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COVER/Hal Crowther p. 1
America the inscrutable: Trump’s almost gone, but ...
EDITORIAL p. 2
Give Trump the bum’s rush
JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
Trump’s anti-labor department.
This Thanksgiving, celebrate agriCULTURE, not agriBUSINESS
GENE NICHOL p. 3
History’s election and North Carolina
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
DON ROLLINS p. 4
Four myths and a word of encouragement
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
Don’t wait to admit COVID danger from your ICU bed.
DISPATCHES p. 5
Disgruntled Trump suppporters threaten to boycott Georgia Senate runoffs.
Trump team cuts ties with lawyer who threatens to ‘blow up Georgia’ with ‘Biblical’ lawsuit.
Aaron Van Langeville has more spine than entire GOP caucus in Congress.
Trump’s one last effort to cut Social Security.
Biden urged to clear out Trump loyalists.
Biden and Dems try to lead while McConnell holds nation hostage.
Obamacare is enrolling and expanding.
Ranking Democrat calls for prosecution of Trump crimes
...
FROMA HARROP p. 6
Biden voters should also know: It’s over
ART CULLEN p. 6
An electoral map awash in red
OLIVIA ALPERSTEIN p. 6
Don’t trash the Affordable Care Act — expand it
GENE LYONS p. 7
For Trump cultists, COVID is the new Kool-Aid
JILL RICHARDSON p. 7
Put empathy back in the White House
JOHN YOUNG p. 7
My Joe Biden double fantasy
ROBERT C. KOEHLER p. 8
Biden’s mandate is for deep solutions, not donor-class fetishism of bipartisan compromise
KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL p. 9
How Georgia went blue
GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet p. 9
Circular firing squads
TOM CONWAY p. 10
‘They’re holding the whole country hostage’: How Mitch McConnell flouts the will of the American people
RICHARD D. WOLFF p. 10
Why capitalism was destined to come out on top in the 2020 election
MARY SANCHEZ p. 11
Latinos for Donald Trump is the story of assimilation
DEAN BAKER p. 11
Lowering the bar on success in drug development
HEATHER DIGBY PARTON p. 12
Winter COVID surge is upon us — Trump and the Republicans are just ignoring it
NORMAN SOLOMON p. 12
Corporate Democrats are to blame for congressional losses — so naturally they’re blaming progressives
CHUCK COLLINS p. 13
We must protect essential workers from billionaire pandemic profiteers
ROBERT REICH p. 13
Who gains from Trump’s refusal to concede?
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
Georgians will have a clear choice on Jan. 5
ROBERTO Dr. CINTLI RODRIGUEZ p. 14
Why the wall must come down
SETH SANDRONSKY p. 14
Report: Race-ing to the bottom
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
Pragmatism: the new order mantra
SAM URETSKY p. 15
We don’t have to wait for a vaccine to stop COVID spread
SARAH ANDERSON and MARGOT RATHKE p. 15
Low-income voters showed up for Biden. Now they need relief
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
Short-circuiting the judiciary
JOHN BUELL p. 16
The piggybank still has many coins
SATIRE/Rosie Sorenson p. 16
Brother Trump’s cathedral of redemption and golf retreat
JUAN COLE p. 17
Trump mulls strike on Iran civilian nuclear facilities, which may kill as many people as atomic bombing of Hiroshima
BOB BURNETT p. 17
2020 presidential election: Cleaning up loose ends
JOE CONASON p. 18
The Republicans and the Fuhrerprinzip
JAMIE STIEHM p. 18
Obama and the Promised Land: Picking up the pieces
ROBERT KUTTNER p. 18
A new name in play for Biden’s labor secretary
RALPH NADER p. 19
Trump’s crime wave continues: Requires Biden special prosecutor
TED RALL p. 19
Both parties lost the election. Now the real trouble begins
BOOK REVIEW/Heather Seggel p. 20
Capitalism’s strange fruit
ROB PATTERSON p. 20
Looking back at ‘Mrs. America’
DICK POLMAN p. 20
Trump flunky Rudy is on gravedigging duty
MOVIE REVIEW/Ed Rampell p. 21
New movie musical about 1919 Canadian General Strike takes timely ‘Stand!’
EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
Tweaking the NFL’s Rooney Rule is not enough
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
In Indian country, COVID surges, but so does electoral power
CONNIE SCHULTZ p. 22
As the students teach
DANA MILBANK p. 23
Trump’s racist appeals powered a white Evangelical tsunami
FRANK LINGO p. 23
Trump’s dump: An eco-legacy
Cover illustration by Dolores Cullen
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