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August 7, 2021
Los Angeles Liberals’ Brutal Campaign Against the Homeless
Affluent Southern Californians are funding a massive effort to criminalize the unhoused and defeat their few remaining political allies.
by Natalie Shure
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The Return of the American Wolf Hunt
Humans kill wolves when they want to privatize nature.
by Eleanor Cummins
No, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Your Vaccination Status Is Not Protected by HIPAA
How Covid vaccine skeptics came to embrace an apocryphal reading of a 1996 law.
by Matt Ford
You Should Not Run Your Family Like a Business
The economist Emily Oster’s “Expecting Better” made parenting less daunting. Her new book, “The Family Firm,” does the opposite.
by Janet Manley
The Liberals Who Weakened Trust in Government
How public interest groups inadvertently aided the right’s ascendency
by Kim Phillips-Fein
From the Archives:
Amish Baseball: The Boys of Lancaster
Nine innings with the boys of Lancaster
by Kent Russell
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