Plus, the weird comfort of getting vaccinated in abandoned spaces, and more...
Monday
April 5, 2021
An Epic Debate on Trump and True Evangelicalism
In which journalist Matt Labash (a Never Trumper) and radio host Eric Metaxas (a Trump supporter) agree to disagree
By Matt Labash and Eric Metaxas
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Delta and Coca-Cola Won’t Save Voting Rights in Georgia
Belated half-measures can’t undo years of corporate campaign donations and other influence-peddling that financed Republican voter suppression.
By Jacob Silverman
Texas Wants to Tell California How to Spend Its Money. What Happened to States’ Rights?
A California law bans state-funded travel to anti-LGBT states. Texas is asking the Supreme Court to rule the law unconstitutional.
By Matt Ford
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The Weird Comfort of Getting Vaccinated at an Abandoned JC Penney
America’s Covid-19 vaccination drive is turning mundane, desolate spaces into sites of improbable joy and hope.
By Marion Renault
How a Bunch of Revolutionary War Reenactors Got Caught Up in Facebook’s Purge of Militia Groups
“It’s people in 1776 in wool clothes with muskets that it takes a minute to load and shoot.”
By Jacob Silverman
Fossil Fuel Companies Are Job Killers
New analysis shows the number of workers required per project will soon fall by 20 to 30 percent, even without a transition to renewables.
By Kate Aronoff
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