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COVER/Amanda Marcotte p. 1
Is Trump taking ‘hydroxy’? Who cares? It’s just another right-wing snake-oil scam
EDITORIAL p. 2
The Trump Depression
JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
Trump blasts into a new frontier ... for war.
Perversion of the COVID-19 relief fund comes straight from the top
JASON SIBERT p. 3
Save the Postal Service, cut the military budget
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
DON ROLLINS p. 4
Little Richard’s glamorous, perilous life
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
What is the new normal?
DISPATCHES p. 5
Lockdown protests may have spread virus widely, cellphone data suggests.
Biden widens lead in polls.
Trump gets ‘credit’ for state of economy.
Swing states hammered by economic collapse.
Women drive Biden’s lead among seniors.
Americans overwhelmingly support voting by mail.
Rev. Donnell Kirchner, R.I.P.
US to withdraw from arms control deal.
Federal judge eviscerates Fla. law banning felons from voting.
Deepening concentration in factory farm industry puts meat production at risk.
Oregon Repubs back QAnon conspiracy promoter for Senate.
FROMA HARROP p. 6
Pandemic makes end-of-life care harder
ART CULLEN p. 6
Midwesterners were already doubting Trump. COVID could seal his political fate.
NEGIN OWLIAEI p. 6
Reopening the economy is a death sentence for workers
GENE LYONS p. 7
Boss Trump takes precautions while pushing Americans aside
JILL RICHARDSON p. 7
Whatever your survival strategy is, do that
JOHN YOUNG p. 7
Two words for Commander Trump: You first
DIANE ARCHER p. 8
The best way to ensure unemployed workers get health care? Pay for it through Medicare
ALEX LAWSON p. 9
Trump’s advisers have a brazen plot to gut Social Security
KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL p. 9
It’s Trump’s party now — and will be even after he’s gone
GENE NICHOL p. 9
Hunger swells in an already-hungry state
TOM CONWAY p. 10
Killing the messenger
BOB BURNETT p. 10
The US reaches the tipping point
GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet p. 10
Could liberties be collateral damage during pandemic?
MARY SANCHEZ p. 11
A face mask is science, not a political statement
DEAN BAKER p. 11
Corruption and the pandemic bailout
HEATHER DIGBY PARTON p. 12
Trump's court jesters: Barr tries to protect his boss — is graham shoving him off a cliff?
JANICE LI and SVANTE MYRICK p. 12
Facing down bigotry — and a pandemic
JESSICA CORBETT p. 13
After coronavirus triggers 17% emissions drop, experts say only ‘fundamental structural change’ can save humanity’s future
ROBERT REICH p. 13
The powerful and the pandemic
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
Remembering Brown v. Board of Education
JOEL D. JOSEPH p. 14
Respect inspectors general
CAROLINE HURLEY p. 14
Ebola ‘14 vs. Covid ‘19
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
The states tackle insulin prices
SAM URETSKY p. 15
Hydroxy for the proxy
ROBERTO Dr. CINTLI RODRIGUEZ p. 15
The C-19 apocalypse: Beyond a Sci-Fi reality
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
End of the Republican era
JOHN BUELL p. 16
Politics, not markets, will decide big oil’s future
JUAN COLE p. 17
Did Trump fire state dept. inspector to protect shady arms deal with Saudi Arabia?
N. GUNASEKARAN p. 17
Urban policies confront the pandemic challenge
JOE CONASON p. 18
A prescription for a sick country
JAMIE STIEHM p. 18
The house of democracy falls silent
ROBERT KUTTNER p. 18
Make America sick again (Trump, unmasked)
RALPH NADER p. 19
Trump: Letting big corporations get away with whatever they want
TED RALL p. 19
We need a centralized medical system, too
BOOK REVIEW/Heather Seggel p. 20
Is there enough God for everybody?
ROB PATTERSON p. 20
Brits played the sound track for my generation
SETH SANDRONSKY p. 20
COVID-19 in the Golden State’s jails and prisons
MOVIE REVIEW/Ed Rampell p. 21
‘Enemy Lines’ — tight, taut WWII actioner
EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
Baseball’s plan to reopen is all risk for the players
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
‘Stay at home, stay alive, organize, organize’
CONNIE SCHULTZ p. 22
Annie Glenn, American hero
DANA MILBANK p. 23
If Trump likes Hydroxychloroquine, he’ll love camel urine
LAURA FINLEY p. 23
The peace sign: A safe greeting and sign of victory over COVID!
SATIRE/Rosie Sorenson p. 23
The dog ate my stockpile
Cover illustration by Dolores Cullen
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