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COVER/Reynard Loki p. 1
‘Sacrifice Zones’: How people of color are targets of environmental racism
EDITORIAL p. 2
Preachers join the goats
JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
Is America big enough to go big again?
Can GOP autocracy outlaw American democracy?
Follow the people.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
GENE NICHOL p. 4
North Carolina’s advice to Georgia
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
Protecting meatpackers and public health
DISPATCHES p. 5
McConnell’s “Stay out of politics’ warning to corporations doesn’t seem to be working.
Republican megadonors had high hopes for a weekend retreat. Then Trump took the stage.
Biden wants to send COVID vaccines overseas, but a Trump deal prohibits sharing surplus.
In report full of holes, sheriff’s office clears federal marshal’s contractors in killing of antifa fugitive.
In report full of holes, sheriff's office clears federal marshals contractors in killing of antifa fugitive.
Four right-wing 'Boogaloo Bois' indicted for obstructing investigation of federal officer's murder last summer.
Amidst wave of voter suppression bills, some states expand access to ballots.
Three students from same Knoxville high school were shot already this year.
Congress allocated $19B in stimulus money to Texas public ed, but schools have yet to see an extra dime.
Iowa nears 60% of power from wind turbines
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FROMA HARROP p. 6
Henry Ford would have pushed car charging stations
ART CULLEN p. 6
Responding to change
ALAN GUEBERT p. 6
Global meatpackers filet US taxpayers again and again
GENE LYONS p. 7
Play ball! Just leave MLB out of politics
JILL RICHARDSON p. 7
State lawmakers are cracking down on speech
JOHN YOUNG p. 7
Vote suppression: the GOP national pastime
JOHN L. MICEK p. 8
So much for a transitional presidency
ROBERT P. ALVAREZ p. 8
Voter suppression is an attack on democracy — and my faith
DICK POLMAN p. 9
John Boehner reminds us Republicans lived in ‘crazytown’ long before Trump
REBEKAH ENTRALGO p. 9
Biden’s jobs plan will help seniors get care at home
PHIL ATETO p. 9
Medicare for All could save my life
TOM CONWAY p. 10
America’s supply chain crisis
SARAH ANDERSON p. 10
If the minimum wage kept pace with Wall Street bonuses since 1985, it would be worth $44 today
MARY SANCHEZ p. 11
Before the BLM Movement there was Emmett Till and the man who tried to bring him justice
DEAN BAKER p. 11
Economy adds 916,000 jobs in March; unemployment falls to 6%
THOM HARTMANN p. 12
GOP ‘cancel culture’ has its guns blazing against democracy
KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL p. 12
A ‘just transition’ clean energy revolution can be a boon for West Virginia — and the country
SONALI KOLHATKAR p. 13
New Interior Secretary Deb Haaland is unprecedented
ROBERT REICH p. 13
The political benefits of building back boring
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
Has America come any closer to King’s dream?
ROBERTO Dr. CINTLI RODRIGUEZ p. 14
Dehumanization, genocide and vaccine hesitancy
GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet p. 14
Anti-trans bills are about division
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
Health policies: The danger of ineptness
SAM URETSKY p. 15
Understanding Dr. Birx
FRANK LINGO p. 15
Non-interview with Jaime Harrison
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
American Rescue Plan rescues Obamacare
JOHN BUELL p. 16
NPR’s market obsession
RACHEL PAK p. 16
Stop calling it a ‘border crisis’
JUAN COLE p. 17
How to understand indirect US-Iran nuclear talks at Vienna: Iran wants US to get its knee off Tehran’s neck, Chauvin-style first
BOB BURNETT p. 17
Whatever happened to personal responsibility?
JOE CONASON p. 18
Proof of bad faith in Georgia
JAMIE STIEHM p. 18
The Golden Gate Bridge for the Senate: Big infrastructure and no filibuster
ROBERT KUTTNER p. 18
Making industrial policy work
RALPH NADER p. 19
Can the decline in letter-writing be reversed?
TED RALL p. 19
I am a victim of Republican cancel culture
BOOK REVIEW/Heather Seggel p. 20
The puzzle of poverty
ROB PATTERSON p. 20
Allen v. Farrow v. comfort
SETH SANDRONSKY p. 20
The third reconstruction: An interview with Rev. Dr. William J. Barber
MOVIE REVIEW/Ed Rampell p. 21
How we can put a halt to biodiversity loss
EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
Baseball says no to Jim Crow 2.0
SATIRE/Rosie Sorenson p. 21
It’s a beautiful thing
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
US should send vaccines not bombs around the world
CONNIE SCHULTZ p. 22
Get thee vaccinated, Evangelical friends
EUGENE ROBINSON p. 23
Kneeling on George Floyd’s neck sent a message
ROBIN SAVANNAH CARVER p. 23
I want civil rights. They want to talk about sports.
Cover illustration by Dolores Cullen
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