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COVER/Hal Crowther p. 1
Chaos theory: When madness gains momentum
EDITORIAL p. 2
Pelosi keeps probe going
JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
Alden Global Capital is killing the newsroom.
The grand larceny of bank(er) robbery and executive mediocrity.
FRANK LINGO p. 3
A political ad we need now
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
DON ROLLINS p. 4
Complicating Roe: An intersectional approach
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
COVID’s back, but what about the bookshelves?
DISPATCHES p. 5
Republicans freak out because Delta variant they fostered is killing Republicans.
Doctor describes COVID-19 patients begging for vaccine.
Green energy shift would net 8M energy jobs.
Evictions, loss of unemployment aid threaten millions while COVID resurges.
Water is essential; companies trying to turn a buck on it are not.
Laredo celebrates wall termination.
Arizona lawmaker booed off stage by her own party.
Texas Senate says Klan had its good side.
Texas weighs sanctions against Ben & Jerry's overits boycott of Israeli settlers.
Union wins bargaining vote at Texas chicken plant
...
FROMA HARROP p. 6
Mental distress fuels crime and extreme politics
ART CULLEN p. 6
Rebuilding the food chain
ALAN GUEBERT p. 6
Riding the metal wave left by my iron-bending Uncle Honey
GENE LYONS p. 7
The flamboyantly pious have so much further to fall
JILL RICHARDSON p. 7
Farm workers are dying. Blame our exploitative food system.
JOHN YOUNG p. 7
Comparing whom to Nazis?
RICHARD D. WOLFF p. 8
US underestimates China’s economic challenge at its own peril
ROBERT KUTTNER p. 9
When the chips are down, we need an industrial policy
TOM CONWAY p. 10
US must bolster retraining for workers harmed by unfair trade
SHAILLY GUPTA BARNES p. 10
Don’t go small on infrastructure
SAM PIZZIGATI p. 10
The billionaire space race is a wake-up call
MARY SANCHEZ p. 11
News coverage of toilet paper hoarders and other pandemic failures
DEAN BAKER p. 11
New York Times goes to Looney Tunes land on the Fed
DOMENICA GHANEM p. 11
The mom and pop tax break
SONALI KOLHATKAR p. 12
Trump charges obscure a bigger story of how the rich legally avoid taxes
KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL p. 12
Progressives around the country recall sewer socialism’s proud history
THOM HARTMANN p. 13
When does the greed stop?
ROBERT REICH p. 13
The GOP has become the anti-family party
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
It’s time for patriots to stand up
ROBERTO RODRIGUEZ p. 14
A pandemic of disinformation continues to kill
SETH SANDRONSKY p. 14
California burning
BOB BURNETT p. 15
Global climate change
SAM URETSKY p. 15
Dealing with your emojis
GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet p. 15
Pay now to ensure there is a later
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
Looking for the union label
JOHN BUELL p. 16
Our task is to transform, not predict
JASON SIBERT p. 16
Foreign policy and nukes
JUAN COLE p. 17
Trump associate indicted for being agent for Emirates, covertly shaping US Mideast policy
DICK POLMAN p. 17
Galileo would behold our climate change folly and say, ‘I’m not surprised.’
JOE CONASON p. 18
Dragging America backward, with Trump
JAMIE STIEHM p. 18
Anti-vaccination activists set up a scary moment in time
GARY PAUL NABHAM p. 18
Hard lessons from the border
RALPH NADER p. 19
The power structure for deadly lag and the prophetic work of unsung heroes
TED RALL p. 19
The worst countries for women? Afghanistan isn’t on the list.
SATIRE/Rosie Sorenson p. 19
What’s up with bats?
BOOK REVIEW/Heather Seggel p. 20
Getting out, coming out, moving on
ROB PATTERSON p. 20
Bletchley circle decodes crime again
ELISA McCARTIN p. 20
Rein in private equity before it destroys more jobs
MOVIE REVIEW/Ed Rampell p. 21
One solitary whale, heard for decades, never seen
EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
and Jules Boykoff
The human costs of the pandemic Olympics
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
In the West Texas desert, billionaires rocket above as migrants die below
BONNIE JEAN FELDKAMP p. 22
Immigration is our universal American story
DANA MILBANK p. 23
American democracy survived its Reichstag fire on Jan. 6. But the threat has not subsided.
MEDEA BENJAMIN and LEONARDO FLORES p. 23
Cubans are suffering. Biden need to end the embargo.
Cover illustration by Dolores Cullen
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