Saturday, April 17, 2021

Selections from the May 1, 2021 issue

 COVER/Reynard Loki 

‘Sacrifice Zones’: How people of color are targets of environmental racism

EDITORIAL
Preachers join the goats

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

GENE NICHOL
North Carolina’s advice to Georgia

RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen
Protecting meatpackers and public health

DISPATCHES
McConnell’s “Stay out of politics’ warning to corporations doesn’t seem to be working. 
Republican megadonors had high hopes for a weekend retreat. Then Trump took the stage. 
Biden wants to send COVID vaccines overseas, but a Trump deal prohibits sharing surplus. 
In report full of holes, sheriff’s office clears federal marshal’s contractors in killing of antifa fugitive.
In report full of holes, sheriff's office clears federal marshals contractors in killing of antifa fugitive.
Four right-wing 'Boogaloo Bois' indicted for obstructing investigation of federal officer's murder last summer.
Amidst wave of voter suppression bills, some states expand access to ballots.
Three students from same Knoxville high school were shot already this year.
Congress allocated $19B in stimulus money to Texas public ed, but schools have yet to see an extra dime.
Iowa nears 60% of power from wind turbines ... 


ART CULLEN
Responding to change

ALAN GUEBERT
Global meatpackers filet US taxpayers again and again 


JILL RICHARDSON
State lawmakers are cracking down on speech

JOHN YOUNG 
Vote suppression: the GOP national pastime

JOHN L. MICEK 
So much for a transitional presidency

ROBERT P. ALVAREZ
Voter suppression is an attack on democracy — and my faith

DICK POLMAN 
John Boehner reminds us Republicans lived in ‘crazytown’ long before Trump

REBEKAH ENTRALGO
Biden’s jobs plan will help seniors get care at home

PHIL ATETO 
Medicare for All could save my life

TOM CONWAY
America’s supply chain crisis

SARAH ANDERSON 
If the minimum wage kept pace with Wall Street bonuses since 1985, it would be worth $44 today


THOM HARTMANN 
GOP ‘cancel culture’ has its guns blazing against democracy


ROBERTO Dr. CINTLI RODRIGUEZ
Dehumanization, genocide and vaccine hesitancy

GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet  
Anti-trans bills are about division

HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas  
Health policies: The danger of ineptness

SAM URETSKY 
Understanding Dr. Birx

FRANK LINGO 
Non-interview with Jaime Harrison

WAYNE O’LEARY
American Rescue Plan rescues Obamacare

JOHN BUELL
NPR’s market obsession

RACHEL PAK 
Stop calling it a ‘border crisis’


BOB BURNETT
Whatever happened to personal responsibility?


BOOK REVIEW/Heather Seggel
The puzzle of poverty

ROB PATTERSON 
Allen v. Farrow v. comfort

SETH SANDRONSKY
The third reconstruction: An interview with Rev. Dr. William J. Barber

MOVIE REVIEW/Ed Rampell  
How we can put a halt to biodiversity loss


SATIRE/Rosie Sorenson
It’s a beautiful thing

ROBIN SAVANNAH CARVER
I want civil rights. They want to talk about sports.

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