Selections from the March 15, 2018 issue

COVER/George Kimbrell Farmers, enviros sue EPA over Monsanto’s disastrous dicamba pesticide EDITORIAL Common sense is not enough LETTERS TO THE EDITOR DON ROLLINS Motel culture RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen Who will pay for the new economy? DISPATCHES Looking grim for organized labor at the Supremes; Dreamers win a stay as Supreme Court tells Trump to get in line; Hopes to save NAFTA dwindle; Author: 1994 assault weapons ban cut massacres; Estimate: GOP health care sabotage will increase premiums; Dem rebuttal tears Nunes memo apart; States join forces to build background check system; Trump approval drops to record lows; Dems won't endorse Lipinski: Eric Holder, Dems sue Wis. Gov. over lack of special elections ... ART CULLEN Who actually cares about our workforce? JILL RICHARDSON Mass shootings shouldn’t be the only time we talk about mental illness JOHN YOUNG Turn the corner against gun-culture politics ROBERT BOROSAGE The real reason workers can’t get a raise GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet An American obsession BOB BURNETT Forecasting midterm elections in the West LEO GERARD Trump’s big infrastructure con RICHARD ESKOW A pledge to transform the Resistance, and America MARK ANDERSON Oh, snap! Trump has ideas about fixing welfare JASON SIBERT Trump’s presidency a tragedy for the commons WENONAH HAUTER We are drowning in plastic, and fracking companies are profiting IRENE TUNG and TEÓFILO REYES Tips are for servers, not CEOs HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas A guide to Chimera-Land SAM URETSKY Budget cuts drive people crazy BOOK REVIEW/Heather Seggel Staying alive in the age of Trump WAYNE O’LEARY Trump’s goldilocks economy JOHN BUELL Beyond crackpot realism JOEL D. JOSEPH Sex, age and video games: What to blame for school violence SETH SANDRONSKY Teamsters declare sanctuary union SATIRE/Rosie Sorenson Poor demented Uncle Sam ROB PATTERSON Get to know songwriter Paul Kelly MOVIES/Ed Rampell Pan African Film Fest offers cinema’s other ‘Barrow Gang’