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Selections from the February 1, 2023 issue

 COVER/Jennifer Oldham

Wildfires in Colorado are growing more unpredictable. Officials have ignored the warnings.

EDITORIAL
Clown car’s in gear


LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

DON ROLLINS 
The proper and the questionable

KELSEY WELLINGTON
Wildlife watching has been getting a free ride

DISPATCHES
Unemployment falls to half-century low, but wage growth and inflation slows.
Democratic lawmakers push Biden to protect renters.
During Biden visit to border, Abbott cries he ‘desperately needs more money’ after wasting billiosn on stunts.
FTC proposes ban on noncompete clauses.
Report shows promise of greener jobs for former fossil fuel workers
Who could run to succeed Sen. Debbie Stabenow? Pretty much everybody ... 


ART CULLEN
Gimme some of that old-time socialsim

ALAN GUEBERT
Commodity markets see winter thaw, securities markets remain in deep ice

FARRAH HASSEN
A year of global displacement

JOHN YOUNG
Two who flunked dictator school

DICK POLMAN
A New Year’s resolution: Do not underestimate Uncle Joe. Ever again.

DICK POLMAN
Burning down the house: For the gang that can’t govern, it’s been a long time coming. 

TOM CONWAY
Living proof


JAKE JOHNSON
No matter who leads House GOP, advocates say, ‘They all want to cut your Social Security’


ROBERT KUTTNER 
Who will talk Jay Powell off the ledge? 

THOM HARTMANN  
What the final stage of Reaganism looks like

SONALI KOLHATKAR
Fixing the broken American healthcare system is not actually hard


DR. CINTLI
The unthinkable and inevitable civil war?

HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas  
The battle for America’s soul: The dilemma of the poor

SAM URETSKY 
Get the facts right on contraception

FRANK LINGO 
Over-engineering food and energy

WAYNE O’LEARY
The real inflation

PETER ELKIND
What to know about cellphone radiation


JOSEPH B. ATKINS 
Geopolitical death in Ukraine


BARRY FRIEDMAN
Losing Trump

SATIRE/Rosie Sorenson
The great brain robbery, Elon style

GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet
Free speech, not corporate control

ROB PATTERSON 
When politics becomes entertainment, call for Robert Draper

SETH SANDRONSKY
UC strike over, but questions remain over new contracts

FILM REVIEW/Ed Rampell
‘Chile ’76’

From The Progressive Populist, February 1, 2023


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