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SHROOMS ARE ON THE D.C. BALLOT

RESIDENTS OF WASHINGTON, D.C., will have a chance to vote for the decriminalization of certain psychedelic drugs this November. The reformers who canvassed for signatures for the initiative say they’re optimistic it will pass despite objections from Congress, which controls D.C. spending.

MEAT BILLS ARE ON THE MENU IN CONGRESS

AMERICA’S MEAT SUPPLY has been hammered by COVID-19 outbreaks at many of the nation’s largest meat processing plants, and consumer meat prices have spiked as a result.

Political Ignorance Is Bliss

COULD PAYING LESS ATTENTION TO POLITICS BE BETTER FOR YOU, YOUR RELATIONSHIPS, AND SOCIETY?

PLEASE STAND BY

BE PATIENT: WE MIGHT NOT KNOW WHO WON THE ELECTION RIGHT AWAY

IS THE SENATE FILIBUSTER A ‘JIM CROW RELIC'?

DURING HIS JULY eulogy for Rep. JohnLewis (D–Ga.), a leading figure in the civil rights movement, former PresidentBarack Obama expressed support for eliminating the Senate filibuster, which he called a “Jim Crow relic.” That position contradicted the one Obama took as a senator in a chamber controlled by Republicans, and his historical framing was more than a little misleading.

Why Is the West So Powerful— And So Peculiar?

Cultural evolutionary theory has a startling answer: a marriage policy first pursued by the Catholic Church a millennium and a half ago.

The Beating Pulse of Donald Judd

I always thought his work was intimidatingly austere, until I discovered the plenitude at its core.

POWER SHORTAGE

Women’s rights are human rights. But rights are nothing without the power to claim them.

Marilynne Robinson's Lonely Souls

Her new novel, the latest installment of her Gilead series, explores the power of love and the legacy of race.

Nicola Gratteri – MOB Justice

An Italian prosecutor takes on his country’s most powerful crime syndicate.

Was Charlotte Dod the Greatest Athlete Ever?

The remarkable career of a Victorian athletic phenom—and the legacy that wasn’t

How Disaster Shaped the Modern City

The lessons of history are clear: Visionary responses to calamities have changed urban life for the better.

A Cubicle Never Looked So Good

What we lose when we have to work from home

WHY HONG KONG'S PROTESTS TURNED VIOLENT

THE ESCALATION IS PART OF A STRATEGY TO UNMASK CHINA’S ABUSES BEFORE THE WORLD.

AMERICAN IDOLATRY MEETS WOKE ICONOCLASM

WHY DO PEOPLE PULL DOWN STATUES?

‘I Am More Optimistic Than I've Been in a Long Time'

The Washington Post ’s Radley Balko was a pioneer in reporting on the disastrous consequences of police militarization and the need for criminal justice reform. Now everyone else is catching up.

Regulate Use of Force

“WHEN YOU’RE CONDITIONED TO BELIEVE THAT EVERY PERSON... POSES A THREAT TO YOUR EXISTENCE, YOU SIMPLY CANNOT BE EXPECTED TO BUILD OUT MEANINGFUL RELATIONSHIPS.”

GUN CONTROL PUTS YOUR LIFE AT RISK

In the 20th century, far more people were murdered by genocidal governments than by armed criminals.

Rethink Crisis Response

PEOPLE WHO CALL 911 SHOULDN’T GET AN ILL-TRAINED POLICE OFFICER, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY’RE DEALING WITH A MENTAL HEALTH EMERGENCY.

HOPE FOR FREE MARKET REFORM IN URUGUAY

ALTHOUGH THE GLOBAL media barely covered last year’s elections in Uruguay, President Luis Lacalle Pou’s victory was significant for ending 15 years of governance by the leftist Broad Front.

End the War on Drugs

DRUG PROHIBITION TURNS POLICE OFFICERS INTO ENEMIES TO BE FEARED RATHER THAN ALLIES TO BE WELCOMED.

Bust the Police Unions

THEY’RE A CONSISTENT FORCE OF ORGANIZED RESISTANCE TO CALMER, SAFER, LESS AGGRESSIVE POLICING.

FICTION - Deep Cut

“Naw, you don’t have to worry about me,” Thomas said, after his mother had finished her characteristically perfunctory warning to us about drugs, alcohol, and rough-looking types. “Paul thinks he’s cool now, though.” ¶ “Paul, when did this happen?” Mrs. Rickley said. ¶ She wasn’t a hip mom, exactly, but she got points for not caring particularly about what her children or their friends got up to.

REBEL FELL

Iconoclasm will rise again

In The Rough

Donald Trump has poured hundreds of millions of dollars into his struggling Scottish golf resorts. Lawmakers in Edinburgh want to know where that cash came from.

Stay to Play

Trump cronies, lobbyists, and special interests have boosted the president’s DC hotel. This November, the election isn’t the only thing on the line.

Cold As Ice

Local Sheriffs Are Driving Trump's Deportation Agenda– And Terrifying Communities.

Whose Streets?

Oakland residents convinced the city to rethink how it tackled gun violence. Now, amid calls to defund the Police other cities are eyeing it's strategy.

Buy The Book

Lexipol says its policies keep police departments out of trouble. Critics say they left violent cops off the hook. Buy the book

The Shield

Police Unions are key to undestanding why so many violent officers escape discipline. Will this year's racial justice uprisings finally force reform?