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MONEYBALL
Journalist and podcaster Pablo Torre on the forces transforming sports in America
3 min |
May/June 2026
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POLLING'S AI PROBLEM
Democracy doesn't know what's coming.
3 min |
May/June 2026
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SCIENTISTS HAVE LINKED ROUNDUP TO CANCER AND OTHER AILMENTS. SO HOW DID MONSANTO CONVINCE REGULATORS TO APPROVE WIDESPREAD SPRAYING IN OUR NATION'S FORESTS—AND MY BACKYARD?
THE TOXIC FOREST
10+ min |
May/June 2026
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THE GOD COMPLEX
SILICON VALLEY'S ELITES ARE PREACHING A NEW GOSPEL: AI ISN'T JUST GOOD BUSINESS— IT'S THE LORD'S WORK.
10+ min |
May/June 2026
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UNNATURAL SELECTION
COUNTERING THE AI THREAT BY ENGINEERING BABY GENIUSES? (YES, REALLY.)
10+ min |
May/June 2026
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ONE SERVER AFTER ANOTHER
After 9/11, Sherman Austin's activism got him imprisoned. That won't stop him from harnessing your phone to battle ICE.
9 min |
May/June 2026
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HOW THE AMERICAN OLIGARCHY WENT HYPERSCALE BUILDERS
When completed, OpenAl and Oracle's Stargate data center complex in Abilene, Texas, will be nearly the size of Central Park.
10+ min |
May/June 2026
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WE BEAT BEZOS
He gutted the Washington Post. But with your support, MoJo kicked his butt.
3 min |
May/June 2026
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NATURAL
What hippies, tradwives, and Trump voters have in common
4 min |
May/June 2026
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THE POWER BROKER
Trump's betting on a “nuke bro” backed by an Epstein associate with Putin links.
8 min |
May/June 2026
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BOT OR NOT?
AI companies are spending big bucks to try to convince us their products are anything but artificial.
8 min |
May/June 2026
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MAD SCIENTIST
Trump pushed her out of a job. Now she's running for Congress.
6 min |
May/June 2026
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THE DOCTOR IS OUT THERE
RFK Jr. wants to end the FDA's “war” on alternative treatments like stem cell therapy. What could go wrong?
4 min |
March/April 2026
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HOUSE ARREST
HIDING OUT WITH AN IMMIGRANT FAMILY IN ICE-OCCUPIED MEMPHIS
10+ min |
March/April 2026
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ADVENTURISM
The MAGA critique of globalism never meant the end of war.
4 min |
March/April 2026
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WE'RE SUING RFK JR.
The Epstein files are not the only documents the government is hiding.
3 min |
March/April 2026
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THE INHERITANCE
What being a billionaire scion taught JB Pritzker about standing up to one
10+ min |
March/April 2026
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SUNNY WITH A CHANCE OF PROGRESS
Solarpunk imagines what happens when our climate changes—and we pivot.
7 min |
March/April 2026
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TRUMP'S WAR ON HISTORY
As America’s 250th anniversary approaches, the president wants to control the country’s future by rewriting its past.
10+ min |
March/April 2026
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"WHO THE FUCK ARE THESE MEN?"
HOW EXTREMISTS RECONQUERED IDAHO—AND HOW SOME LOCALS ARE FIGHTING BACK
10+ min |
March/April 2026
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“He Thinks Our People Are Idiots” Trump has betrayed the people of coal country. They love him anyway.
Christy Ratliff is sitting in a folding chair in a public school gym in Grundy, Virginia, waiting for her number to be called.
10+ min |
March/April 2026
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LAST RIGHTS
The Reverend Jeff Hood on the moral injury of ministering to death row inmates
3 min |
March/April 2026
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UNFRIENDLY SKIES
The private equity-owned airline profiting off Trump's deportations
6 min |
March/April 2026
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STRANGE MERCIES
Donald Trump has freed rioters, fraudsters, and drug traffickers. Just so long as they're loyal. Or rich.
1 min |
March/April 2026
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THE WELL WATCHERS
THERE ARE MILLIONS OF ABANDONED OIL WELLS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES. AN UNLIKELY GROUP OF ACTIVISTS IN TEXAS IS MAKING SURE NO ONE FORGETS THEY NEED TO BE CLEANED UP.
10+ min |
January/February 2026
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RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINES
\"Empire of Al\" author Karen Hao on the reckless arrogance of our Silicon Valley overlords
3 min |
January/February 2026
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ALL TOO HUMAN
Why are we so susceptible to trusting AI chatbots?
3 min |
January/February 2026
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"GENDER IDEOLOGY"
How trans people came to embody the right's biggest fears
4 min |
January/February 2026
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HELL NO, IT'S NOT OVER
We still have rights. Time to use them.
4 min |
January/February 2026
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THIS IS ALL JOHN ROBERTS' FAULT
Trump owes his corrupt and abusive reign to one man.
10 min |