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COVER/Abrahm Lustgarden p. 1
40 Million people rely on the Colorado River. It’s drying up fast.
EDITORIAL p. 2
Republicans own Delta surge
JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
What’s the “Quits Rate?” And why is it skyrocketing?
Can the rest of the nation follow Alabama?
Repair your own products? Corporations say no!
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
FRANK LINGO p. 4
Privileged block climate progress
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
Sustainability needed now more than ever
DISPATCHES p. 5
Majority of Republicans say belief in Trump election ‘steal’ hoax is important part of Republicanism.
Trump led a fascist purge of the Republican Party; now his base is finishing what he started.
Alabama heart attack victim, turned down at 43 hospitals, ends up dead 200 miles away in Mississippi.
‘Oath Keepers’ under investigation for Jan. 6 ‘seditionist conspiracy,’
FBI search warrant reveals. Proud Boys show up at local school protests, following a larger far-right blueprint.
Child COVID hospitalizations reach a new high schools reopen.
House Dems would fund $3.5T budget with tax hikes.
Repubs' trust in national news drops by half in just 5 years
...
FROMA HARROP p. 6
Who wants to move to Texas?
ART CULLEN p. 6
Clipped wings, tiny pretzels
ALAN GUEBERT p. 6
Hold the sickle, CRP needs a new, bigger hammer
GENE LYONS p. 7
Afghanistan was always a folly
JILL RICHARDSON p. 7
Preventing an American Pinochet
JOHN YOUNG p. 7
Road to Kabul via Saigon
GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet p. 8
Fertile soil
ROBERT KUTTNER p. 9
Infrastructure summer: Chuck Schumer, China, and Build Back Better
DICK POLMAN p. 9
Kudos to the guy who foresaw the ravages of climate change. Too bad he was mocked.
TOM CONWAY p. 10
Investing in American families
BOB BURNETT p. 10
Afghanistan: 10 takeaways
MARY SANCHEZ p. 11
Of Midwest stockyards and diverse neighbors: The roots of Ed Asner’s humanity
DEAN BAKER p. 11
The recovery: Where are we now?
DAVID SCHMIDT p. 12
Critical race theory is the new communism: Lessons from an older conservative bogeyman
KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL p. 12
To stop abortion opponents, the only solution is mass mobilization
SONALI KOLHATKAR p. 13
A climate disaster unfolds before our eyes — and politicians refuse to take action
ROBERT REICH p. 13
Trump’s attempted coup continues
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
The Texan Taliban wing of the Republican Party
DR. CINTLI p. 14
Leaving, seeking, finding home
MITCHELL ZIMMERMAN p. 14
The victims of our post-9/11 wars deserve remembrance, too
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
The telenovela that is COVID: Waiting for the last episode
SAM URETSKY p. 15
Democracy, if you can keep it
LINDSAY KOSHGARIAN p. 15
9/11 at 20: Two decades of missed opportunities
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
End of the American empire
JOHN BUELL p. 16
In Afghanistan and Iraq, guerillas’ improvised explosive devices defeated the mighty US military machine
JUAN COLE p. 17
Don’t compare Texas abortion law to Islamic law: Most Muslims are and have been more liberal
THOM HARTMANN p. 17
Is there a sense of impending doom in the air?
JOE CONASON p. 18
The menace of a different McCarthyism
JAMIE STIEHM p. 18
A very different take on September 11: And the tragedy goes on
BARRY FRIEDMAN p. 18
Markwayne Mullin and Donald Trump: A love story
RALPH NADER p. 19
A beacon rises from Capitol Hill
TED RALL p. 19
20 years after 9/11, we’re still morons
SATIRE/Rosie Sorenson p. 19
The revenge of Roe
BOOK REVIEW/Heather Seggel p. 20
Follow the money and the smell of gas
ROB PATTERSON p. 20
Dylan & McCartney deliver goods like the finest vintage wine
SETH SANDRONSKY p. 20
Families and Big Pharma
MOVIE REVIEW/Ed Rampell p. 21
Ed Asner was a proud socialist in Hollywood
EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
Unvaxxed quarterback Carson Wentz wants your trust
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
Congressmember Barbara Lee, the lone vote for peace after the Sept. 11 attacks
BONNIE JEAN FELDKAMP p. 22
The disruption this world needs
DANA MILBANK p. 23
Kevin McCarthy is the O.J. Simpson of Jan. 6
GENE NICHOL p. 23
Surrendering without a fight
Cover illustration by Dolores Cullen
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This page posted September 17, 2021