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COVER/Thom Hartmann p. 1
Bring back the ‘wealth of the nation’
EDITORIAL p. 2
Inflation blame game
JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
Once again Congress exposes its butt-ugly morality.
Taking on monopolies.
FRANK LINGO p. 3
Re-considering the wolf
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
COREY FRIEDMAN p. 4
Democracy dies in news deserts
DON ROLLINS p. 4
No little victories
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
Climate change: The more it changes ...
DISPATCHES p. 5
New COVID variant leads to new Republican conspiracy theory.
House gerrymandering proceeds.
Republicans want another Trump run, but he’s toxic to everybody else.
Biden oil and gas reforms prioritize money over climate.
Labor Department announces $15 minimum wage for fed contractors.
John Buell R.I.P.
Biden Postal Service appointees target DeJoy;
Rep. Cawthorn seems to call for violent government overthrow on Twitter, humiliates himself instead.
Contender for greatest mess in Congress seeks to becomegreatest mess in Texas.
John Kennedy went full Joe McCarthy
...
FROMA HARROP p. 6
The SALT tax deduction is actually progressive
ART CULLEN p. 6
Farmers will change if politicians let them
ALAN GUEBERT p. 6
Too much money, too much drift, too much grift
GENE LYONS p. 7
Winners, losers — it’s all in your perspective
JILL RICHARDSON p. 7
Sociology can help the climate crisis
JOHN YOUNG p. 7
When culture war is all you’re about
SAMANTHA GARCIA p. 8
To tackle climate change, hold fossil fuel conglomerates accountable
ROBERT KUTTNER p. 9
Green steel deal connects climate goals to industrial goals
DICK POLMAN p. 9
The cult cancels Liz Cheney
TOM CONWAY p. 10
Everyone benefits from infrastructure investments
DOMENICA GHANEM p. 10
Inflation is complicated, but making it better doesn’t have to be
SARAH ANDERSON p. 10
Wealthy Americans get paid leave. Shouldn’t the rest?
MARY SANCHEZ p. 11
Two Missouri inmates, two tales of justice delayed
DEAN BAKER p. 11
The trucker shortage: Why don’t we let the market work?
CHRIS SATULLO p. 12
Cult leader broke most of his promises, so why do the cultists still love him? (Take a guess.)
KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL p. 12
Progressives can no longer cede school boards to the GOP. They should treat them as political arenas to fine — and win.
SONALI KOLHATKAR p. 13
G20 states scheme to avoid economic commitments at COP26
ROBERT B. REICH p. 13
What’s really driving inflation? Corporate power
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
Drug companies gouging Americans — and it has to stop
DR. CINTLI p. 14
A rabbit on the face of moon
MARK ANDERSON p. 14
CFR at 100: Still making world safer for super-rich
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
A new year plea for optimism
SAM URETSKY p. 15
Biden jobs bill shows bipartisanship still possible
GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet p. 15
It’s a grand ol’ flag
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
How corporate America won reconciliation
ERIC BOEHLERT p. 16
The media’s inflation hysteria — more theatrics? “Crisis” mania.
JUAN COLE p. 17
As Biden and Xi Zoom, the Iran issue looms
NORMAN SOLOMON and JEFF COHEN p. 17
Found in television: New York Times says Democrats shouldn’t challenge oligarchy
TOM H. HASTINGS p. 17
Vote back better
JOE CONASON p. 18
New documents reveal Trump’s pandemic deception
JAMIE STIEHM p. 18
Katie Couric: Now I needed to be the girlfriend next door
BARRY FRIEDMAN p. 18
Executing executions, Oklahoma style
RALPH NADER p. 19
New book shines ways to rebound our historic postal service
TED RALL p. 19
Inflation has been killing you for 40 years. Why are you noticing now?
SATIRE/Rosie Sorenson p. 19
Frontier justice, Missouri style
BOOK REVIEW/Heather Seggel p. 20
We (still) won’t go back
ROB PATTERSON p. 20
‘Law & Order’ family continues to fill the airwaves
SETH SANDRONSKY p. 20
Pass this
FILM REVIEW/Ed Rampell p. 21
L.A.’s biggest film festival returns live and in person with great anti-racist films
EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
Baseball will not push us out
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
As the world burns, Glasgow’s COP26 called a failure
BONNIE JEAN FELDKAMP p. 22
Volunteering helps both the community and the volunteer
DANA MILBANK p. 23
Paul Gosar killed his colleague in a cartoon. Kevin McCarthy is killing democracy in real life.
SCOTT KLINGER p. 23
How to make the holidays happier for the Postal Service
Cover illustration by Dolores Cullen
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