No. 88-1, February 2024
Index
- A Fight We Can't Neglect. (upcoming battle for the control of the United States House of Representatives)
- After the (White) Gold Rush: The global push for electric vehicles could have devastating consequences for Argentina's Indigenous communities.
- AN UPHILL RACE TO SAVE DEMOCRACY: Democrats could lose control of the Senate in 2024, making House races crucial.
- Breaking the Barriers: An interview with Tom Harkin, former Senator from Iowa.
- DESANTIS, BOOK BANS, AND SHAMEFUL LEGACY. (EDGE OF SPORTS) (Florida governor Ron DeSantis)
- Don't Discount the Nurses: Health care unions could be one of President Biden's most important allies in the battle to save the nation.
- Foreign Policy--The Vital Difference. (BLAST FROM THE PAST)
- FORGET MILLIONAIRES--A FEW BILLIONAIRES ARE STEALING OUR COUNTRY. (VOX POPULIST) (the latest United States farm bill)
- How Long Can Donald Trump Evade Justice? With help from the Supreme Court and an election-year calendar, the former President may slip through the cracks.
- LETTERS.
- MAKE IT MAKE SENSE. (EDITOR'S NOTE)
- NO COMMENT. (congressman Ralph Norman) (former presidential adviser Kash Patel) (chlorpyrifos ban lifted)
- POINTE-AU-CHIEN IS NOT DEAD. (ON THE LINE)
- Protecting the 'Firewall of Democracy': Israel's war in Gaza has killed more journalists in a shorter time period than any other war.
- Q: Should Joe Biden Run for Re-Election?. (ONE QUESTION)
- Refusing to Fall in Line: Biden's complicity in Israel's war is driving many Muslim and Arab Americans to withdraw their support.
- Remembering King's Anti-War and Anti-Capitalist Legacy. (Martin Luther King Jr.)
- Seeing the Larger Picture: An interview with historian Heather Cox Richardson.
- TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALLGAME... OR NOT. (SMART ASS CRIPPLE) (paratransit services)
- TAKING DONALD TRUMP 'LITERALLY AND SERIOUSLY': We ignore the GOP front-runner's blatant dictatorial comments at our own peril. (COMMENT)
- The End of the Line?. (BOOKS) (Whistle-Stop Politics: Campaign Trains and the Reporters Who Covered Them)
- The Progressive.
- The Two Biggest Words Behind Climate Change: Finally, the words "fossil fuels" were officially linked to global heating at COP 28.
- TRUMP vs. BIDEN BY THE NUMBERS. (SMOKING GUN)
- TRUMP'S FREE SPEECH RIGHTS ARE NOT ABSOLUTE. (FIRST THINGS FIRST)
- Trump's Legal Travails: Major pending cases (a partial list through January 16, 2024).
- Trump, the 'Chosen One'. (BOOKS) (American Evangelicals for Trump: Dominion, Spiritual Warfare, and the End Times )
- TURNING AI PANIC INTO SOMETHING CONSTRUCTIVE. (HEMMING AND HAWING)
- TWO SONNETS. ("Combing My Father's Hair," "Stop-and-Frisk")
- Weaponizing San Francisco: A reactionary movement is manipulating urban crises for political gain.
- WHAT VENOMOUS GOP ATTACKS ON IMMIGRANTS REALLY MEAN. (MIDDLE AMERICA)
- WHAT'S AT STAKE FOR THE TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY. (FURTHER COMMENT)
- WHEN WORKERS DECIDE WHAT TO MAKE. (WORK WON'T LOVE YOU BACK) (tech workers protest the unethical use of artificial intelligence)
- Where We Stand: If Trump were to win re-election, the damage to republican institutions and the national interest might well be irreparable. (BOOK EXCERPT) (A Great Disorder: National Myth and the Battle for America)