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Selections from the October 1, 2022 issue of The Progressive Populist

 COVER/Andy Kroll, Justin Elliott and Andrew Perez

How a billionaire’s ‘attack philanthropy’ secretly funded climate denialism and right-wing causes

EDITORIAL 
Who pays for higher ed? Stand up for Ukraine.


LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 

DON ROLLINS 
An ear, a hand and a voice: Ninety days on the job

RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen 
Rethinking college

DISPATCHES 
GOP begs Trump to show Senate candidates the money. 
Dropping gas prices have R’s frantically searching for new line of attack. 
Young voters’ approval of Biden soars after student debt cancellation. 
Fossil fuel giants targeted activists with ‘judicial harasssment.’ 
Dissatisfaction with US healthcare points to need for ‘public option.’ 
Chief Justice Roberts pretends he's still in charge of Supreme Court.
Judge blocks Arizona law limiting filming of police.
Politico's new maverick publisher is a big fan of Trump, Musk and nonpartisan contrarian centrism ...


ART CULLEN
We’re not close to anywhere, just so much data noise


OLIVIA ALPERSTEIN
Biden’s student debt relief is a big deal

JOHN YOUNG
MAGA’s war on public servants

THOM HARTMANN 
Student debt is evil and a crime against our nation

TOM CONWAY 
Making worker power a Constitutional right


MARK ANDERSON  
Pay attention to what’s not said at the Fed


DR. CINTLI 
“Both parties-ism” is akin to “Both sides-ism”

HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas
Medicare ‘advantage’ scams

SAM URETSKY 
Equality and justice would be nice

WAYNE O’LEARY
The conservative deregulation project


DICK POLMAN 
Was Joe right to use the f-bomb? (No, the other f-bomb.)


JASON SIBERT 
US should re-examine trade with China and Russia


BARRY FRIEDMAN
What Karen Santorum’s ‘abortion’ teaches us

FRANK LINGO 
Talking common sense to voters


JOSEPH B. ATKINS 
Mainstream media fail on Ukraine war

ROB PATTERSON 
Fresh dirt on Dylan

MOVIE REVIEW/Seth Sandronsky 
Saving souls, properously

MOVIE REVIEW/Ed Rampell  
Impish: Still dreaming of genie


SATIRE/Rosie Sorenson 
The case of the purloined pages


BELLA DEVAAN and REBEKAH ENTRALGO
Want more teachers? Start valuing education


From The Progressive Populist, October 1, 2022


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