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COVER/Cezary Podkul p. 1
What’s a pig butchering scam? Here’s how to avoid falling victim to one.
EDITORIAL p. 2
Vote for democracy
JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
Assorted nuts.
The shame of modern corporate management.
FRANK LINGO p. 3
New York and California lead on clean cars
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
DON ROLLINS p. 4
Barbara Ehrenreich: Socialist feminist
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
Who benefits from immigrant harassment?
DISPATCHES p. 5
Republicans just can’t help but talk about cutting Social Security and Medicare.
Republicans celebrate fascist comeback in Italy.
EPA’s new environmental justice office has its work cut out for it.
Federal government should fully fund Puerto Rico’s rapid shift to solar power.
Pandemic safety net programs prvented a rise in poverty in every state.
Supreme Court approval plummets to record low, as court expansion gains majority support.
Judge strikes down Arizona ban on bystanders recording police actions ...
FROMA HARROP p. 6
On border chaos, Republicans are even more to blame
ART CULLEN p. 6
If you want a climate-smart dance, you have to pay the band
ALAN GUEBERT p. 6
Drought, war, inflation and consumer disconnect
GENE LYONS p. 7
Long live the clown
REBECCA KARPEN p. 7
Opportunity shouldn’t be about luck
JOHN YOUNG p. 7
Newcomers will show us the American way
BOB BURNETT p. 9
2022 MidTerms: 10 observations
JOE CONASON p. 9
What we can still learn from Kenneth Starr
TOM CONWAY p. 10
The path forward for communities like Lost Creek
ANDREA BERNSTEIN p. 10
For Donald Trump, information has always been power
MARY SANCHEZ p. 11
Texas Gov. Abbott’s migrant bus stunt might work — accidentally
DEAN BAKER p. 11
Hey, if the government pays for the research, it doesn’t have to grant patent monopolies
ROBERT KUTTNER p. 11
A global recession induced by central bankers
SONALI KOLHATKAR p. 12
How Barbara Ehrenreich exposed the ‘positive thinking’ industry
KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL p. 12
What do Americans care about? Not a Cold War with Russian and China.
THOM HARTMANN p. 13
What will the collapse of Neoliberalism bring to America & Russia?
ROBERT B. REICH p. 13
The truth behind “self-made” billionaires
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
The passing of the British empire
DR. CINTLI p. 14
Brown Peoples: Inside the cave of Quetzalcoatl
AARON RUPAR p. 14
Trump leans in to the cult of personality
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
A new misery index: Meeting the people we are making miserable
SAM URETSKY p. 15
US needs immigrants (because they get things done)
SETH SANDRONSKY p. 15
My family and Kaiser permanente
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
In the good old summers time
CLAUDIA ZEQUEIRA p. 16
The immigration game in Florida
DICK POLMAN p. 16
America’s response to the Holocaust: We can’t whitewash our tragically imperfect past.
JUAN COLE p. 17
Tlaib calls out “Progressive except on Israel,” and Wasserman Schultz inadvertently makes her point for her
N. GUNASEKARAN p. 17
War games in Asia
JAMIE STIEHM p. 18
One upon a time, American then and now: Reflections 1972-2022
BARRY FRIEDMAN p. 18
November dreaming
ANTHONY COOK p. 18
Close the Medicaid coverage gap
RALPH NADER p. 19
Who is raising our children? Liberating tweens from corporate tentacles
TED RALL p. 19
Neither Democrats or Republicans can defeat Trumpism
GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet p. 20
Aiding temps and all workers
ROB PATTERSON p. 20
History rhymes with ‘US and the Holocaust’
SATIRE/Rosie Sorenson p. 20
Fly me to the moon
MOVIE REVIEW/Ed Rampell p. 21
Abigail Disney rats out Mickey Mouse
EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
Does the NBA deserve Becky Hammon?
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
Human trafficking stunts? Governors DeSantis, Abbott and Ducey follow an old racist playbook of the segregated South
BONNIE JEAN FELDKAMP p. 22
What cannot be duplicated in a digital space
DANA MILBANK p. 23
Republicans could notch a policy win. Instead, they want vengeance.
GENE NICHOL p. 23
Seditionist in hiding
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