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COVER/Bob Cesca p. 1
Time for 2020 Democrats to go after Trump on his supposed strength: the failing economy
EDITORIAL p. 2
Trump’s climate con
JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
Why would we trust plutocrats to save us from plutocracy?
When the world's on fire, what should we do?
WILL DURST p. 3
Football clinches and the Democratic primary
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
DON ROLLINS p. 4
How is your newsfeed?
SAVANNAH KINSEY p. 5
Fighting for health care in America’s forgotten towns
DISPATCHES p. 5
Only Dems can stop corruption of the Oval Office;
Trump’s Labor nominee, Scalia, is his father’s son;
Trump’s 'rebuilding and expanding' steel industry has 'real problems';
Trump lost farm votes over China trade war, now climate change may cost him more;
Warren takes first lead in Iowa Poll;
Sanders, Biden lead field of five candidates in double digits with Latino support;
Trump administration allows faster pork slaughter lines with fewer inspectors;
Hate group that sued over being called hate group loses lawsuit;
ACLU asks fed judge to block ongoing family separation at border;
College grads owe $29,200 in student debt, more than ever;
North American birds are down 29%
...
FROMA HARROP p. 6
Cultural appropriation has become a tedious subject
ART CULLEN p. 6
Trump may have already lost Iowa to the 2020 Democratic candidates — over corn
JULIA CONLEY p. 6
Coalition of farmers and ranchers call on Congress to pass Green New Deal
GENE LYONS p. 7
Advice for front-runner Biden: Focus on issues, not folk tales
JILL RICHARDSON p. 7
Punching through the bad headlines
JOHN YOUNG p. 7
Stop the kidney punches, Democrats
KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL p. 8
Democrats, don’t be afraid to go big in 2020
TRACEY AIKMAN p. 8
President Trump: I’m one of the workers you lied to
ERIC BOEHLERT p. 9
Kavanaugh’s confirmation was built on lies. The entire GOP traffics in lies. Why the press silence?
DICK POLMAN p. 9
Boosting Social Security: Elizabeth Warren’s potentially winning issue
DAVE JAMIESON p. 9
Striking GM workers to lose company-sponsored health coverage
TOM CONWAY p. 10
Google’s chance to do good for gig workers
JOE SANBERG and RICHARD MASTER p. 10
The health care industry poses an existential threat to the middle class
JAKE JOHNSON p. 10
Healthcare ad spending exceeds $65 million in 2019 as insurance industry ramps up effort to kill Medicare for All
MARY SANCHEZ p. 11
Addiction and guns, can’t we tackle both?
DEAN BAKER p. 11
The crazy in economic data
FRAN QUIGLEY p. 11
Removing the profit from our pills: The case for a public pharma system
THOM HARTMANN p. 12
The big American bribery scandal isn’t Felicity Huffman’s $15,000
GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet p. 12
Joe Biden: Democratic MAGA
HEATHER DIGBY PARTON p. 13
Lewandowski’s stonewall campaign finally crumbles: Are impeachment counts coming?
ROBERT REICH p. 13
Trump is a clear and present danger to America and the world
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
Can America break its gun addiction?
BOOK REVIEW/Heather Seggel p. 14
Pass the bullhorn
JEFF COHEN p. 14
What George Carlin taught us about media propaganda by omission
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
Are we healthier?
SAM URETSKY p. 15
Is trustworthiness too much to ask?
SAM PIZZIGATI p. 15
Wealth that concentrates kills
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
Trader Donald meets Adam Smith
JOHN BUELL p. 16
Healthcare even for the worst among us
BOB BURNETT p. 16
Trump’s search for a big win
JUAN COLE p. 17
Palestinian-Israeli joint list gains seats, as Netanyahu’s demonization backfires
AKBAR SHAHID AHMED p. 17
Even Saudi Arabia thinks Trump going to war with Iran is a bad idea
JOE CONASON p. 18
How to run an impeachment inquiry
JAMIE STIEHM p. 18
Beau Biden’s generation deserves a chance, dad
ROBERT KUTTNER p. 18
Waiting for lefty
RALPH NADER p. 19
Big business lies taught watchful Donald Trump
TED RALL p. 19
Once again, in Afghanistan, the US proves it can’t be trusted
SETH SANDRONSKY p. 19
Surprise: Private equity and unforeseen medical billing
BOOK REVIEW/Roger Bybee p. 20
An activist’s journey from 1964 Mississippi to death row and back
ROB PATTERSON p. 20
Filling in between the rolling and thundering
SATIRE/Rosie Sorenson p. 20
Lyin’ Sharpie
MOVIE REVIEW/Ed Rampell p. 21
Look out! Mike Wallace is here
EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
NFL teams are desperate for quarterbacks — but Colin Kaepernick remains unsigned
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
Greta Thunberg: “Change is coming, whether you like it or not”
CONNIE SCHULTZ p. 22
Sean Spicer is still defending the indefensible
DANA MILBANK p. 23
Correction: Trump never said all those things you heard him say
FRANK LINGO p. 23
Interview with the hurricane
Cover illustration by Dolores Cullen
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This page posted September 27, 2019