Thursday, August 29, 2024

Selections from the September 15, 2024 issue

 COVER/Hal Crowther 

Stars and Stripes and Fascists

EDITORIAL 
Harris clears the launch pad

JIM HIGHTOWER 
The changing meaning of “work” — and the idea of “boss man”;
Republicans discover a big flaw in Tim Walz: He’s not rich!; 
A flock of rich plutocratic Democrats want Lina Khan’s head. Why?; 
Want to cool Earth? Just block the Sun. Simple!

FRANK LINGO 
Democrats are only hope for climate

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 

ELWOOD WATSON 
Trump is getting worse. Will the media notice?

DON ROLLINS 
Two partners, one purpose

RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen 
What about desolation of rural America?

DISPATCHES 
Protests light at Democratic convention.
RFK Jr.’s siblings back Harris after Junior’s incohent endorsement of Trump.
‘Thanks to Citizens United,’ 50 megadonors put over $1.5 billion into 2024 election.
Texas busing of migrants hits speed bump as fewer enter country.
J.D. Vance stands by ‘Cat ladies’ slur.
‘That’s my dad!’ stole our hearts. Meet Gus Walz.
DOJ files rent-fixing lawsuit ... and more


ART CULLEN 
Trump’s flag goes limp in dog days of summer

ALAN GUEBERT 
Tariffs are never a good idea

SONALI KOLHATKAR 
Health care for all should be an election issue

JOHN YOUNG 
J.D. Vance is a psycho killer, or something

AMY HANAUER 
If we want better care, we need a better tax code

DICK POLMAN
Thanks to the cult and its aging criminal, Kamala can run on patriotism, democracy 
and decency

JOE CONASON
Military service, partisan smears and the parody of patriotism

SETH SANDRONSKY 
In and out of California’s prisons

DAVID McCALL 
Harris delivered on jobs

JACOB FISCHLER
Democrats trying to reverse election losses in rural America urge focus on economy


ROBERT KUTTNER 
Economics according to Harris

CLAIRE CARLSON 
Beyond the fanfare at the DNC

NANCY J. ALTMAN 
‘We’re not going back’: Seniors agree with Kamala Harris and Tim Walz

SABRINA HAAKE 
Stop the steal is here again

THOM HARTMANN  
Will democracy survive the tsunami of rightwing dark money coming this fall?


GLYNN WILSON 
The big picture

ASPEN CORIZ-ROMERO and ANILA LOPEZ MARKS
America’s nuclear “downwinders” deserve justice

HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas  
The Clorox Candidate: A eulogy for his right-to-try act

SAM URETSKY 
Trump wants to make religion great again, and elections unnecessary

JOEL D. JOSEPH 
Tesla should fire Elon Musk as CEO

WAYNE O’LEARY
The Democrats’ troubled road to November

GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet
Save the humanities


JUAN COLE 
There’s only one issue in the 2024 election: The survival of a habitable Earth

BOOK REVIEW/Ken Winkes
Still addicted to oil

JAMIE STIEHM 
The wizard and the hillbilly: Weird politics 

BARRY FRIEDMAN 
How can they vote for Trump, part the infinity

SATIRE/Rosie Sorenson  
No more stinkin’ AI bots

RALPH NADER 
Public citizen’s Robert Weissman calls for 10 crucial public congressional hearings


MARJORIE ‘SLIM’ WOODRUFF  
Grumpy talk on the trail

ROB PATTERSON 
Sometimes you watch “The Bear” 

FILM REVIEW/Ed Rampell 
Surviving Canada’s indigenous boarding schools

AMY GOODMAN 
A sit-in for peace in Gaza at the Democratic National Convention


GENE NICHOL
The right to decide

From The Progressive Populist, September 15, 2024


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