Friday, July 14, 2023

Selections from the August 1, 2023 issue

 COVER/Daniel Ross

Medicine residue is everywhere in our rivers and lakes — and fish are behaving strangely

EDITORIAL 
Make college affordable again


LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 

DON ROLLINS 
Africa: In peril from without

RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen 
Support your local dairies

DISPATCHES 
Biden acts to limit unexpected health costs.
A great jobs report and vindication of Bidenomics.
Inflation Reduction Act is turning us into renewable energy superpower.
Biden’s legislative wins a boon for battleground Democrats.
Corporate profits surged to $1 trillion a year as working people suffer ...

ART CULLEN
A little hope amidst the haze

ALAN GUEBERT
Supreme Court’s recent clean water ruling makes everything murkier


PHYLLIS BENNIS
A tale of two tragedies at sea

JOHN YOUNG 
A kill shot against democracy that missed

GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet
Unpack the court!

DICK POLMAN 
A homophobic trifecta: Fake facts, fake case, and a high court with cratering credibility 

GENE NICHOL 
Wounding mission accomplished

TOM CONWAY 
American workers demand Julie Su’s confirmation

SAM PIZZIGATI 
Want to reclaim the spirit of 1776? Reduce inequality

FRANK LINGO
Biden finally restoring species protections

ROBERT KUTTNER 
Will Tai prevail over the corporate undertow? 

THOM HARTMANN  
GOP: “How dare you tell the truth!”

DR. CINTLI 
Wars and interventions: Corruption, American style

ALLIYAH LUSUEGRO 
To clear the air, cut military spending

HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas
More egregiously woke books to ban

SAM URETSKY 
Big Pharma’s money talks

MARK ANDERSON 
Bad term at BlackRock

WAYNE O’LEARY 
Class, capitalism and democrats

SETH SANDRONSKY
Supreme Court decision provides challenge for Affirmative Action in California’s higher education


JOEL D. JOSEPH 
Proposed California reparations are not justified


BARRY FRIEDMAN 
When the chainsaw breaks

SATIRE/Rosie Sorenson 
Putin’s fire sale

RALPH NADER 
What’s the matter with the ‘liberal press’?


RICK KNIGHT 
Restoring the land can feel a lot like fun

ROB PATTERSON 
The gifts of great books

BOOK REVIEW/Ken Winkes  
Poverty is a choice America makes

FILM REVIEW/Ed Rampell  
Salt of the Earth

From The Progressive Populist, August 1, 2023


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