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August 21, 2021
Don’t Call It a Pandemic of the Stupid
There are structural reasons people are swayed by anti-vaccine propaganda. Sneering at the unvaccinated won't solve them.
by Melody Schreiber
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The Radicalization of Clarence Thomas
His time working for Monsanto and other polluting industries helped make him the fierce conservative he is today.
by Scott W. Stern
How the Pandemic Became an Unplanned Experiment in Abolishing the Child Welfare System
Fears about a spike in abuse were proved wrong. Now mothers with firsthand experience of the system want to transform its approach to family safety, which is rooted in racist surveillance and carceral intervention.
by Kendra Hurley
Will the Squalid Rot of the Wisconsin Republican Party Become America’s Future?
The GOP-driven dysfunction of the Badger State is a window into the party’s illiberal plans for the country.
by Emma Roller
The Lost World of W.G. Sebald
How the cataclysms of the past loomed over Sebald’s life and haunted his fiction
by Ryu Spaeth
From the Archives:
A Murder Over a Monsanto Chemical
How a new herbicide pitted farmer against farmer in Arkansas
by Boyce Upholt
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