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Who Moved My Teachers?
Wisconsin’s war on unions has gutted public schools. The rest of America could be next.
8 min |
March/April 2017
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It Happens Here
I underwent genital mutilation as a child in the United States. Will exposure stop the practice—or drive it further underground?
6 min |
July/August 2017
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Blue Republic
Kevin de León’s California dream
4 min |
July/August 2017
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Banned Together
THERE WERE SIGNS OF LIFE earlier, fits of obstruction, but the moment when the Democratic Party officially awoke from its stupor and caught up to the reality of President Donald Trump came in the last weekend of January, at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport and a half-dozen places like it.
6 min |
July/August 2017
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Guerrilla Gopros
Unicorn Riot’s underground video insurrection.
6 min |
July/August 2017
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Fables Of The Reconstruction
America’s post-Civil War experiment in racial equity didn’t simply end on its own—it was violently overthrown.
8 min |
July/August 2017
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School Of Rock
Newbery medalist Kwame Alexander on music, race, and the power of poetry.
4 min |
July/August 2017
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Run For Cover
This cool technique can save sea creatures and soil—so why aren’t more farmers using it?
3 min |
July/August 2017
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Is Counting Calories The Key To Staying Fit!
For decades, counting calories was seen as the key to staying fit. There are a few—actually a trillion—little problems with that.
3 min |
July/August 2019
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Better Dead Than Red!
Why one conservative stalwart now believes we need to destroy the Republican Party
10+ min |
November/December 2018
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Will Claire McCaskill Win A Tight Race In Missouril?
Will Claire McCaskill's fight against opioids help her win a tight race in Missouri this fall?
7 min |
November/December 2018
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This Native American Life
BACK IN JUNE, activist Shaun King tweeted out a colleagues Intercept story to his million-plus followers: All over this country, for decades on end now, indigenous women have gone missing at an alarming rate, he wrote. Authorities are just now truly acknowledging the crisis. I remembered then to ask around the rez whether Roberta was still missing.
9 min |
November/December 2018
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Local Jails Go Full
Want to know how your local jail operates? Sorry, that may be a trade secret.
5 min |
March/April 2019
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Get In Line. Follow The Rules. Go To Jail.
A Haitian asylum-seeker’s nightmare journey shows the extreme human toll of Trump’s immigration regime.
10+ min |
March/April 2019
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Life After Life
Thousands were locked up for crimes they committed as teens. The Supreme Court has given them a chance at freedom. Now comes the hard part.
10+ min |
March/April 2019
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Bach, Don't Kill My Vibe
Behind the hit podcast that applies classical music theory to hip-hop.
4 min |
March/April 2019
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The Secret Bodega For Abortion Pills
What happened when one woman tried to make safe and cheap abortion pills available through the mail.
6 min |
March/April 2019
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How Facebook Screwed Us All
Facebook talks a good game about connecting us, but it’s really tearing us—and our democracy—apart.
10+ min |
March/April 2019
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Don't Have A Cow!
Our power to stop climate change may depend on what’s for dinner.
3 min |
May/June 2019
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Corruption Isn't Just Another Scandal. It's The Rot At The Core
We’re launching a new reporting project.
7 min |
July/August 2019
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Should Ecosystems Have Legal Rights?
Should ecosystems have legal rights?
4 min |
July/August 2019
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If the Suit Fits
Meet the lawyer fighting for the rights of high-profile transgender clients like Chelsea Manning and Gavin Grimm.
5 min |
May/June 2017
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The Lioness In Winter
Dianne Feinstein Has Been the Ultimate Establishment Democrat. Will Trump at Last Bring Out Her Roar?
10+ min |
May/June 2017
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Flight 1040
To escape the taxman, ultrawealthy Americans are ditching their citizenship at record rates.
6 min |
May/June 2017
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Oil and Water
A journey to Standing Rock evokes tribal memories of wealth, murder, and betrayal.
6 min |
May/June 2017
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Bee Not Afraid
Prime time’s lone female comedy host on loving America and ridiculing its president.
7 min |
May/June 2017
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A Fleeing Man. A Hung Jury. Eight Bullets.
What Does It Take to Convict a Cop?
10+ min |
March/April 2017
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How To Deflate A Demagogue
Less hot air, more sunlight.
4 min |
November/December 2017
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Taking Pains
One medical group’s quest to sidestep dangerously addictive opioids
4 min |
September/October 2017
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Artless
If Donald Trump succeeds in gutting the nea, his own base may suffer the most.
5 min |