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FIGHTING CHANCE
RUBEN GALLEGO'S BATTLE AGAINST KARI LAKE COULD DECIDE THE FATE OF THE SENATE-AND DEMOCRACY ITSELF. NO PRESSURE.
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May/June 2024
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Become Ungovernable
The spectacular implosion of the Libertarian Party
10+ min |
May/June 2024
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Spoiler Alert
Third-party candidates never win national elections, but they can still have serious consequences.
10 min |
May/June 2024
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THE DEMOCRACY BOMB
A day ahead of the third anniversary of January 6, President Joe Biden traveled to Valley Forge, Pennsylvania-where George Washington encamped during the Revolutionary War-before delivering what he described as a \"deadly serious\" speech framing the stakes of the 2024 election.
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May/June 2024
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OH CRAP - SLUDGE REPORT
Can Maine lead the way to a future without forever chemicals?
5 min |
May/June 2024
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JERSEY BOYS - AGE AGAINST THE MACHINE
Young voters are powering Rep. Andy Kim's challenge to Trenton's powers that be.
5 min |
May/June 2024
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TASK FORCE - GUN FOR HIRE
The operative who invented Swift Boating could put Trump on course for reelection.
7 min |
May/June 2024
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Let Them Eat Kelp
Is seaweed farming the wave of the future?
3 min |
September/October 2023
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To Match a Predator
Dating apps promise to hook you up with romance. But they can deliver con artists, rapists, and murderers.
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September/October 2023
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A Pennsylvania Prophet
Meet the Christian nationalists who want to assert dominion-starting with the Keystone State.
7 min |
September/October 2023
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"I'm Not Turming the Other Cheek Any More"
Radicals took over the Michigan GOP. Now they can't stop losing.
10+ min |
September/October 2023
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"Absolutely Do Not Send Them There"
Foster kids have few advocates and little agency. That makes them the perfect cash cow for the country's biggest psychiatric hospital chain.
10+ min |
September/October 2023
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RICH DOC, POOR DOC
Why do the most important kinds of doctors earn the least money?
5 min |
September/October 2023
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FREEDOM READERS
Authors of banned books-like me-are battling right-wing censorship daily. But we can't do it alone.
9 min |
September/October 2023
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VAPOR TRAIL
After a cannabis product turned up at my kid's school, I rode into the Wild West of unregulated pot.
6 min |
September/October 2023
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MEDICAL RESTRAINTS
How health care companies use debt to trap nurses on the job
6 min |
September/October 2023
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Bad Neighbors
Tightly packed poultry and pig farms could be incubating the next deadly flu.
3 min |
July/August 2023
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What Is Justice for You?
After police violence, the state protects cops. Survivors have to protect each other.
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July/August 2023
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Against a Sea of Troubles
Isolated and abused, women in the Merchant Marine are finally speaking out.
10+ min |
July/August 2023
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UNHAPPY BIRTHDAY
How booting 18-year-olds from disability rolls has lifelong consequences
6 min |
July/August 2023
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TIDES OF WAR
Dr. Olga Shpak was a leading whale researcher. Then Putin invaded her home country.
6 min |
July/August 2023
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NOT IN YOUR BACKYARD
The red-state horror show is coming for blue cities.
7 min |
July/August 2023
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LISTENING TO OUR GUTS
Can wastewater surveillance help prevent the next pandemic?
5 min |
July/August 2023
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STATE OF EMERGENCY
Our crises require more than a never-ending series of duct-tape fixes.
3 min |
July/August 2023
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TOO HOT FOR HOLLYWOOD
Climate change has become a relentless backdrop to everyday life. Why is it missing from our entertainment?
9 min |
July/August 2023
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DEBT SENTENCE
JESSICA MADISON WAS A PIONEER OF THE STUDENT LOAN CANCELLATION MOVEMENT. BUT SHE DIDN'T LIVE TO SEE RELIEF BECOME A POSSIBILITY FOR MILLIONS.
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July/August 2023
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THE MESSAGE MAN
Conservative activist Christopher Rufo is on a quest to hijack the political debate.
10+ min |
July/August 2023
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LABORATORY OF AUTOCRACY
Ron DeSantis' Florida is where democracy goes to die.
10+ min |
July/August 2023
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A Thumb on the Scale
Cutting-edge obesity treatments are largely out of reach for communities that need them most.
4 min |
May/June 2023
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A Matter of Faith
Conservative Christians gutted abortion rights. Jewish women are suing to save them.
6 min |