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RAGING BULL DONALD TRUMP'S PUGILISTIC SPOKESMAN HAS TAKEN CAMPAIGNING TO A WHOLE NEW LEVEL OF LOW.

IN late February, after Donald Trump had nearly vanquished the entirety of the Republican primary field, his spokesman, Steven Cheung, took aim at the one opponent still standing. \"Birdbrain, are you a liar or just plain stupid?\" he posted on X.

SAVED

Finding self-love after Christian conversion therapy

WHAT WE ARE OWED

Technology and genealogy have made the case for reparations specific-and undeniable.

PARADISE STOLEN

Black families were cheated out of their land on Skidaway Island. Now it's a wealthy white enclave

THE FAST AND THE SPURIOUS

Ohio GOP Senate hopeful Bernie Moreno built an empire selling cars-and stiffing workers.

Blood Money

How dialysis clinics are making a killing off deathly ill patients.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT - CRIME OF THE CROP

Will GMOs harm my kids? Your pediatrician's response might not be grounded in science.

ECONUNDRUMS - CHATBOT QUACKS

AI was supposed to fix online health misinformation. Instead, it's making it worse.

WELL PLAYED

One man’s mission to make gaming a little less white

FIGHTING CHANCE

RUBEN GALLEGO'S BATTLE AGAINST KARI LAKE COULD DECIDE THE FATE OF THE SENATE-AND DEMOCRACY ITSELF. NO PRESSURE.

Become Ungovernable

The spectacular implosion of the Libertarian Party

Spoiler Alert

Third-party candidates never win national elections, but they can still have serious consequences.

THE DEMOCRACY BOMB

A day ahead of the third anniversary of January 6, President Joe Biden traveled to Valley Forge, Pennsylvania-where George Washington encamped during the Revolutionary War-before delivering what he described as a \"deadly serious\" speech framing the stakes of the 2024 election.

OH CRAP - SLUDGE REPORT

Can Maine lead the way to a future without forever chemicals?

JERSEY BOYS - AGE AGAINST THE MACHINE

Young voters are powering Rep. Andy Kim's challenge to Trenton's powers that be.

TASK FORCE - GUN FOR HIRE

The operative who invented Swift Boating could put Trump on course for reelection.

Let Them Eat Kelp

Is seaweed farming the wave of the future?

To Match a Predator

Dating apps promise to hook you up with romance. But they can deliver con artists, rapists, and murderers.

A Pennsylvania Prophet

Meet the Christian nationalists who want to assert dominion-starting with the Keystone State.

"I'm Not Turming the Other Cheek Any More"

Radicals took over the Michigan GOP. Now they can't stop losing.

"Absolutely Do Not Send Them There"

Foster kids have few advocates and little agency. That makes them the perfect cash cow for the country's biggest psychiatric hospital chain.

RICH DOC, POOR DOC

Why do the most important kinds of doctors earn the least money?

FREEDOM READERS

Authors of banned books-like me-are battling right-wing censorship daily. But we can't do it alone.

VAPOR TRAIL

After a cannabis product turned up at my kid's school, I rode into the Wild West of unregulated pot.

MEDICAL RESTRAINTS

How health care companies use debt to trap nurses on the job

Bad Neighbors

Tightly packed poultry and pig farms could be incubating the next deadly flu.

What Is Justice for You?

After police violence, the state protects cops. Survivors have to protect each other.

Against a Sea of Troubles

Isolated and abused, women in the Merchant Marine are finally speaking out.

UNHAPPY BIRTHDAY

How booting 18-year-olds from disability rolls has lifelong consequences

TIDES OF WAR

Dr. Olga Shpak was a leading whale researcher. Then Putin invaded her home country.