Selections from the December 1, 2019 issue

COVER/Wendell Potter
How health insurance industry allies will lie about Elizabeth Warren’s Medicare for All Plan

EDITORIAL
The right enemies

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

DON ROLLINS
Secular urge, religious language

RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen
Thanks for caring

DISPATCHES
Trump must pay $2 million to charities over misuse of his foundation;
Civiqs poll of battleground states shows tight prez race, no matter who Dems nominate;
Many undecided voters in ‘Blue Wall’ states;
Estimated 15,600 deaths result from GOP blocking Medicaid expansion;
Trump ends Filipino WW2 vets program
Ukraine expert says Mulvaney held up missile sles to Ukraine to avoid upsetting Russia;
At Rick Perry's suggestion, 2 political backers get Ukraine gas deal;
Senate Republicans ready to rubber stamp worst Trump judge appointee yet;
Trump hotels rake in millions from Republicans eager to suck up;
New Chinese trade deal might make chicken a booby trap ...

ART CULLEN
Impeachment is not the issue in Iowa

BEN LILLISTON
NAFTA’s empty promises

JILL RICHARDSON
We need publicly owned utilities

JOHN YOUNG
Un-American to boo Trump? Well, lock us up

JOHN L. MICEK
Trump and Republicans are weak, even on friendly turf

ROBERT P. ALVAREZ
Republicans, not Russians, threaten our elections

SAM PIZZIGATI
How much ‘inequality tax’ are you paying?

KEITH COMBS
One way to honor vets? Protect the Postal Service

THOM HARTMANN
A Democracy-killing duo: How the Supreme Court and the morbidity rich are ruining Democracy in America

TOM CONWAY
NAFTA is an accomplice to murder

JOEL D. JOSEPH
Japan-US trade agreement is weak and unconstitutional

SETH SANDRONSKY
California burning

HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas
A note on the limits of Uncle Sam

SAM URETSKY
Can dogs help sell a presidential candidate?

GENE NICHOL
Obama and Cummings

WAYNE O’LEARY
Annals of inequality: the Trump interlude

JOHN BUELL
Chile and 9/11 (1973)

FRANK LINGO
EPA ignores toxic PCBs in schools

JASON SIBERT
International cooperation takes a break during the Trump era

ERIC BOEHLERT
Trump’s reelection campaign spreads lies online — and the press touts it as savvy

ROB PATTERSON
Listening to music while driving

BOOK REVIEW/Heather Seggel
The lies in true crime

MOVIE REVIEW/Ed Rampell
All-aboard the freedom train: ‘Harriet’ is real life African American action hero

RON NICHOLS
‘The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn’ and the GOP’s crisis of sonscience

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