In this issue

The January 6 insurrectionists failed to topple the 2020 election, but Ari Berman argues in “The Coming Coup” that the Republican legislators are seizing control of how—and if—votes are counted. Reporter Kara Voght investigates the other NRA, the restaurant lobby that protected major chains at the expense of the little guys during the pandemic, in “Table Scraps.” Dan Friedman’s “The Influencer” is a totally out-of-this-world tale of the fugitive Chinese tycoon who joined forces with Steve Bannon to blanket the web with far-right propaganda. And Kathryn Joyce writes about militant right-wing activists hellbent on remaking the Catholic Church in “Holy War.”

Rule the School: Boards of Control

Our long history of letting white Americans veto racial progress in education

7 mins

Rent to Own: Purchasing Power

Minneapolis weighs a law that could let renters buy their place—or pick their landlord.

7 mins

The Coming Coup

The insurrectionists failed to topple a fair election. But Republican legislators are succeeding at seizing control of how—and if— votes are counted.

10+ mins

Table Straps

How the nation’s biggest restaurant lobby protected the major chains during the pandemic and left the little guys behind

10+ mins

The Pushback

Millions of refugees are fleeing war, persecution, and the effects of the climate crisis. A new frontier of brutality awaits them.

10+ mins

Holy War

How Steve Bannon, Milo Yiannopoulos, and other militant right-wing activists are hellbent on transforming the Catholic Church— starting with the pope

10+ mins

The Influencer

The totally out-of-this-world tale of the fugitive chinese tycoon who has joined forces with Steve Bannon to blanket the web with far-right propaganda

10+ mins

Looks Don't Kill

Plastic surgery has a troubled history inside prisons. Some advocates want it to make a comeback.

8 mins

Break the Chain

We’ve got a plastics problem. Will chemical recycling solve it?

4 mins

Food for Thought: There Will Be Blood

Lab-grown meat still requires slaughterhouse products.

3 mins

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