Inside the Last Days of the Local Paper

The decline of printed newspapers has resulted in news deserts, "ghost" publications, and increased public mistrust of the media. Undeterred, local journalists soldier on.

By Ann Hermes, The New Republic

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An Infuriating Poll Finding About Trump Should Galvanize Democrats

Trump killed the border deal, but Biden is getting blamed. Here’s what Democrats need to do to turn that around.

By Greg Sargent

Trump Said Dems Will Rename Pennsylvania—and Even Weirder Things

Donald Trump’s ramblings this weekend were truly deranged.

By Paige Oamek

The American Consulting Firms That Live in Fear of Their Murderous Clients

What keeps companies like McKinsey in the business of whitewashing the regimes of bloodthirsty dictators? Increasingly, it’s the consequences of crossing them.

By Casey Michel

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Affirmative Action Is Dead, and Inequality Is Still Crushing Workers

The most recent numbers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics reveal that in the United States, who we are too often determines what we get to do for a living.

By Timothy Noah

The Presidential Primaries Silence Voters Who Care About Climate Change

There are a lot more Republicans who care about climate change than you think. Every four years, they get shut out of the conversation.

By Stephen Lezak

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Why Democratic Elites Are "Shaken to Their Core" About Trump and Biden

The special counsel’s claims about Biden’s age and mental acuity have unleashed a round of intraparty recriminations unlike anything in recent memory.

By The Daily Blast with Greg Sargent

The Messy Making of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Edward Albee had unique experience of the deep weirdness of American family relationships.

By Scott Bradfield

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