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COVER/Austyn Gaffney p. 1
A Wisconsin town desperately fights for its drinking water
EDITORIAL p. 2
Ways to pay for Med4A
JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
The gloppy mess of merger mania.
Where to get the money to start fixing inequality
WILL DURST p. 3
You can’t do that
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
DON ROLLINS p. 4
Public radio on the country music highway
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
Climate change puts the lights out
DISPATCHES p. 5
Online lies aren’t helping Trump much;
Americans shift to supporting Trump impeachment;
Confusion continues in White House as Trump changes course on leaving troops in Syria;
Trump passes 13,435 lies in October;
Hillary’s emails were always a nothingburger, the State Department finally caught up;
What happens when Trump is gone?
Thanks to Republican policies,
STDs at record highs;
Dem congessional candidates raise big sums, buoyed by small donors;
Bankrupt PG&E rejects San Francisco bid to buy back power grid;
Supreme Court will review Consumer Finance Protection Bureau;
Billions spent on stock buybacks should have been spent raising wages, creating jobs, Patriotic Millionaires say;
Texas has worst health in nation
...
FROMA HARROP p. 6
The only thing over for coal country is coal
ART CULLEN p. 6
Don’t just sit and take it
JIM VAN DER POL p. 6
Dems need more voices of working people
GENE LYONS p. 7
Seeing rural Arkansas through different eyes
JILL RICHARDSON p. 7
What life on the margins feels like
JOHN YOUNG p. 7
Team Trump and ‘consciousness of guilt’
DIANE ARCHER p. 9
Watch out, seniors: Trump just launched a stealth attack on Medicare
SAM PIZZIGATI p. 9
Inequality is literally killing us
SARAH ANDERSON p. 9
Where is ‘Line Worker Barbie’?
TOM CONWAY p. 10
The dark side of billionaire philanthropy — and the threat to American democracy
KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL p. 10
Sanders and Warren are widening the Democratic Party’s left lane
GRASS ROOTS/Hank Kalet p. 10
A different world for the poor
MARY SANCHEZ p. 11
‘Class traitor’ Abigail Disney calls out exorbitant pay of namesake company’s CEO
DEAN BAKER p. 11
Taxing financial transactions is more strategic than taxing high wealth
MICHAEL WINSHIP p. 12
Our mad dog president — and his Bible-thumping pals
GENE NICHOL p. 12
Defeating a tyrant
HEATHER DIGBY PARTON p. 13
Et tu, Don Jr.? At least Hunter Biden isn’t being a complete hypocrite
ROBERT REICH p. 13
Trump’s foreign policy serves only Trump
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
The need for prison and criminal justice reform is great
BOB CESCA p. 14
Donald Trump is the weakest incumbunt president in decades, if Democrats don’t screw this up
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
Making America cruel again, next chapter
SAM URETSKY p. 15
Pols depend on air superiority
CHARLIE SIMMONS p. 15
Our tax system rewards polluters
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
Idea man
JOHN BUELL p. 16
Who are the real centrists
OLIVIA ALPERSTEIN p. 16
Don’t forget: Nuclear weapons are an existential threat
JUAN COLE p. 17
Dem leaders brand as ‘shameful’ Pence agreement for Turkey ‘pause’ in Kurdish areas
JOEL D. JOSEPH p. 17
US should support independent Kurdish nation
JOE CONASON p. 18
Trump’s new mouthpiece breaks before he’s installed
JAMIE STIEHM p. 18
Clearing the room for Trump’s anger
ROBERT KUTTNER p. 18
Do Wall Street Democrats prefer Trump to Warren?
RALPH NADER p. 19
‘I have an Article II, where I have the right to do whatever I want as president.’ Really?
TED RALL p. 19
Trump’s impeachment is a deep-Democratic coup against Warren
SETH SANDRONSKY p. 19
California’s Fair Pay to Play Act
BOOK REVIEW/Heather Seggel p. 20
Poverty and perspective
ROB PATTERSON p. 20
A fresh voice, 14 albums later: Chuck Prophet
TRACEY L. ROGERS p. 20
We can’t hug away injustice
MOVIE REVIEW/Ed Rampell p. 21
Seoul on ice: ‘Parasite’
SATIRE/Rosie Sorenson p. 21
Witches want their hunt back
EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
Trump attacks NBA coaches over China
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
Trump must stop his attacks on the press
CONNIE SCHULTZ p. 22
We are not helpless
DANA MILBANK p. 23
The world is staring at Trump, mouth agape
FRANK LINGO p. 23
Republicans mistreat Native Americans
Cover illustration by Dolores Cullen
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This page posted October 25, 2019