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COVER/Richard D. Wolff p. 1
Why capitalism is leaving the US in search of more profit
EDITORIAL p. 2
Demagogue’s demise
JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
Would someone please wake up Sen. Tom Cotton?
Texas, what the hell: A murderous governor.
A ‘new’ political party that’s the same old business as usual.
How the system works: Joe Manchin’s pipe dream.
FRANK LINGO p. 3
It’s not the humidity — it’s the heat
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
DON ROLLINS p. 4
When you have no boots to strap
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
Hot enough for you? Just wait!
DISPATCHES p. 5
TPP opens new customer service office.
Two-thirds of Americans think Jan. 6 charges are serious, but less than half think Trump should drop out.
DeSantis says he would start ‘slitting throats on Day One’ if elected president.
Biden administration delays plans to restock nation’s oil reserves.
July jobs report: Good news keeps on coming.
Pro-Trump megadonor boosts RFK Jr. campaign.
GOP's 'fiscal vandalism and political sabotage' prompts second-ever US credit downgrade.
GOP wages war on food aid, data shows 35% rise in hunger...
FROMA HARROP p. 6
Guiliani hits the moral bottom
ART CULLEN p. 6
Senator, are you there? We’re good. No problems. Just vote ‘aye’
ALAN GUEBERT p. 6
Russian roulette — with missiles, drones and food
GENE LYONS p. 7
A Trump-Biden rematch? Odds are against it
KASSIDY JACOBS p. 7
Another chance to reduce child poverty
JOHN YOUNG p. 7
Better a bad dog than a mad dog
MEL GURTOV p. 8
China’s faltering economy and its implications
GENE NICHOL p. 8
The thin reed of hope in North Carolina
DICK POLMAN p. 9
‘Dishonesty, fraud and deceit’: Trump indictment reads like ‘fascism for dummies’
JOE CONASON p. 9
Impeaching Biden is a great idea (for democrats)
TOM CONWAY p. 10
Leaping onto the infrastructure bandwagon
LEW KINGSBURY p. 10
George H.W. Bush’s 9/11 legacy must be remembered
MARY SANCHEZ p. 11
Sinead O’Connor’s inspirational act of challenging a pope
ROBERT KUTTNER p. 11
Banks: The weak spot in a strong recovery
SETH SANDRONSKY p. 11
California academic workers are rising up
SONALI KOLHATKAR p. 12
Five critical lessons from UPS’s union workers
KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL p. 12
The fight for airline passenger rights — and holding the industry to account.
THOM HARTMANN p. 13
The biggest issue for 2024: Can humanity survive Trump & the GOP?
ROBERT B. REICH p. 13
Why Bidenomics will get Joe another term and give Democrats control over Congress
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
How we see the past reflects how we live in the present
ROBERT C. KOEHLER p. 14
Immigration policy wrapped in razor wire, Robert Frost
FATIMA GUTIERREZ p. 14
Anxious about the climate? There’s a solution
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
Junk insurance: One more legacy from President Trump
SAM URETSKY p. 15
Big conclusions drawn from small study
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
Ennui on the hustings
DRAMA REVIEW/Ed Rampell p. 16
Judgment at Sheffield in ‘One Moment of Freedom’
JUAN COLE p. 17
Chaos as Israel departs the ranks of democracies, adopting the Hungarian model of elective dictatorship
JASON SIBERT p. 17
Getting up to speed on hypersonic weapons
JYOTSNA NAIDU p. 17
Democracy needs healthy debates about war and peace
JAMIE STIEHM p. 18
Mitch McConnell: Is there a bright side?
BARRY FRIEDMAN p. 18
Small town spin
SATIRE/Rosie Sorenson p. 18
Something there is that loves a border
RALPH NADER p. 19
The cost of re-enforcing political monocultures
TED RALL p. 19
Hail to the jailbird president
STEPHEN TRIMBLE p. 20
The problem that just won’t go away
ROB PATTERSON p. 20
‘Oppenheimer’ reminds how brilliant and compelling high-art cinema can be
ELWOOD WATSON p. 20
Visit Florida to learn about the benefits of slavery
MOVIE REVIEW/Laura Clawson p. 21
It’s ‘Barbie,’ but the right-wing freakout is very much about Ken
EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
Carli Lloyd’s attacks on the USWNT are personal — and political
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
Freedom coming for the Newburgh Four, after FBI entrapment
BONNIE JEAN FELDKAMP p. 22
We must do better on social media to eliminate the culture of meanness
DANA MILBANK p. 23
Aliens are among us — and they want to impeach Biden
ALEXANDRA PETRI p. 23
The Barbie movie, according to conservative criticism
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