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July 17, 2021
Abolish the Olympics
They’ve long been a financial boondoggle that ruins lives and enriches the corporate class. This year, they might also spread a deadly Covid variant among a largely unvaccinated population.
by Natalie Shure
 

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Experts want to know why the agency approved a questionable Alzheimer’s drug but has withheld full approval from Covid vaccines.
by Melody Schreiber
 
Morgan Neville’s new documentary offers glimpses of a Bourdain we’ve never seen before—and captures the toll his work took on him.
by David Klion
 
Classes are being canceled, and teachers are being fired, as “anti–critical race theory” fights are coming to a head in Republican states. But the viral school board videos are only part of the story.
by Esther Wang
 

America is finally pulling out of a losing war, after two decades of lies and deceit from the country’s military leaders. 

by Timothy Kudo
 
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