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COVER/Hal Crowther p. 1
An incurable disease? The mystery of MAGA
EDITORIAL p. 2
Biden floats in the flooded zone
JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
The Right Wing’s program to solve childhood obesity.
The Supreme Court’s six corporate sumpremacists ridge again.
Justwhat we need — another border wall!
The shameful greed of the Solano County gold rush.
Rebranding CAFOs as PFOs is corporate BS.
Why you were not invited to Davos.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
DON ROLLINS p. 4
Student absenteeism: Fixes and frustrations
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
The race doesn’t always go to the Swifties (but that’s the way to bet)
DISPATCHES p. 5
RFK Jr.’s apology over Super Bowl ad doesn’t pass sincerity test.
Trump echoes Hitler final solution rhetoric.
Poll: most Republicans are fine with Trump getting away with anything.
Trump attacks another military family. That’s who he is.
Changes in child tax credit would have outsized impact on rural children ...
FROMA HARROP p. 6
Republicans want the border to bleed
ART CULLEN p. 6
Calm yourself: What would Mel Brooks do?
ALAN GUEBERT p. 6
America’s love/hate relationship with one of our biggest trading partners
GENE LYONS p. 7
If you’re going to argue, at least be able to form a sentence
CANDACE BAKER p. 7
Lawmakers must fully fund the WIC program
JOHN YOUNG p. 7
Swifties are the least of GOP’s problems
JAKE JOHNSON p. 8
‘Hell no’: Trump allies’ plan to privatize Medicare draws alarm and outrage
DICK POLMAN p. 9
It’s unanimous! ‘Citizen Trump’ is just like ‘any other criminal defendent’ facing federal prosecution.
JOE CONASON p. 9
What Taylor Swift is teaching us now
DAVID McCALL p. 10
Fighting for time to heal
SVANTE MYRICK p. 10
This Black History month, fight for the freedom to learn
SAFIYA SIMMONS, LAURA
COLLINS & SUZETTE GARDNER p. 10
Changing the culture around paid leave starts at school
MARY SANCHEZ p. 11
Sorry liberals, there’s something to learn from the Taylor Swift/Travis Kelce ‘conspiracies’
ROBERT KUTTNER p. 11
Border wars
FRANK LINGO p. 11
Exciting ecological innovations
THOM HARTMANN p. 12
Do the rich dudes want the court to ban Trump or not?
KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL p. 12
Why we need a ‘Doug Jones’ more than a Dow Jones
SONALI KOLHATKAR p. 13
The real reason your grocery bill is still so high
ROBERT B. REICH p. 13
Truth about the economy
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
Republicans seek to gain by dividing Americans
GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet p. 14
Criminalizing the homeless again
BOOK REVIEW/Ken Winkes p. 14
Hard work over the decades
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
What would Kant do? A brake on renegade individualism
SAM URETSKY p. 15
Pets keep us young
KATIE KLINGSPORN p. 15
Where have all the doctors gone?
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
The corporatization of American health care
ROBERT C. KOEHLER p. 16
Diversity in the crosshairs
GENE NICHOL p. 16
Violating academic freedom, again
JUAN COLE p. 17
Top 3 things Biden could do instead of intensively bombing Iraq and Syria
JOEL D. JOSEPH p. 17
US should recognize a Palestinian state
JASON SIBERT p. 17
No turning back on Iran’s nukes
JAMIE STIEHM p. 18
The woman driving Trump mad
BARRY FRIEDMAN p. 18
Trump’s inner voice
SATIRE/Rosie Sorenson p. 18
Pieces of Ron
RALPH NADER p. 19
Provoking Trump to defeat himself Jujitsu style
TED RALL p. 19
What’s left: We’re a rich country. Let’s act like it.
LAURA PRITCHETT p. 20
They struggle to come to America: One woman’s story
ROB PATTERSON p. 20
Support the workers in the entertainment industry that helps us get by
SETH SANDRONSKY p. 20
Langston Hughes and language of human liberation
FILM REVIEW/Ed Rampell p. 21
A filmic feast for the eyes: The gastronomy of L’Amour
EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
In the fight against antisemitism, Robert Kraft is part of the problem
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
Biden’s support for Israel may cost him reelection
BONNIE JEAN FELDKAMP p. 22
Do MRIs freak you out? They used to scare me too, but then I learned this
DANA MILBANK p. 23
Crisis! Crisis! Crisis! Oh, never mind.
ALEXANDRA PETRI p. 23
Elmo experiences a dark night of the soul
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