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COVER/Hal Crowther p. 1
A state of shock in North Carolina
EDITORIAL p. 2
Climate changes; Trump still lies
JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
To get good local news, try do-it-yourself journalism | Corporate bosses are working-class heroes! And other B.S. | School lunch, Christian nationalism and Jesus | What should politics do? Ask Woody Guthrie.
FRANK LINGO p. 3
Will UN conferences finally get real?
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
DON ROLLINS p. 4
Kris Kristofferson: A sublime yearning
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
New voices needed in political coverage
DISPATCHES p. 5
How bad was Trump at handling disasters?
Conservatives struggle to see the bad in good jobs report.
Dockworkers suspend strike after winning tentative deal with 62% wage boost. They’ll continue talking about other issues.
UAW slams Trump-Vance as “menace to the working class.”
Trump lied about Haitian immigrants. Now he wants to deport them.
Analysis: Trump tax plan would make rich people richer, poor people poorer ...
FROMA HARROP p. 6
Bottom line on the border: It’s already orderly
ART CULLEN p. 6
How do we talk to each other anymore?
ALAN GUEBERT p. 6
Tough 2024 gets tougher
GENE LYONS p. 7
Interests outside work will fuel a happier retirement
ANNABELLE ORTIZ p. 7
There just aren’t enough services to prevent homelessness
JOHN YOUNG p. 7
OMG! The Venezuelans took over!
SARAH MELOTTE p. 8
Neighbor helping neighbor takes many forms in hurricane-hit Western N.C.
DICK POLMAN p. 9
The climactic moment when Walz pierced Vance’s slick veneer and exposed his totalitarianism
JOE CONASON p. 9
MAGA’s Nazi infestation just got worse
DAVID McCALL p. 10
Opportunity for all
LES LEOPOLD p. 10
Wake up Democrats! Trump is eating your working-class lunch
MARY SANCHEZ p. 11
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’s guilt hinges on how the women will be judged: Survivors or willing participants?
ROBERT KUTTNER p. 11
The Justice Department challenges Visa’s predatory power
SARAH ANDERSON p. 11
Lawmakers target corporations paying executives more than Uncle Sam
THOM HARTMANN p. 12
Radio silence: How progressives lost the airwaves
SABRINA HAAKE p. 12
The intelligent conversation we aren’t having on immigration
SONALI KOLHATKAR p. 13
What we can learn from Gen Z workers
ROBERT B. REICH p. 13
How the hell can Trump be running neck-and-neck with Harris? Let me tell you
CLARENCE PAGE p. 14
Looking for truth when lies become too easy to embrace
THE BIG PICTURE/Glynn Wilson p. 14
Vice presidential debate — J.D. Vance is a smooth liar, but Tim Walz nailed him on who won the 2020 election and Jan. 6
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
Health insurance: On the electoral brink
MARTHA BURK p. 15
Meet the newest abortion rights supporters: Men in red states
ALEXANDRA PETRI p. 15
It is so much nicer being a woman in Trump’s world
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
The great debate
ANNIE NORMAN and SHAWN SEBASTIAN p. 16
Postal Service plan writes off rural America to save a buck
JUAN COLE p. 17
The path to Nasrallah’s assassination
JASON SIBERT p. 17
The case for an Israeli-Palestinian confederation
JAMIE STIEHM p. 18
Election roundup: Painting the House blue, Harris in white
BARRY FRIEDMAN p. 18
Where did the fun go?
SATIRE/Rosie Sorenson p. 18
In this corner ...
RALPH NADER p. 19
Public radio, public media and local news deserts — our new report
TED RALL p. 19
We need a universal high income
ZAK PODMORE p. 20
Glen Canyon Dam faces deadpool
ROB PATTERSON p. 20
Jon Voight’s thespian skills lift him above lunatic politics
SETH SANDRONSKY p. 20
Globalize this: Reviewing ‘Socialist Register 2024’
ED RAMPELL p. 21
Decolonizing Hispanic history onscreen
EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
Gambling is an addiction. So why was Pete Rose an outcast?
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
Israel cannot bomb its way to peace
BONNIE JEAN FELDKAMP p. 22
Be part of the solution: Don’t engage with rage
DANA MILBANK p. 23
At debate, Vance whines: You weren’t supposed to fact check me!
GENE NICHOL p. 23
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