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Selections from the May 1, 2023 issue

 COVER/Art Cullen 

It’s always been lean on the Great Plains, but this time feels different

EDITORIAL
GOP stoops to new lows


LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

DON ROLLINS
PepsiCo: Of quakers and fakers

JOHN HORNING
A dancing bird finally gets some protection

DISPATCHES
Subscription rates going up.
Nearly 2/3 of Americans think Trump acted illegally—boosting him in GOP primary. 
Strong job growth, but wage growth slows. 
GOP tries cutting Gen Z’s Social Ssecurity benefits on ’24 platform. 
Army sergeant found guilty of murder of BLM protester, but Gov. Abbott vows pardon. 
Radley Balko has receipts on years of Tennessee Republican bigotry and abuses of power.
Zombie aborton bans have a bad week in the Midwest, but it's a very different story in Idaho.
Republicans vote against free school lunch, turn around and vote for free lunch for themselves.
City of Waco forced Deadbeat Donald to pay his rally expenses ...


ART CULLEN
Policing where we pee

ALAN GUEBERT
Woe is WOTUS: When lawmakers make water policy through lawsuits


GABRIELA SANDOVAL
Student debt forgiveness is a win-win for our country

JOHN YOUNG
Big lie is just one of so, so many

ALLIYAH LUSUEGRO
Immigration policy doesn’t have to be this way

DICK POLMAN
Pop quiz: Can you spot the criminal defendant charged with 34 felonies? 


TOM CONWAY 
Building worker power

ROBERT KUTTNER 
The double standard for keeping capital and labor honest

CHAILA R. SCOTT 
Many are falling short chasing the American Dream


DEAN BAKER
The Social Security scare story industry

SONALI KOLHATKAR  
Lowest-paid workers in LA schools walkout: Teachers by their side


THOM HARTMANN 
How love of money replaced love of nation & spirit


DR. CINTLI 
‘What it means to be an American?’ vs. ‘The Final Battle’

BOB HERTZ
We are still fighting the Civil War over health care for the working poor

HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas
Obesity: Tapping into a rich market

SAM URETSKY
Shortage of doctors and nurses signals public health crisis

SETH SANDRONSKY
CROP grows in California

WAYNE O’LEARY
The racial interpretation of American history

BOB LORD 
The GOP ‘billionaires pay zero tax’ proposal is not for faimly farmers and ranchers

SATIRE/Rosie Sorenson
Bound for glory


JASON SIBERT 
Can the US give up primacy?  

FARRAH HASSEN 
Will there ever be justice for the Iraq War?  


BARRY FRIEDMAN
Wrestling as metaphor

GENE NICHOL
Teaching inequality in North Carolina


FRANK LINGO 
United Nations’ dire climate warning

ROB PATTERSON 
The only streaming TV series you must see

MARK ANDERSON
Federal Reserve hopes to make bank runs obsolete

FILM REVIEW/Ed Rampell  
The movement and the ‘Madman’

and more ...

From The Progressive Populist, May 1, 2023


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