Saturday, December 14, 2019

Selections from the January 1-15, 2020 issue

COVER/Hal Crowther
Christmas at the madhouse: The straitjacket blues


EDITORIAL
Trump isn’t a populist


FRANK LINGO
Progressive propaganda: Private parts


LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

DON ROLLINS
A tale of two narratives


RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen
Threats to farms and food — roundup the usual suspects


DISPATCHES
Deal reached on bill to replace NAFTA;
One-third of Americans delayed medical care over cost last year;
House sends bill to restore Voting Rights Act to roadblocked Senate;
N.R. Rep. George Holding to retire after district redrawn;
Dems say Trump ‘illegally withholding’ funding for Puerto Rico hurricane aid;
Trump brings war crimes pardonees to Fla. fundraiser;
Refugee advocates remember anniversary of child's death in US custody;
Moscow Mitch's boycott of legislating is angering one of his own: Chuck Grassley;
Lawsuit alleging private prison company used ICE detainees as 'captive labor force' goes forward;
Trump touts 'special relationship' with North Korea, which calls him 'heedless and erratic old man' ...


ART CULLEN
Biden appeals to rural voters over climate change


TRACEY L. ROGERS
Can plantations be redeemed?


JILL RICHARDSON
Is marijuana a gateway drug?


JOHN YOUNG
Gleam in Rick Perry’s eyes: King Trump


MAX B. SAWICKY
Everything you need to know about the next recession


TOM CONWAY
Corporations sell out workers’ safety for profit — with Trump as their ally


THOM HARTMANN
Why have no republicans turned on Trump?


JOEL D. JOSEPH 
Ford Motor Company has lost its way

BOB BURNETT
The new normal


JOHN L. MICEK
Trump continues to manufacture lies


HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas
A shopper’s guide to costs, the health version


SAM URETSKY
When do pols pass their peak?


ALEX LAWSON
Why Bernie Sanders is backing Cory Booker’s plan to tackle Big Pharma’s soaring prices


WAYNE O’LEARY
Annals of inequality: The market factor


JOHN BUELL
The politics of the non-political fed


JASON SIBERT
Get a grip on nukes


N. GUNASEKARAN
‘Asia’s oldest democracy,’ Sri Lanka, faces dilemma


HEATHER SEGGEL
The trash is piling up


ROB PATTERSON
‘Mrs. Maisel’ is indeed marvelous


SATIRE/Rosie Sorenson
What goes around


MOVIE REVIEW/Ed Rampell
Dead woman walking: A capital film on capital punishment


SETH SANDRONSKY
A king’s ransom


JAMES G. KAHN
It’s time to end Medicare-for-All denial

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