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COVER/Lisa Song, ProPublica p. 1
The EPA has done nearly everything it can to clean up this small town. It hasn’t worked.
EDITORIAL p. 2
Ukraine survives GOP chaos
JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
Where’s George Orwell Today? Texas!
Can’t oil barons ever be honest? (Hint: No).
What nation besides Israel is killing Gaza’s innocent Palestininans?
Why are we letting greedheads and ideologues kill our post office?
FRANK LINGO p. 3
Earth Day update: Optimism and pessimism
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
DON ROLLINS p. 4
Ohio was wrong last time: Let’s do it again!
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
Diversions from political mainstream
DISPATCHES p. 5
Trump eyes Social Security cuts by slashing payroll tax.
Tennessee VW workers vote to join UAW in a landslide..
Green groups call RFK Jr. ‘Dangerous conspiracy theorist and science denier.’
Biden rent-increase cap shows tenant union win.
Emergency rooms refused to treat pregnant patients after ‘Dobbs’ decision.
Green groups cheer $7 billion in “Solar for All’ grants.
FROMA HARROP p. 6
Did legalized abortion lead to lower crime rates?
ART CULLEN p. 6
A rushed farm bill is a bad one
ALAN GUEBERT p. 6
How to win the SAF game: Part 1
GENE LYONS p. 7
Speaking of old age
TIFFANY TAGBO p. 7
Lawmakers should spend a night in a homeless shelter
JOHN YOUNG p. 7
For its stakes, trial eclipses the solar eclipse
DICK POLMAN p. 9
Criminal court: day one: The grifting grievances of Don Snoreleone
JOE CONASON p. 9
Bully Bobby Jr. is no friend of free speech
FRAN QUIGLEY p. 9
Biden rent increase cap shows the tenant union movement can win nationally
DAVID McCALL p. 10
A new manufacturing frontier
SAM PIZZIGATI p. 10
To trim our richest down to Democratic size, we need to think big
MARY SANCHEZ p. 11
Let women’s sports be a tailwind to a better society
ROBERT KUTTNER p. 11
The US-Japan Summit and the Nippon Steel Deal
ROBERT KUTTNER p. 11
How the fed keeps getting inflation wrong
SONALI KOLHATKAR p. 12
Here’s why you can’t afford an electric car
KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL p. 12
Fatal recklessness at Boeing traces back to long-standing c-suite greed
THOM HARTMANN p. 13
We need a Democratic revolution to overcome the rightwing media machine!
ROBERT B. REICH p. 13
How to understand Trump’s criminal felony trial
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
Remember Jackie Robinson’s triumps
FARRAH HASSEN p. 14
A bittersweet Arab American Heritage Month
SULMA ARIAS p. 14
Why do my groceries cost so much?
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
Conscience: When mine conflicts with yours
SAM URETSKY p. 15
Health care should be more than bitter pills
ROBERT DODGE p. 15
Our budget priorities should reflect the people’s agenda, not hasten nuclear oblivion
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
Absurdity of American immigration policy
LES LEOPOLD p. 16
Raging against ‘White Rural Rage’
OMAR OCAMPO p. 16
Billionaires are bad for democracy. Taxing them is good for it.
JUAN COLE p. 17
Netanyahu, empowered by Biden’s grant of impunity, baits Iran into his genocidal Gaza war
ELWOOD WATSON p. 17
What you might have forgotten about OJ Simpson and his trial
JAMIE STIEHM p. 18
Trump’s luck and mojo run low
BARRY FRIEDMAN p. 18
Performative outrage
SETH SANDRONSKY p. 18
Living life: Reviewing Helena Sheehan’s new autobiography
RALPH NADER p. 19
New book: Choosing regular food to extend longevity
TED RALL p. 19
Biden’s secret border agenda: Migrants fill our baby gap
PEPPER TRAIL p. 20
An invitation to play the climate-change game
ROB PATTERSON p. 20
Where’s the music ripped from the headlines?
SATIRE/Rosie Sorenson p. 20
Deeply fakey
FILM REVIEW/Ed Rampell p. 21
It’s racism or solidarity for Syrian refugees and ex-miners at Northeast England in Ken Loach’s “The Old Oak”
EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
Oakland has 2 baseball heroes — and a billionaire owner ruining everything
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
USC silences its valedictorian. She vows to fight on.
BONNIE JEAN FELDKAMP p. 22
We all deserve space to pursue our dreams
DANA MILBANK p. 23
This is why Trump supporters will believe absolutely everything
ALEXANDRA PETRI p. 23
The time travelers’ wives
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