What’s Missing In Our Coverage of South Sudan’s Civil War
In South Sudan, a civil war has now entered its fourth year of tearing open ethnic divisions and…
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Why Are White Americans Dying Off? Check These Charts
In 2015, Nobel economics laureate Angus Deaton and renowned economics professor Anne Case published a disturbing diagnosis for…
Enough About Smugness Already
Andrew Sullivan: “Liberals have to be careful not to sound so fucking condescending, smug, as if they know…
An Arkansas Inmate Is Set to Be Executed Due to a Legal Technicality
Marcel Williams is scheduled to die on April 24th, 2017. Williams was convicted in 1997 for the rape…
The Rise of the Hacker Industrial Complex
We continue to put our faith and finances in networks that are increasingly difficult to protect. By Jonathan…
What Trump’s Health-Care Loss Means for Obama’s Legacy
It seems Americans are OK with the Affordable Care Act after all. By Jared Keller (Photo: Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty…
On Health Reform, Democrats and Republicans Don’t Speak the Same Language
It seems Democrats are much more united in their opposition to the repeal-and-replace bill than Republican members are…
What It’s Like When Your Federal Agency Disappears
Robert Cook-Deegan felt a shudder of recognition when he saw the news earlier this month that the White…
What Trump’s Budget Means for America’s Opioid Epidemic
Last week, President Donald Trump’s administration unveiled its “blueprint budget“— a less-detailed version of the budget it’ll eventually send…
Is It Getting Easier for Companies to Cover Up Age Discrimination?
Since the early 1990s, corporate lawyers and conservative judges have sought to shrink what counts as discrimination, making…