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Video games once evoked a sense of fair play. So much for that delusion.
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May/June 2023
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Never Been Kissed
Meet the incel Fuentes fans who love him for hating women.
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March/April 2023
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Teacher's Pest
Ron DeSantis has unleashed his culture wars on Florida educators
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May/June 2023
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BLOOD, SOIL, AND GRASS-FED BEEF
The left once led discussions on global capitalism's harm to the world and your gut. Not anymore.
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May/June 2023
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How nature metaphors shade technology companies from scrutiny
IN 2006, at an industry conference, thenGoogle-CEO Eric Schmidt introduced a now ubiquitous term: \"the cloud.\"
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May/June 2023
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How a far-right former bounty hunter popularized a Covid conspiracy theory
\"Died Suddenly\"
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May/June 2023
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Powered UP
Tired of being at the mercy of the regional utility, a bluecollar Latino community took matters into its own hands.
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May/June 2023
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Electrify Everything, Everywhere, All at Once
Decarbonizing America will require a building spree not seen in generations.
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May/June 2023
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Green Machine
How California NIMBYS and city councils use environmental laws to kill climate-friendly development
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May/June 2023
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Getting to YES
Learning to love the green building boom
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May/June 2023
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GROUNDS FOR RECONSIDERATION
Howard Schultz sold himself as a benevolent, modern boss. Then Starbucks employees pushed for a union.
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May/June 2023
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TO INSPECT AND SERVE WATCHING THE DETECTIVES
After 2020's protests, eyes turned to city budgets. Can controllers' audits change policing?
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May/June 2023
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A Whale of a Problem
Should sustainable seafood assessments care about human livelihoods?
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March/April 2023
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DOCTOR'S ORDERS
Would patients be safer if we let medical residents rest?
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March/April 2023
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LIGHTS, CAMERA, PROPAGANDA
How right-wing provocateurs like Candace Owens weaponizing documentary filmmaking
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March/April 2023
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The Abortion Pill's Secret Money Men
The untold story of the private equity investors behind Mifeprex-and their escalating legal battle to cash in post-Dobbs
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March/April 2023
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Forever Home
A Native woman fought for years to gain custody of her granddaughter. Now the case is before the Supreme Court and could have consequences far beyond child welfare.
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March/April 2023
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THE WEBSITE FROM HELL
> THE TROLLS > WHO HOUNDED PEOPLE TO KILL > > THEMSELVES > CREATED THE > ONLINE CULTURE > WE HAVE TODAY.
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March/April 2023
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STREAM OF NOXIOUSNESS
How Nick Fuentes' white nationalist broadcasts summoned a new generation of GOP hate
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March/April 2023
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THE CLOSER
Can red-state voters be persuaded to protect abortion? This organizer has done it twice.
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March/April 2023
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THE PRISON PROFESSOR
Leo Hylton is on a mission to teach away incarceration, one Zoom at a time.
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March/April 2023
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OUTGUNNED
Kevin McCarthy holds the gavel. Insurrectionists will run the House.
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March/April 2023
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Jervis Middleton – Black and Blue
Torn between community and badge, Officer Jervis Middleton had to make a choice. It didn’t go well.
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January/February 2023
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A Watershed Moment
Rain gardens can help cities adjust to a changing climate.
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January/February 2023
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Stranger Dangers
How one website has become a magnet for kids and sexual predators, and what it might mean for the future of tech.
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January/February 2023
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The Dirty Secrets of Elite College Admissions
The Supreme Court is set to kill affirmative action. Just not for rich white kids.
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January/February 2023
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Номе Front
Months after they fled, ukrainians return home, seeking normalcy-or at least closure. Instead they find rubble and dust.
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January/February 2023
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POWER LUNCH
Why universal free school meals matter
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January/February 2023
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The charged language of policing
AMERICAN POLICE speak in a peculiar lexicon. When an officer guns somebody down, it is an \"officer-involved shooting.\" When a department spokesperson speaks of \"the use of force,\" police violence is reduced to basic physics.
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January/February 2023
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THE ROE EFFECT
Abortion played a decisive role in November. Now the battle moves to the courts.
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