Selections from the October 15, 2023 issue

 COVER/Reynard Loki 

Why Healthy forests mean fewer pandemics

EDITORIAL 
Labor shows its grit

FRANK LINGO
Eco-activists are getting murdered

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 

DON ROLLINS 
Bill Richardson: A study in nuance

RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen 
Save the earth before it’s too late

DISPATCHES 
NLRB’s recent decisions are good news for workers.
Texas Senate ‘acquits’ impeached atttorney general; Republicans seek state House Speaker’s removal for pushing impeachment.
Rupert Murdoch’s legacy is a stain on psychic life of America.
News flash for Republican hardliners: Shutdowns cost billions ...

ART CULLEN 
Storm Lake gets sucked dry so the world gets cheap meat

ALAN GUEBERT 
The pile-ups start to pile up

LAKEISHA MCVEY 
Poverty just jumped — and it was no accident

JOHN YOUNG 
Another big GOP lie: ‘Economy’s a wreck’

JAZMIN OROZCO RODRIGUEZ  
How will rural Americans fare during Medicaid unwinding? Experts fear they’re on their own

DICK POLMAN 
“Impeaching” Biden for non-existent high crimes is the latest manifestation of MAGA madness

SAM PIZZIGATI 
UAW strike gives us new hope for the working class

TOM H. HASTINGS
Shutdown showdown

TOM CONWAY 
Empowering the caregivers

RYAN GABRIELSON 
Wall Street bet big on used-car loans for years. Now a crisis may be looming. 

ROBERT KUTTNER 
Labor’s militant creativity

MARJORIE KELLY
End wealth supremacy

THOM HARTMANN  
Can we stop the GOP’s Big Pharma rip-off?

SONALI KOLHATKAR  
Will billionaires build a new utopian city — to replace what they ruined? 

GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet  
Surfing the strike wave

HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas
Abortion and the myopia of states’ rights’ enthusiasts

SAM URETSKY 
Houses for the homeless

SVANTE MYRICK
Bogus ‘edutainment’ may be coming to a classroom near you

WAYNE O’LEARY 
No labels, no sense

LEW KINGSBURY 
Scorched earth, wildfires, and raging floods ... is geoengineering our climate the answer?

JUAN COLE
Libya’s climate disaster shows we can’t afford erratic leaders like Trump and Haftar any more

RICHARD D. WOLFF 
Economic growth in G7 versus BRICS: A reality check

BARRY FRIEDMAN 
It’s the cream cheese, stupid

LINDSAY KOSHGARIAN and ALLIYAH LUSUEGRO 
Climate is the fight of our lifetime. Our federal budget should reflect that. 

RALPH NADER 
Corporate criminal behavior almost exposé proof

DENNIS HINKAMP
Report from Burning Man 2023

ROB PATTERSON 
The worst wages of fame

SATIRE/Rosie Sorenson
It’s Bayer, not Burisma, dummy

ED RAMPELL  
Assuring Black is Beautiful and visible in the fashion industry 

From The Progressive Populist, October 15, 2023

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