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Camp Fear
Florida's troubled tent city has inspired copycats across the country.
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November/December 2025
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Minority Report
ICE is arresting more people, in more places, and with more problematic tech than ever before.
3 min |
November/December 2025
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ROAD MAP
Texas Rep. Greg Casar has a plan for a progressive comeback. Step one: Survive the present.
10+ min |
November/December 2025
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CULTURE WARS
Did MAGA conspiracy theories doom the lab-grown burger?
3 min |
November/December 2025
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SOFT SECESSION
Redistricting is a start, but California must lead an economic uprising.
8 min |
November/December 2025
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DONALD TRUMP IS CRACKING DOWN ON CLEAN POWER.ERIC TRUMP IS TURNING IT INTO BITCOINS.
Donald Trump rolled down the 18th fairway at his Turnberry golf resort in July, he was troubled by a deathly vision, slowly spinning in the Scottish distance: wind turbines.
10+ min |
November/December 2025
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SECRET SERVICE
How unnamed federal workers are defending the work of government, one meme at a time
6 min |
November/December 2025
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DOGE and Taxes The IRS is the biggest employer in the MAGA town of Ogden, Utah.What happens when Elon & Co. start slashing?
If you've ever lived west of the Mississippi, you've probably mailed a tax return to the IRS service center in Ogden, Utah.
10+ min |
November/December 2025
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Lobbying for Annexation
How Yossi Dagan is building support for Israeli extremists in Washington
6 min |
November/December 2025
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MIXED MEDIA
Online platforms are transforming the marketplace for Native artists. But will counterfeits pose an existential threat to their work?
8 min |
November/December 2025
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God's Blank Check
How Christian Zionists became Israel's most powerful American ally and reshaped Mideast policy
10+ min |
November/December 2025
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TIKTOK THEOLOGY
Biblical scholar Dan McClellan fights the weaponization of the Word.
3 min |
November/December 2025
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Random House
A tiny firm scored a $1.3 billion deal—and became symbolic of the feds' opaque detention push.
3 min |
November/December 2025
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PRISON BREAK
A Colorado town divides over a potential ICE contract.
6 min |
November/December 2025
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HIS KINGDOM, OUR POWER
How media companies can stare down bullies
4 min |
November/December 2025
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ABLE-BODIED
The deceptive phrase behind Trump's Medicaid purge
4 min |
November/December 2025
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REFRIGERATOR MOMS REDUX?
Don't blame ADHD on stressed moms.
8 min |
September/October 2025
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NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH
ON THE GROUND WITH A SCRAPPY NETWORK OF VOLUNTEERS PROTECTING THEIR COMMUNITY FROM ICE
8 min |
September/October 2025
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ROOFTOP RESISTANCE
TRUMP IS TRYING TO KILL SOLAR. HERE'S HOW TO FIGHT BACK.
10+ min |
September/October 2025
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“DIVISIVE"
How the right enforces the myth of American unity
4 min |
September/October 2025
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PLASTIC MEASURES
The synthetic stuff in our brains, oceans, and politics
3 min |
September/October 2025
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STATUS ANXIETY
HOW TO DEPORT 1 MILLION PEOPLE A YEAR? MAKE RULE-FOLLOWING IMMIGRANTS UNDOCUMENTED.
10+ min |
September/October 2025
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HIDING IN LA
WHEN DEPORTATION forces descended on Los Angeles, a new reality set in for many Angelenos: the fear of living in a city under constant threat from ICE. For many, it means sheltering in place—avoiding work, social life, or even a walk outside.
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September/October 2025
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PROJECT 2026 TRUMP'S PLAN TO HIJACK THE NEXT ELECTION
On an April episode of the popular Politics War Room podcast, the veteran journalist Al Hunt posed an increasingly common question from listeners to Democratic strategist James Carville. “Is Trump looking to spark enough protest to justify declaring martial law in 2026, thus suspending the election?” Hunt asked.
10+ min |
September/October 2025
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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 |