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Transitioning 2.0
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Transitioning 2.0

Community support has always helped trans people become themselves. Now, Big Tech thinks it can too.

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7 mins  |
July/August 2021
Gaslit
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Gaslit

How the Fossil Fuel Industry convinced americans to love their toxic stoves

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10+ mins  |
July/August 2021
 Who Really Gets Rich From Robinhood
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Who Really Gets Rich From Robinhood

The app makes millions funneling inexperienced investors to Wall Street traders. Did Alex Kearns pay with his life?

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July/August 2021
A Ride, Not A Privilege
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A Ride, Not A Privilege

The essential workers’ case for funding public transit

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July/August 2021
Caution To The Wind
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Caution To The Wind

Desperate to reopen and loaded with stimulus cash, schools are spending millions on high-tech air purifiers. But are they safe?

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July/August 2021
The “Machine That Eats Up Black Farmland”
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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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May/June 2021
 FACING DOWN JIM CROW. AGAIN.
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FACING DOWN JIM CROW. AGAIN.

ANOTHER GENERATION OF BLACK LAWMAKERS IS BATTLING A FAMILIAR ENEMY.

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July/August 2021
Watching The Watchers
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Watching The Watchers

Let’s stop freaking out over kids’ pandemic screen time

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May/June 2021
Stars and Strife
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Stars and Strife

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

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May/June 2021
The Truth About Reconciliation
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The Truth About Reconciliation

Can America heal itself? The reckoning after the Greensboro Massacre provides some lessons.

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May/June 2021
Total Recall
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Total Recall

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

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May/June 2021
School's Out
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School's Out

Why Black parents aren’t joining the rush to send their kids back to class

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8 mins  |
May/June 2021
Biden's Muse
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Biden's Muse

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

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May/June 2021
Black Land Matters
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Black Land Matters

After a century of dispossession, young Black farmers are restoring their rightful place in American agriculture.

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10+ mins  |
May/June 2021
A Fair Slice
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A Fair Slice

Can co-ops save restaurants?

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May/June 2021
MOVING THE NEEDLE
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MOVING THE NEEDLE

Inside the grassroots campaign that protected San Francisco’s Latino community—and the entire city—from a deadly virus

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10+ mins  |
May/June 2021
Or Other Crime
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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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March/April 2021
Josh Hawley – The Apprentice
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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
Tyranny of the Minority
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Tyranny of the Minority

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

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March/April 2021
The Nuclear Option
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The Nuclear Option

Biden has signaled support for a new generation of smaller nuclear reactors. Are they the path to a carbon-free economy—or just a bid to keep a troubled industry alive?

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March/April 2021
Lost In Translation
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Lost In Translation

Hey Siri, why don’t digital assistants understand people who don’t sound like white Americans?

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March/April 2021
In The Tank
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In The Tank

Ethanol’s clean promise has only led to dirtier air.

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4 mins  |
March/April 2021
Unpopularity Contest
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Unpopularity Contest

The case for finally doing away with the Electoral College

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4 mins  |
March/April 2021
How Facebook Broke Us
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How Facebook Broke Us

The social network has pushed poison on users for years. Now we know it did so deliberately.

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March/April 2021
American Carnage
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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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March/April 2021
March to Washington
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March to Washington

Nikema Williams isn’t as well known as Stacey Abrams, but the woman who will fill John Lewis’ seat represents a different—and formidable— kind of power.

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8 mins  |
January/February 2021
True Stories
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True Stories

To beat anti-science trolls, sometimes you have to think like one.

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4 mins  |
January/February 2021
Keeping the Faith
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Keeping the Faith

Raphael Warnock is braving the swamp to redeem Georgia. And America.

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9 mins  |
January/February 2021
Lock Him Up?
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Lock Him Up?

Why Donald Trump could be the first president to face criminal charges

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8 mins  |
January/February 2021
Ladies Who Launch
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Ladies Who Launch

Trump propelled many women to join the liberal resistance. Now they’re determined to remake their communities.

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7 mins  |
January/February 2021