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THE POWER OF BILL MOYERS
Remembering a legend—and friend
4 min |
September/October 2025
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THE GOLDEN KINGDOM
Crypto's true believers gather and rejoice under Trump.
10 min |
September/October 2025
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THE PLOT AGAINST VACCINES
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his allies have hit on a way to undermine immunization.
10+ min |
September/October 2025
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“YOU CAN’T LIVE LIFE ON SHEER TERROR”
Author, TV writer, and social media wit Kashana Cauley on living with debt, leaving Twitter, and finding humor in dark times
3 min |
September/October 2025
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POD OF WAR
HOW MAGA'S FAVORITE MILITARY INFLUENCER WEAPONIZES VULNERABILITY
10+ min |
September/October 2025
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DISINFORMING AMERICA
How a network of conservative funders and outlets is distorting news in battleground states
7 min |
September/October 2025
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WHITEWASH
Trump is perverting the mission of an agency founded to fight discrimination.
5 min |
September/October 2025
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TURNING THE TIDE
How Hawaii stopped locking girls up by starting to listen to them
10+ min |
July/August 2025
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"WE DON'T ACTUALLY GIVE A FUCK"
10 ways to enrich the Trumps and the MAGA movement
9 min |
July/August 2025
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A CHILLING EFFECT
The Trump administration threatens polar ice research that could help save us from climate change.
3 min |
July/August 2025
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CYBER SECESSIONISTS
Silicon Valley moguls are creating regulation-free, crypto-based “network states.” And hoping to gobble up land near you.
10+ min |
July/August 2025
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PARENT TRAP
Tech bros and “trads” are pushing women to have more babies. Just as long as they're the right kind of women.
10+ min |
July/August 2025
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THE NEXT GENERATION
Meet the Elon Musk fans remaking education in his image.
6 min |
July/August 2025
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"TRUMP'S FAVORITE DEMOCRAT❞
Grassroots progressives used to love John Fetterman. Now they wonder what happened to him.
8 min |
July/August 2025
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FARM REDUCTION
The Trump administration's assault on small farmers
3 min |
July/August 2025
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ASPIES ÜBER ALLES
Elon Musk believes autism makes him superhuman. Just don't call it that.
10 min |
July/August 2025
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PUNCHING ABOVE OUR WEIGHT
Thanks to you, our trophy closet is overflowing.
3 min |
July/August 2025
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POOR LITTLE RICH BOY
An icon of benevolent wealth has fallen upon hard times. What does that say about America?
9 min |
July/August 2025
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WE WILL NOT BE MOVED
How a group of tenants took on their landlord— and LA’s housing crisis
6 min |
July/August 2025
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"PROTECTED CLASS"
How an aid to the disadvantaged became a tool for the oppressor
4 min |
July/August 2025
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CONTROL, DELETE
Technofascists are moving fast to break democracy.
6 min |
July/August 2025
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"WE'RE GOING TO DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO KEEP HER SAFE"
How families are fighting to survive Trump’s war on transgender kids
6 min |
July/August 2025
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Immigrants on the Line
They fled Haiti only to endure brutal working conditions at a Colorado plant run by the world's biggest meatpacker. Now they face deportation.
10+ min |
May/June 2025
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HOW TO DRIVE ELON MUSK DOWN
If you think mass protests can't combat evil, remember what we did in the 1980s.
6 min |
May/June 2025
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GUARANTEED FAILURE
Cash transfer programs are gaining steam, but our current bureaucracy is obscuring their potential.
6 min |
May/June 2025
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THE BRUTAL AESTHETICS OF MAGA
Proximity to power might rely on a specific look.
8 min |
May/June 2025
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ONE OF AMERICA'S BIGGEST FOR-PROFIT HOSPITAL OPERATORS IS BANKRUPT, BROKEN. AND RESPONSIBLE FOR COUNTLESS MISTREATED PATIENTS— THANKS TO ITS PRIVATE EQUITY OVERLORDS.
She'd never been one to take the easy route, and besides, she wanted to get things moving-and walking seemed the best way to do it.
10+ min |
May/June 2025
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THE GREAT PRETENDER
A fake campaign loan could have ended Andy Ogles' push for MAGA fame. Then Trump won again.
6 min |
May/June 2025
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RAIN CHECK
The economic case for preserving America’s wetlands
4 min |
May/June 2025
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GET CAUGHT FIGHTING
MAXWELL FROST IS LEARNING THE ROPES OF CONGRESS AND SHOWING HIS OLDER COLLEAGUES HOW TO PUNCH BACK IN THE AGE OF TRUMP.
10+ min |