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The Crime Issue Is Kryptonite for Democrats. It Doesn’t Have to Be.
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Welcome to the Flock Elections
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Startup’s “Idiotic” Plan to Illuminate Earth Would “End the Night Sky as We Know It”
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“Just Like Kidnapping”
In late August, the Trump administration loaded 12 Somali immigrants onto a plane and flew them to an ICE facility at…
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The EPA is Quietly Killing its Web Archive
In a little-noticed webpage update, the Environmental Protection Agency has announced a plan to decommission its…
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Mike Rogers Used His Last Debate to Smear Abdul El-Sayed
Michigan’s US Senate nominees, Democrat Abdul El-Sayed and Republican Mike Rogers, faced off Wednesday night in their…
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Experts Say Land Venture Linked to David Flippo is “Batshit” and a “Huge Red Flag”
In December 2022, a 20-year-old California woman loaned most of her savings to a venture calling itself Lost Basin…
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The El-Sayed Heckler’s Dad Got $250,000 to Campaign Against El-Sayed
The guy who tried and failed to catch Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed with a gotcha question about his…
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Private Contractors Are Set to Cash In As Millions of Americans Lose Health Care
On January 1, new Medicaid work requirements will kick in nationwide, and states are scrambling to comply—a chaotic…
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Senators Blast Trump’s Plan to Rig Child Deportation Proceedings
Congressional Democrats sent a letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Monday,…
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Abdul El-Sayed Flipped the Script on a Bigoted Gotcha Attempt
In a clip that quickly went viral Saturday night, Democratic US Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed countered a bigoted…
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Jim Crow Returns…One Congressional District at a Time
2026 would have been a reelection year for Rep. Cleo Fields, who represents the majority-Black 6th Congressional…
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Trump’s SEC is Threatening Big Investors That Pushed ExxonMobil on Climate Risk
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Women Trust AI Less Than Men—But No One’s Asking Them
As our tech overlords continue pumping more resources into AI development and innovation—responsibly, of…
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Trump Claims the Economy Is Alright. But the Numbers Tell a Different Story.
“Every time they want to try and get me, they say affordability,” President Donald Trump said in a voice mocking his…
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Voter Suppression Is Happening in the South. This Organizer Fights It.
One of the defining issues heading into this year’s midterms is how redistricting has rapidly reshaped electoral maps…
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Katie Zacharia Bombs First Day as White House Press Secretary
Any remaining skepticism of America’s literacy crisis vanished Tuesday morning, when Katie Zacharia, a former TV…
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Elon Musk Is the Midterms’ Biggest Disinformation Risk
Over the weekend, a poorly-constructed and very obviously fake claim about Texas Democratic Senate candidate James…
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Introducing “Stress Test”: The Midterms Will Test Democracy. We’ll Help You Through It.
David Corn and Garrison Hayes kick off “Stress Test,” our new twice-weekly video podcast on the midterms and the state…
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Red States Just Asked the Supreme Court to Kill Abortion Shield Laws
Protest signs and coathangers rest on fencing outside of the Supreme Court after the Bans Off Our Bodies Women's March…
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How I Got Dragged Into a Putin Disinformation Op
I just published a book that exposes Russian disinformation operations. Now I—that is, a fake version of me—have…
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Prosecutors Are Revisiting Allegations of Gang Rape at Cornell
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AI Companies Say They're Investigating Rogue Bot Incidents
President Donald Trump talks to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman during the G7 summit on June 17, 2026, in Evian-les-Bains,…
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AI Exec: We May Have Pulled Off "The Largest Theft of Labor in Human History"
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Midterm Power Shifts Could Reshape State Climate and Energy Policies
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Did My IUD Make My Depression Worse?
While the likelihood of severe mood changes from hormonal contraceptives is relatively low, even a small increase in…
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Killer AI Is Here. We're Using It in Iran
On March 3, a mass funeral was held for over 150 students and staff killed in the February 28 US missile strikes on…
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The Inspirational Life of Environmentalist Wendell Berry
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The Far Right Can’t Stand Being Called “Far Right”
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Soaring Insurance Prices Are Hitting Black and Hispanic Homeowners Hardest
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Blue-State Hospitals Are Folding on Trans Youth Care. Parents Are Wondering Why They Moved.
Sam, a 17-year-old patient at Mount Sinai Hospitals, has waited to start testosterone for years. Now, he's worried…
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More People Have Died From 9/11 Than on 9/11
Exhausted New York City firefighters try to shake off layers of dust as they regroup amid rescue efforts on September…
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The White House Made an Arcade Game Out of Deporting People
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Ashley Hinson Fought to Save Private Equity’s Favorite Loophole
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Meta Doesn’t Want to Be a Social Media Company Anymore
Mark Zuckerberg models prototype Meta glasses at the Meta Connect developer conference, September 25, 2024.Andrej…
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Rallygoers Meet the Trans Athlete Culture Wars With Celebration
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PBS airs our glyphosate reporting
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What Does Trump’s Open Respect For North Korean Nukes Tell Iran?
Donald Trump and Kim Jong-Un meet in Singapore in 2018, a year before North Korea cited US-South Korean military…
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A Texas Program Has Poured Billions Into Cancer Research. Ken Paxton Voted Against It.
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Trump’s White House Business Shindig Will Be a Cesspool of Financial Conflicts
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Trump’s Bombing Threats Have a Golf Course Problem
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Solar Panels on Storage Units: Illinois Is Going All In on This No-Brainer
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The Orwellian Company Behind ICE’s New Electric Shock Gloves
The "Conductive Distraction and De-escalation devices" manufactured by Compliant Technologies can cause a person to…
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A Young Immigrant’s Deportation Nightmare
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The Tate Brothers’ Lawyer Is on an Aggressive, AI-Riddled Quest to Win Their Release
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Scientists Have Created a New Category of Heat Waves: “Snow Eaters”
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Anti-AI Populism Is Reshaping American Politics
Will Lawrence, Justin Pearson, and Abdul El-Sayed all despise data centers. Mother Jones illustration; Andrew…
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Trump’s Iran War Is Going Backward
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40 Acres and a Lie Part 1
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Trump-Endorsed Candidate Loses Michigan Primary to a Man Who Suspended His Campaign
President Donald Trump listens as Michigan Republican congressional candidate Amir Hassan, whom he endorsed, speaks at…
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