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Purgatory At Sea
The Atlantic

Purgatory At Sea

Off the coast of Italy, cruise ships are being repurposed as holding pens for migrants rescued from the mediterranean.

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10+ mins  |
June 2021
Whose Side Is Kavanaugh On?
The Atlantic

Whose Side Is Kavanaugh On?

Conservatives hope to weaponize his bitterness. Liberals are inviting him over for dinner.

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10+ mins  |
June 2021
Stars and Strife
Mother Jones

Stars and Strife

How two feuding tea party leaders helped lay the groundwork for the insurrection

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10+ mins  |
May/June 2021
The “Machine That Eats Up Black Farmland”
Mother Jones

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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10+ mins  |
May/June 2021
Total Recall
Mother Jones

Total Recall

California Republicans’ hopes are riding on the “superhero pirate” leading a mutiny against the governor.

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May/June 2021
Biden's Muse
Mother Jones

Biden's Muse

Can America’s problems be fixed by a president who loves Jon Meacham?

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10+ mins  |
May/June 2021
Andrew Yang's Insider Campaign
New York magazine

Andrew Yang's Insider Campaign

How did a former CEO of 100 employees become the front-runner to govern a city of 8.5 million? Not simply by being a national celebrity and an excellent campaigner.

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May 10 - 23, 2021
6 Creative Ways Workers Are Taking Back Power
Fast Company

6 Creative Ways Workers Are Taking Back Power

When workers align with local constituents to fight for shared goals, it strengthens their campaign.

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Summer 2021
30 minutes with … Eric Adams
New York magazine

30 minutes with … Eric Adams

Eight weeks before the mayoral primary and second in the polls, Brooklyn’s borough president sharpens his case for more cops.

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April 26 - May 9, 2021
Reason magazine

The Era of Small Government Is Over

Is there any hope to check the growth of the state?

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June 2021
‘Hero Pay' For Grocery Workers Is Terrible For Grocery Workers
Reason magazine

‘Hero Pay' For Grocery Workers Is Terrible For Grocery Workers

“Hero Pay” Laws, which require big wage increases for grocery store workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, are sweeping the West Coast. Store closures, unemployment, and lawsuits have followed in their wake.

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June 2021
An $86 Billion Moral Hazard
Reason magazine

An $86 Billion Moral Hazard

The $1.9 trillion emergency spending bill Congress passed in early March was full of items that had little to do with the COVID-19 pandemic, the ostensible justification for the package.

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June 2021
The Power of the First Lady
The Atlantic

The Power of the First Lady

How Lady Bird Johnson and Nancy Reagan advanced their husbands’ ambitions—and their own

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May 2021
The Diplomat Who Disappeared
The Atlantic

The Diplomat Who Disappeared

In 1974, John Patterson, an american diplomat on his first assignment abroad, was abducted by the People’s Liberation Army of Mexico—a group no one had heard of before. The kidnappers wanted $500,000 and insisted that Patterson’s wife deliver the ransom.

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May 2021
The Internet Doesn't Have To Be Awful
The Atlantic

The Internet Doesn't Have To Be Awful

The civic habits necessary for a functioning republic have been killed off by an internet kleptocracy that profits from disinformation, polarization, and rage. Here’s how to fix that.

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April 2021
Christian Walker
New York magazine

Christian Walker

A rising conservative star on TikTok.

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6 mins  |
March 29 - April 11, 2021
A Declassified Case Against Torture
Reason magazine

A Declassified Case Against Torture

After 9/11, the Bush administration unleashed interrogation methods that were self-sabotaging as well as immoral.

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7 mins  |
May 2021
Biden Moves to Take On Big Tech
Bloomberg Businessweek

Biden Moves to Take On Big Tech

His pick for antitrust chief will signal how aggressively he’ll challenge monopoly power

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7 mins  |
March 15, 2021
Abuse and Power
New York magazine

Abuse and Power

Andrew Cuomo’s governorship has been defined by cruel behavior that disguised chronic mismanagement. Why was that celebrated for so long?

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March 15 - 28, 2021
AppleMagazine

Biden Hopes To Boost Offshore Wind As Mass. Project Advances

A huge wind farm off the Massachusetts coast is edging closer to federal approval, setting up what the Biden administration hopes will be a model for a sharp increase in offshore wind energy development along the East Coast.

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March 12, 2021
Why We (Still) Shouldn't Censor Misinformation
Reason magazine

Why We (Still) Shouldn't Censor Misinformation

Trump’s loss in 2020, a majority of his supporters believed the election had been rigged. Some adopted wild conspiracy theories involving Chinese supercomputers, Hugo Chavez, and state-level Republican officials. These beliefs culminated in an attack on the U.S. Capitol that left five people dead. To make sense of these events, many officials have argued that platforms such as Facebook and Twitter allowed conspiracy theories to spread unimpeded, leading to erroneous beliefs and deadly behaviors. In other words, they blame misinformation for the violence.

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April 2021
The War On Free Speech Is About To Get A Lot Uglier
Reason magazine

The War On Free Speech Is About To Get A Lot Uglier

One week after being trapped inside the United States Capitol as thousands of pro–Donald Trump marauders attempted to forcibly “stop the steal” of the presidential election, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D–N.Y.) suggested one possible federal government response: convening a national commission on media literacy.

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April 2021
Africa Tries Free Trade
Reason magazine

Africa Tries Free Trade

Economic nationalism has plagued Africa since decolonization. In 2021, that is set to change.

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4 mins  |
April 2021
Or Other Crime
Mother Jones

Or Other Crime

How Black voting rights were sabotaged by a three-word phrase in the 14th Amendment, and how they can be reconstructed

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10+ mins  |
March/April 2021
Unpopularity Contest
Mother Jones

Unpopularity Contest

The case for finally doing away with the Electoral College

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4 mins  |
March/April 2021
Tyranny of the Minority
Mother Jones

Tyranny of the Minority

Democrats may control Washington, but the fight for democracy is far from over.

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10 mins  |
March/April 2021
Josh Hawley – The Apprentice
Mother Jones

Josh Hawley – The Apprentice

Before the Capitol insurrection, Josh Hawley was seen as the future of the Republican Party. He still may be.

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March/April 2021
American Carnage
Mother Jones

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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10+ mins  |
March/April 2021
Maya Wiley – The Crisis Candidate
New York magazine

Maya Wiley – The Crisis Candidate

Maya Wiley believes a traumatized city deserves a progressive mayor—and she is certain she’d be better at it than her former boss Bill de Blasio.

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10+ mins  |
February 15–28, 2021
When the Signal Goes Out
Bloomberg Businessweek

When the Signal Goes Out

Government-ordered internet shutdowns are becoming more frequent

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3 mins  |
February 15 - 22, 2021