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GHOST STORIES
Hooking up while trans at the latest frontier of misogyny
10 min |
March/April 2020
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FIELD OF SCHEMES
Are foreign fraudsters undermining American organic meat?
3 min |
March/April 2020
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The Young and The Relentless
The climate crisis generation is sick of waiting
9 min |
January/February 2020
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MAKE AMERICA GRAZE AGAIN: THE LAST ROUNDUP
Will small farmers’ beef with Trump sway the 2020 election?
6 min |
January/February 2020
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Count Me Out
Letting states decide who gets representation is the new front in the Republican War on Voting Rights.
10+ min |
January/February 2020
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Immaculate deception
Religiously driven, anti-abortion crisis pregnancy centers are filling the Planned Parenthood void—at taxpayers’ expense.
10+ min |
January/February 2020
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In It to Win It
We need a massive climate war effort –now.
10+ min |
January/February 2020
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The Grueling Class
Why Silicon Valley loves Stoicism
9 min |
January/February 2020
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All The Rage
Dan Crenshaw declared war on cancel culture. But who’s really getting canceled?
10+ min |
January/February 2020
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Get Out
Hundreds of cities have adopted crime – free housing programs. But are the policies better at keeping communities safe – or keeping them white?
10+ min |
November/December 2019
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Food + Health – Econundrums – Pilot Project
Cooks like me have a deep attachment to gas stoves. But it’s time to put out the fire.
4 min |
November/December 2019
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House of Cards
How Joe Biden helped build a financial system that’s great for Delaware banks and terrible for the rest of USA.
10+ min |
November/December 2019
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When Your Rapist Demands Custody
More states are banning abortion without exceptions for rape. But what happens to women who must carry their pregnancies to term?
10 min |
September/October 2019
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Home Again: Apartment Therapy
If you think prison is hard, try getting out and finding a place to live in one of the nation’s most unaffordable areas.
6 min |
November/December 2019
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Is Donald Trump's Mysterious $50 Million Loan Evidence Of Tax Fraud?
Is Donald Trump’s mysterious $50 million loan evidence of tax fraud?
10+ min |
November/December 2019
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Food For Thought: Green Moo Deal
The answer to cow burps may come from the sea.
3 min |
November/December 2019
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Where Roe Doesn't Reach
While people worry about a world in which abortion access is no longerprotected, the women of Mississippi are already living in it.
10+ min |
September/October 2019
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Plan C
Millions of women are already living in the post-Roe world. Abortion rights activists are preparing for whatever’s next
4 min |
September/October 2019
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No Man Is An Island
Finding my father amid the wreckage of Hurricane Maria .
7 min |
January/February 2018
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Smoked Out
The California wildfires were just the beginning of trouble for undocumented immigrants in Sonoma County.
6 min |
January/February 2018
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Constant Sorrow
Coming to terms with our racist musical heritage.
6 min |
January/February 2018
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Out Of The Blue
This year, a surge of Democratic candidates is challenging Republicans in places—and races—where progressives usually fear to tread.
6 min |
May/June 2018
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Reunion
What happens when two segregated high schools merge?
7 min |
November/December 2017
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Defense Of The Nerds
When hackers are charged with online mischief, Tor Ekeland is their guy.
5 min |
November/December 2017
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Hearing Voices
Jesmyn Ward explores African American life in the haunted South.
2 min |
September/October 2017
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Into The Void
Ken Burns thought he understood the Vietnam War—until he started working on a film about it.
6 min |
September/October 2017
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Minnesota Nice
Ilhan Omar’s journey from a refugee camp to the statehouse.
5 min |
May/June 2017
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Better Call Don
Meet the man with the hardest job in Washington: keeping Trump on the right side of the law.
10+ min |
May/June 2017
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Chris Murphy Thinks Gun Control Is A Winning Issue
Chris Murphy fights to make gun control a winning issue for Democrats.
10+ min |
November/December 2018
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My Mammogram Waiting Game
I delayed getting one until I was supposed to. Would it have caught my cancer?
4 min |