Friday, September 27, 2024

Selections from the October 15, 2024 issue

 COVER/Sarah Melotte 

Healing amidst division: How a small town fights for its library

EDITORIAL 
The Big Lie is GOP’s brand

JIM HIGHTOWER
The battle of Baraboo — privatizer greed vs. seniors’ health care | How ‘wonderful’ is Pom, Fiji water and the wonderful company? | Why are we letting corporate profiteers write America’s farm and food policy? Why is it that big shot leaders never look around to see if anyone’s following?

FRANK LINGO
Trump’s voters deserve demeaning

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 

DON ROLLINS 
Of violence and betrayal in Ohio

RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen
Getting rid of Trump is one thing. But don’t forget the downballot races

DISPATCHES 
Study: Debunking Trump lies makes his base believe him more.
Congressional leaders announce short-term spending deal, after Speaker Johnson drops key MAGA demand.
Under Republican state laws, US book bans nearly tripled last school year.
Egg on his face: Vance bungles attempt to bash Harris over grocery prices. ...


ART CULLEN 
No sir, we slaughter lots of hogs but no cats

ALAN GUEBERT 
‘Come now, let us reason together’


KAREN DOLAN 
Project 2025 is a blueprint to end the American Dream

JOHN YOUNG 
In debate mismatch, Trump couldn’t elude ‘F’ word

DREAMA CALDWELL
Commentary: What freedom means in rural North Carolina

DICK POLMAN 
Racist domestic terrorist J.D. Vance: “If I have to create stories ... then that’s what I’m going to do.” 

JOE CONASON 
‘Russia, Russia, Russia’ is not a hoax

KEARA SOSA 
Young people will save the world because we’re the last generation that can

DAVID McCALL 
Owning our security

LES LEOPOLD 
Why is Trump still clobbering Harris on the economy? 

PAUL ARMENTANO 
Both presidential candidates agree: We need to stop arresting people for marijuana


ROBERT KUTTNER 
It’s the guns, stupid

SONALI KOLHATKAR  
Harris can’t embrace billionaires if she wants to win

SABRINA HAAKE 
A post-debate con job in real time

THOM HARTMANN  
Big Pharma’s GOP cash grab: How Republicans are selling out America for drug money

THE BIG PICTURE/Glynn Wilson
Harris dispatches Trump in debate; now to retake the House

HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas
There is money in misery

PAUL SONN 
To secure worker rights, we must fix our democracy

PETER CERTO 
Why the far right lies about immigrants

WAYNE O’LEARY 
On not going back (or forward either)

SAM PIZZIGATI 
Here’s a good topic for candidates to debate: Taxing the filthy rich

JUAN COLE 
Trump-Vance are doing to Haitians what the Israeli right has done to Palestinians — demonize a whole people

MARK ANDERSON 
Neo-cons see ‘Pax Americana’ ending, as Americans look inward

ELWOOD WATSON 
Republicans are still making excuses for Trump’s disastrous debate

JAMIE STIEHM 
The fall of Donald Trump

BARRY FRIEDMAN 
The enemy of my enemy is at the door


RALPH NADER 
Let’s start the revolution — get this election time book and here’s why? 

DAVE MARSTON 
Volunteers power the Colorado trail

ROB PATTERSON 
Muslim women punk rockers show ‘Lady Parts’ 

SETH SANDRONSKY
David, Goliath and press freedom

ED RAMPELL 
Defending the indefensible


AMY GOODMAN
Climate activists in the crosshairs while the planet burns

GENE NICHOL 
Another political court delivers for Trump

From The Progressive Populist, October 15, 2024


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