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COVER/Hal Crowther p. 1
Abuse of Asian-Americans sets new cognitive low
EDITORIAL p. 2
Big Lie Republicans
JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
Doing good business in the food economy.
Rich Whites trying to suppress Native Americans. Again.
FRANK LINGO p. 3
NRA enables gun terror
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
DON ROLLINS p. 4
The comedy and tragedy of George W. Bush
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
We need teamwork to beat COVID
DISPATCHES p. 5
Cybercriminals threaten East Coast fuel supply.
Republicans block inquiry into alleged Trump campaign violations.
Most don’t get to be ‘disingenuous’ under oath the way Bill Barr was.
GQP leaders bury internal data showing Trump’s drag on House districts.
Biden’s success on Covid drives his approval as president.
GQP tries to bully another Republican Trump critic out of Congress.
Lawyer for Capitol riot suspect blames Fox News, Trump.
Arizona Republican admits GQP 'audit' of Trump election loss 'makes us look like idiots."
No longer seeking access, press admits Trump lies.
Dems will retain slim House majority in special elections.
Report exposes high cost of internet access during Trump era
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FROMA HARROP p. 6
Biden’s economic agenda may be more Truman than FDR
ART CULLEN p. 6
Where’s the beef?
ALAN GUEBERT p. 6
More greenhouse gas comes from rural leaders than rural America
GENE LYONS p. 7
On cable, not all gun violence is covered equally
REBEKAH ENTRALGO p. 7
An invisible essential labor force
JOHN YOUNG p. 7
Where’s America’s apology for lie after lie?
TIMOTHY KARR p. 8
World press freedom during the US tech boom
THOM HARTMANN p. 9
America on the verge of re-fighting the American revolution?
BOB BURNETT p. 9
What’s happening in California?
DICK POLMAN p. 10
Big lie Republicans are doubling down
KAREN DOLAN p. 10
The man for the moment who must do more
SAM PIZZIGATI p. 10
FDR must be smiling
MARY SANCHEZ p. 11
Policing will reform with or without the GOP
DEAN BAKER p. 11
Neanderthal protectionists at the Washington Post don’t care about getting the world vaccinated
JON R. PIKE p. 11
Beer and politics in Wisconsin’s northwoods
TOM CONWAY p. 12
Upskilling America
KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL p. 12
Ranked-choice voting is already changing politics for the better
SONALI KOLHATKAR p. 13
Modi is singularly responsible for India’s pandemic disaster
ROBERT REICH p. 13
Biden’s first 100 days make the contrast with Trump abundantly clear
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
‘America is not a racist country’
ROBERTO Dr. CINTLI RODRIGUEZ p. 14
The new/old Civil War ablaze
PETER ARNO and PHILIP CAPER p. 14
COVID-19 vaccinations: A shot in the arm for universal healthcare?
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
On George Floyd, police, health, and pogo: Thoughts
SAM URETSKY p. 15
Republicans dream of red meat blockade
JOEL D. JOSEPH p. 15
Police kill white men too
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
The public power imperative
JOHN BUELL p. 16
Pfizer, the bully on (Wall) Street
JUAN COLE p. 17
The Republican party is the new American Communist party: Pogo’s revenge
DAVID SCHMIDT p. 17
They myth of ‘the careless Mexican government’: US media continue to pandemic-shame Mexico’s center-left president
JOE CONASON p. 18
Suspend those vaccine patents now
JAMIE STIEHM p. 18
A pleasant surprise: The new Joe Biden
ROBERT KUTTNER p. 18
Biden backs billions of people needing COVID vaccines over drug companies’ patent rights
RALPH NADER p. 19
Tim Cook, Apple, and runaway limitless corporate greed
TED RALL p. 19
Burning a police station led to justice
SATIRE/Rosie Sorenson p. 19
How will you cope, sans your serif?
BOOK REVIEW/Heather Seggel p. 20
Check your bias, save the world
ROB PATTERSON p. 20
Streaming across the pond with British cop shows
MOVIE REVIEW/Seth Sandronsky p. 20
Lady day
MOVIE REVIEW/Ed Rampell p. 21
Stealing Chaplin: The great gravediggers
EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
Sports players’ unions come together to fight for the PRO Act
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
Princeton and UPenn teach with the bones of murdered children
CONNIE SCHULTZ p. 22
Here’s to motherhood, or not
E.J. DIONNE p. 23
Stranded on Trump island, the GOP lets Biden play the long game
GENE NICHOL p. 23
Labor laws need new teeth
Cover illustration by Dolores Cullen
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