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WSJ Wants Judiciary Shielded From Scrutiny

A New York Times investigation (9/15/24) has given us great insight into Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, who—unlike the president and the speaker of the House—enjoys a great deal of...

Giving Cruise Missiles to Ukraine Won’t Change the Battlefield Equation

Russia and the West are quickly running out of maneuvering room to avoid a head-on military collision. In the...

The Major League Monopoly on Small Ball

This article was originally published by The Lever, an investigative newsroom. If you like this story, sign up for The Lever‘s...

Heller Skelter

A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people...

How Abortion Bans Kill By Delaying Emergency Medical Care

This story was originally published by ProPublica. In her final hours, Amber Nicole Thurman suffered from a grave infection...

How Opioids Corrupted Organized Medicine

Editor’s note: The following story is co-published with Matt Bivens’ Substack newsletter, The 100 Days.Many businesses will gleefully sell you a harmful addiction.The tobacco industry...

The Low-Wage Corporations That Wasted Half a Trillion Dollars on CEO Pay

The Lowe’s home improvement store spent $43 billion on stock buybacks over the past five years. With that sum, the big box chain could’ve...

The Great White Hope

Like a lot of people, I breathed a sigh of relief when Kamala Harris chose Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate. Heading...

The Tragedy of Chris Hayes

The following story is co-published with Freddie deBoer’s Substack. This recent episode of Chris Hayes’s podcast Why Is This Happening?, which I recommend in general, offers a...

Disinformation Dilemma: The U.S. Has Dirty Hands, Too

It’s no secret that the Biden administration has made fighting online disinformation a major priority. On Wednesday, it announced sweeping measures to secure the 2024 election from...

The Corporate Bully Taking Your Kid’s Lunch Money

This article was originally published by The Lever, an investigative newsroom. If you like this story, sign up for The Lever’s free newsletter.” Last fall, Emily Krieger, a...