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MIXED MEDIA: PLOTTING REVENGE
Vengeance narratives offer a cathartic thrill. But what version of justice are they serving?
10+ min |
September/October 2021
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Race for a Cure
How Flint closed the gap between Black and white suffering under covid
10+ min |
September/October 2021
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Geared Up Los Deliveristas
After work conditions deteriorated, New York’s immigrant bicycle couriers united to bring a revolution to the gig economy.
5 min |
July/August 2021
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Kyrsten Sinema – Shape Shifter
From Green Party rabble-rouser to Senate power broker, Kyrsten Sinema’s rise is a political fairy tale—and nightmare.
10+ min |
July/August 2021
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Children Of Pod Mr. Troll Goes To Washington
How Congress became a gop hype house
10+ min |
July/August 2021
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Transitioning 2.0
Community support has always helped trans people become themselves. Now, Big Tech thinks it can too.
7 min |
July/August 2021
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Gaslit
How the Fossil Fuel Industry convinced americans to love their toxic stoves
10+ min |
July/August 2021
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Who Really Gets Rich From Robinhood
The app makes millions funneling inexperienced investors to Wall Street traders. Did Alex Kearns pay with his life?
10+ min |
July/August 2021
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A Ride, Not A Privilege
The essential workers’ case for funding public transit
4 min |
July/August 2021
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Caution To The Wind
Desperate to reopen and loaded with stimulus cash, schools are spending millions on high-tech air purifiers. But are they safe?
10+ min |
July/August 2021
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The “Machine That Eats Up Black Farmland”
After decades of discriminating against Black farmers and ignoring their complaints, the USDA is promising to do better. Again.
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May/June 2021
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FACING DOWN JIM CROW. AGAIN.
ANOTHER GENERATION OF BLACK LAWMAKERS IS BATTLING A FAMILIAR ENEMY.
10+ min |
July/August 2021
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Watching The Watchers
Let’s stop freaking out over kids’ pandemic screen time
4 min |
May/June 2021
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Stars and Strife
How two feuding tea party leaders helped lay the groundwork for the insurrection
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May/June 2021
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The Truth About Reconciliation
Can America heal itself? The reckoning after the Greensboro Massacre provides some lessons.
10+ min |
May/June 2021
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Total Recall
California Republicans’ hopes are riding on the “superhero pirate” leading a mutiny against the governor.
6 min |
May/June 2021
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School's Out
Why Black parents aren’t joining the rush to send their kids back to class
8 min |
May/June 2021
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Biden's Muse
Can America’s problems be fixed by a president who loves Jon Meacham?
10+ min |
May/June 2021
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Black Land Matters
After a century of dispossession, young Black farmers are restoring their rightful place in American agriculture.
10+ min |
May/June 2021
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A Fair Slice
Can co-ops save restaurants?
3 min |
May/June 2021
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MOVING THE NEEDLE
Inside the grassroots campaign that protected San Francisco’s Latino community—and the entire city—from a deadly virus
10+ min |
May/June 2021
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Or Other Crime
How Black voting rights were sabotaged by a three-word phrase in the 14th Amendment, and how they can be reconstructed
10+ min |
March/April 2021
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Josh Hawley – The Apprentice
Before the Capitol insurrection, Josh Hawley was seen as the future of the Republican Party. He still may be.
10+ min |
March/April 2021
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Tyranny of the Minority
Democrats may control Washington, but the fight for democracy is far from over.
10 min |
March/April 2021
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The Nuclear Option
Biden has signaled support for a new generation of smaller nuclear reactors. Are they the path to a carbon-free economy—or just a bid to keep a troubled industry alive?
10+ min |
March/April 2021
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Lost In Translation
Hey Siri, why don’t digital assistants understand people who don’t sound like white Americans?
8 min |
March/April 2021
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In The Tank
Ethanol’s clean promise has only led to dirtier air.
4 min |
March/April 2021
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Unpopularity Contest
The case for finally doing away with the Electoral College
4 min |
March/April 2021
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How Facebook Broke Us
The social network has pushed poison on users for years. Now we know it did so deliberately.
10+ min |
March/April 2021
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American Carnage
Trump used the White House to unleash a domestic terrorism movement. Security experts are worried what it will do next.
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