Selections from the November 1, 2021 issue

 COVER/Stephen Engelberg

Why do the wealthy pay a lower tax rate than everybody else? 

EDITORIAL
Don’t let Big Liars win

FRANK LINGO
Stop Republicans’ attacks on voting

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

DON ROLLINS
John Shelby Spong: Passer of torches

RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen 
Hard to find good help for cheap

DISPATCHES 
Trump’s failed attempt to overturn the election is clear.
Trump hid payments from foreign governments, $70 million in losses on D.C. hotel.
AT&T wanted another Fox News, and OAN is what it got.
Economy adds 194,000 jobs in September, unemployment rate drops, but Wall Street is disappointed.
Amid calls to ‘fire DeJoy,’ 20 states sue over plans to sabotage Postal Service ...

ART CULLEN 
Build back what? Sounds pretty expensive.

SONDRA YOUDELMAN
Big money’s war on the build back better plan

JOHN YOUNG
Fox News: Dialing up lies for dollars

BRIAN WAKAMO 
To save jobs and fund infrastructure, close this loophole

SETH SANDRONSKY
Shakiness, Inc.: Tech and temp workers

BOB BURNETT
Extreme measures

GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet 
The ugly Face(book) of corporate capitalism

DR. CINTLI
Of juvenile pranks and insurrections

HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas 
Immigrants: Keeping them healthy

SAM URETSKY 
Twenty years of Republican obstruction on climate change

TAMMY ROJAS
With health care at stake, our voices should count

WAYNE O’LEARY
More southern discomfort

JOHN BUELL 
Between the lines on Manchin

DAVID SCHMIDT 
‘The United States of Latin America’: Mexico breathes new life into Simon Bolivar’s dream

BARRY FRIEDMAN
Cold as ice

BOOK REVIEW/Heather Seggel 
Bread is not enough

ROB PATTERSON 
‘The Many Saints of Newark’ blesses ‘The Sopranos’ with a fine prequel

SATIRE/Rosie Sorenson 
Crispy critter

MOVIE REVIEW/Ed Rampell 
Lights! Cameras! Action!: Academy Museum features Hollywood hoopla & inclusivity

GENE NICHOL 
Democratic blindness and timidity assist Republican sedition

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