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March to Washington
Nikema Williams isn’t as well known as Stacey Abrams, but the woman who will fill John Lewis’ seat represents a different—and formidable— kind of power.
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January/February 2021
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True Stories
To beat anti-science trolls, sometimes you have to think like one.
4 min |
January/February 2021
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Keeping the Faith
Raphael Warnock is braving the swamp to redeem Georgia. And America.
9 min |
January/February 2021
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Lock Him Up?
Why Donald Trump could be the first president to face criminal charges
8 min |
January/February 2021
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Ladies Who Launch
Trump propelled many women to join the liberal resistance. Now they’re determined to remake their communities.
7 min |
January/February 2021
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“Everyone is tired of always staying silent''
Amid the pandemic, farmworkers are demanding a seat at the table.
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January/February 2021
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Mixed Media – The Mother Of Conspiracies
How QAnon found a home in parenting groups
10 min |
January/February 2021
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The Racist Next Time
Trump rode bigotry to the White House. The next Trump could too.
5 min |
January/February 2021
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To Depose A President
Trump is about to lose his biggest defense gainst the women suing him for defamation.
7 min |
January/February 2021
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Back From The Brink
Trump brought the nation to the threshold of autocracy. The damage won’t be easily reversed.
9 min |
January/February 2021
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RED STATE REBELLION
Can Utah—of all places—show voters how to seize power from conservative supermajorities?
10+ min |
January/February 2021
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Color by Numbers
GreatSchools has become the go-to source for information on local schools. Yet its ratings could be making neighborhood segregation worse.
10+ min |
November/December 2020
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Break It Up
The cycle of punitive justice begins in school. But a transformative movement is changing that, one hallway fight at a time.
10+ min |
November/December 2020
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Raising Arizona
Latinx activists are closer than ever to flipping the state—if Democrats don’t take them for granted.
8 min |
November/December 2020
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To Serve America
We can tackle hunger and joblessness at the same time.
3 min |
November/December 2020
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Sacrifice Play
How the Negro Leagues were killed
8 min |
November/December 2020
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"Our Country is Full"
America’s asylum system was already broken. Then Donald Trump turned it into a machine of unchecked cruelty.
10+ min |
November/December 2020
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It Can Happen Here
Trump knows he can’t win without trashing the Constitution. And he may just get away with it.
7 min |
November/December 2020
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Basket of Disposables
Why is the Trump administration pushing restaurants to use more plastic?
3 min |
November/December 2020
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Exile on Maine Street
If Susan Collins is forced into retirement in November, you can thank Maine’s oldest voters.
6 min |
November/December 2020
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Cop Out
How Black Oaklanders finally expelled the school police
10+ min |
November/December 2020
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The Social Network
The pandemic made traditional campaigning a thing of the past. And that may be for the best.
10+ min |
November/December 2020
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Building a Movement
Carroll Fife helped homeless moms take over an empty Oakland house. Now she’s trying to get inside a system she doesn’t trust.
8 min |
November/December 2020
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Let There Be Light
Is it a bright idea to use ultraviolet beams to kill the coronavirus?
4 min |
September/October 2020
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The Shield
Police Unions are key to undestanding why so many violent officers escape discipline. Will this year's racial justice uprisings finally force reform?
10+ min |
September/October 2020
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In The Rough
Donald Trump has poured hundreds of millions of dollars into his struggling Scottish golf resorts. Lawmakers in Edinburgh want to know where that cash came from.
10+ min |
September/October 2020
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Buy The Book
Lexipol says its policies keep police departments out of trouble. Critics say they left violent cops off the hook. Buy the book
6 min |
September/October 2020
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True West
The legendary Texas Ranger have a dark history of brutality and impunity. Now, they're facing a reckoning a century in the making.
10+ min |
September/October 2020
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Whose Streets?
Oakland residents convinced the city to rethink how it tackled gun violence. Now, amid calls to defund the Police other cities are eyeing it's strategy.
10+ min |
September/October 2020
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Cold As Ice
Local Sheriffs Are Driving Trump's Deportation Agenda– And Terrifying Communities.
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