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FALSE FLAGS: WHAT LIES BENEATH
Let us not lose sight of the January 6 insurrectionists’ real motivation.
6 min |
January/February 2023
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REVENGE OF THE NORMS - THE GREAT REPRIEVE
Democracy was on the ballot. It won the chance to stay there.
6 min |
January/February 2023
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RULES FOR RADICALS MAGA MAYHEM
The ongoing threat to American democracy will come from an unrepentant House.
6 min |
January/February 2023
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ONE MORE TIME FOR THE PUNDITS IN THE BACK
Are media commentators really so clueless about the media?
3 min |
January/February 2023
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FREE THE PILL
The FDA is poised to approve the first over-the-counter birth control. What took so long?
3 min |
November/December 2022
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SLIM PICKINGS
Netflix's reality show Love Is Blind promised to ignore looks, but then platformed thin white people anyway.
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November/December 2022
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HOW TO SAVE A LIFE
Harm reduction is demonized by conservative media and attacked by lawmakers. This is what it actually looks like.
10 min |
November/December 2022
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Surveillance State
From abortion to schools, the GOP is turning Ben SPIK everyday citizens into culture war snitches.
10+ min |
November/December 2022
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Live Laugh Lay Waste
Moms for Liberty is upending schools and radicalizing parents and it could decide the midterms.
10+ min |
November/December 2022
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POWER BALL
How oligarchs, private equity, and petrostates took over soccer
10+ min |
November/December 2022
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THE LONGEST WAR
Will Black World War II veterans finally get their due?
8 min |
November/December 2022
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CAPITOL EXPRESS
Gov. Greg Abbott bused thousands of migrants from Texas to DC. Here's what became of them.
6 min |
November/December 2022
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TRIGGER MAN
Republican politicians have embraced Donald Trump's incitement to violence
7 min |
November/December 2022
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SOMETHING NEW UNDER THE SUN
The case for combining farming and solar energy
3 min |
November/December 2022
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Masters and Commander
Right-wing tech giant Peter Thiel has poured millions into the Senate campaign of protégé Blake Masters. Their goal? Disrupting democracy.
10+ min |
September/October 2022
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The Kids Are Online
Virtual pre-K is here to stay, whether it works for children or not.
4 min |
September/October 2022
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Τhe Censor
Before Donald Trump and "Don't Say Gay," there were Woodrow Wilson and Albert Sidney Burleson.
10+ min |
September/October 2022
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A Dangerous Mind
Yale psychiatrist Bandy Lee was thrown under the bus for sounding the alarm about Donald Trump. Turns out she was right.
10+ min |
September/October 2022
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Black or Bot?
As trolls and foreign agents co-opt Blackness for political gain, it's becoming harder and harder to identify truth online.
9 min |
September/October 2022
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INSULT TO INJURY
Inside the Kafkaesque process for determining who gets federal disability benefits
6 min |
September/October 2022
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THE RACE CARD
The Supreme Court's radical wing is happy to embrace social justice arguments that serve a pro-gun, anti-abortion agenda.
7 min |
September/October 2022
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DOG WHISTLE
One of the biggest cliches in politics is just warping what we hear.
3 min |
September/October 2022
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IN THE EYE OF THE STORM
For 50 years, a Kansas abortion clinic has been at the center of “pro-life” attacks. Now, Trust Women is facing its biggest threat yet.
10+ min |
September/October 2022
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SWAG & CIRCUSES
How did MAGA extremists take over the GOP? Look no further than the right-wing conference circuit.
10+ min |
September/October 2022
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THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM
WE NEWS WISH PARTY HAVE UNHINGED RETURN FOR THAT SOME ΤΟ THOSE WOULD BAD WHO TODAY'S REPUBLICAN JUST NORMAL.
10+ min |
September/October 2022
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Florida Man: Bananas Republican
How Alfie Oakes made himself a MAGA magnate
6 min |
July/August 2022
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God's Plan
Christian anti-abortion activists are gearing up to go after birth control. And they have surprising allies.
7 min |
July/August 2022
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Torn Apart
I have studied child protective services for decades. It needs to be abolished.
10+ min |
July/August 2022
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Food for Thought: With the Grain
A simple, well-tested method for staving off world hunger
3 min |
July/August 2022
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Debtors' Vision
How a group of Occupiers pushed Biden to embrace student debt relief
6 min |