacent about the ‘blue wave’: Have we learned nothing from 2016?
MARY SANCHEZ p. 11
Senate Judiciary Committee sets a new low
DEAN BAKER p. 11
The Iran sanctions: Donald Trump’s carbon tax
DALLAS KNAPP p. 11
Tax carbon or watch temperature continue to rise
HARD TRUTH/Sally Herrin p. 12
Out of time
FRANK CLEMENTE p. 12
Under cover of Kavanaugh, Republicans passed the huge tax cuts for the wealthy
HEATHER DIGBY PARTON p. 13
Daddy’s boy: New York Times exposes the breadth of Trump’s lies and corruption
ROBERT B. REICH p. 13
America’s bullies
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
New NAFTA gets a few things right, and falls short elsewhere
KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL p. 14
Don’t count out Ben Jealous and his progressive message for Maryland
GEORGE FARADAY p. 14
Trump subsidizes companies that send jobs overseas
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
Methane and you
SAM URETSKY p. 15
Is Brett Kavanaugh the kind of guy you’d cast as a judge?
BOOK REVIEW/Heather Seggel p. 15
A republic ... If you can keep it
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
Wages of Trump: The sequel
JOHN BUELL p. 16
Recognizing the global climate crisis
JUAN COLE p. 17
New Shiite-led government in Baghdad: How Iran won the Iraqi elections and frustrated Trump
N. GUNASEKARAN p. 17
Discrimination against female workers in Asia: A neoliberal paradigm
JOE CONASON p. 18
The taint on Kavanaugh keeps growing
JAMIE STIEHM p. 18
In the room where it happened, Flake stole the show
ROBERT KUTTNER p. 18
Donald Trump will never actually go after Jeff Bezos and Amazon
RALPH NADER p. 19
Gross hospital negligance does not exempt celebrities
TED RALL p. 19
Trump has revolutionized politics. Can Democrats catch up?
ANTHONY PAHNKE and JIM GOODMAN p. 19
Bad farm policy contributes to natural disasters
SATIRE/Rosie Sorenson p. 20
The make-a-reprobate-great-again redemption tour
ROB PATTERSON p. 20
How do you access ‘The Shield’?
BOOK REVIEW/Seth Sandronsky p. 20
Undoing patriarchy
MOVIE REVIEW/Ed Rampell p. 21
Bethany Hamilton is ‘Unstoppable’
EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
What the worst of sports taught Brett Kavanaugh — and what it still teaches today
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
Women demand justice, not Kavanaugh
CONNIE SCHULTZ p. 22
Our memories are long, our resolve unshakable
DANA MILBANK p. 23
I, too, majored in beer at Yale
Cover illustration by Dolores Cullen
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This page posted Oct. 13, 2018