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COVER/Eli Hager p. 1
School vouchers were supposed to save taxpayer money. Instead they blew a massive hole in Arizona’s budget.
EDITORIAL p. 2
Kamala takes the torch
JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
Singing the Chick-fil-A child labor blues.
What if a homeless person served on the Supreme Court?
SCOTUS is meant to be a court, not our supreme ruler.
Should corrupt judges be the ones redefining official corruption?
FRANK LINGO p. 3
Project 2025 imperils people and planet
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
DON ROLLINS p. 4
Project 2025: Of Black dads and preschools
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
Election shapes up as a battle of generations
DISPATCHES p. 5
Border Patrol records fewest migrants since 2021 on southern border.
Student loan payments paused for millions amid court fight over relief plan.
RFK Jr. floated job in Trump White House as he weighed endorsing Trump.
Trump campaign plans post-election mayhem.
Report shows how lawmakers in GOP-dominated South harm workers.
Federal agency aims to protect workers from paycheck advance fees.
Project 2025 will affect every part of life, even weather updates ...
FROMA HARROP p. 6
Biden’s economy is superior in just about every way
ART CULLEN p. 6
Say a prayer that the Yanks are coming
ALAN GUEBERT p. 6
Your local USDA office may soon be your local federal courthouse
GENE LYONS p. 7
Shooting was real; aftermath is all theater
FARRAH HASSEN p. 7
The solution to homelessness is housing
BRETT WILKINS p. 7
AFL-CIO: Trump agenda ‘catastrophic’
ROGER BYBEE and CAROLYN WINTER p. 8
Counter-RNC gathering shows breadth of diverse social movements
DICK POLMAN p. 9
Thank you Joe! A next-generation ticket will take on a 78-year-old sociopathic convicted criminal
SARAH ANDERSON and NATALIA RENTA p. 9
Billions in taxpayers subsidies shouldn’t be used for stock buybacks to enrich greedy investors
KAILI JOY GRAY p. 9
Why you shouldn’t vote for Trump, according to J.D. Vance
DAVID McCALL p. 10
The looming plot against workers
SAM PIZZIGATI p. 10
To best understand inequality, think class, not generation
MARY SANCHEZ p. 11
Hyper focus America — the goal is defeating Trump, not replacing Biden
ROBERT KUTTNER p. 11
The elites pressing Biden to retire
GENE NICHOL p. 11
A statute unparalleled
THOM HARTMANN p. 12
The GOP’s secret agenda for America’s future
KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL p. 12
Trump deserves sympathy — but not support for his candidacy
CLAIRE CARLSON p. 13
The assassination attempt, a hillbilly’s elegy, and a world on fire
ROBERT B. REICH p. 13
The GOP pretends its pro-union
CLARENCE PAGE p. 14
Donald Trump takes us for fools when he says he knows nothing about ‘Project 2025’
SONALI KOLHATKAR p. 14
Project 2025’s plan to gut Medicare and Medicaid
TIA SIMMONS p. 14
It’s time for a child allowance, no strings attached
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
Opioid settlement money: A drumbeat for outrage
SAM URETSKY p. 15
Polls raise red flags
ALEXANDRA PETRI p. 15
Off the record, I am resigned to the Big Bad Wolf
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
The gerontocracy saddles up again
JOEL D. JOSEPH p. 16
Immunity and impunity
JUAN COLE p. 17
New labour government in UK unleashes onshore wind, with 61% of British electricity now low-carbon
JASON SIBERT p. 17
Arms control pros need to collaborate to reduce nuclear risk
GEORGIA JENSEN p. 17
Libraries are cornerstones of our communities — and they need our help
JAMIE STIEHM p. 18
America’s summer burn: Pride and rage
BARRY FRIEDMAN p. 18
Niemöller
SETH SANDRONSKY p. 18
California lawmakers eye rent price rigging, corporate landlords
RALPH NADER p. 19
The dictatorial Trump court has put our democracy’s rule of law on quicksand
TED RALL p. 19
Biden’s senility obscures questions about Trump’s mental acuity
MARJORIE ‘SLIM’ WOODRUFF p. 20
Before you sleep on the ground, read this
ROB PATTERSON p. 20
‘Hack’ the generational comedy gap
SATIRE/Rosie Sorenson p. 20
Lonely at the top
FILM REVIEW/Ed Rampell p. 21
Still advertising for himself: The Norman and the Dead
DAVE ZIRIN and JULES BOYKOFF p. 21
France avoids disaster. Can the Olympics do the same?
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
At RNC in Milwaukee, Republicans unify ... against marginalized communities
BONNIE JEAN FELDKAMP p. 22
What the assassination attempt of Donald Trump tells America about gun violence
DANA MILBANK p. 23
Biden flips the script, Republicans forget their lines. Trump uniting the country? That’s so last week.
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