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October 2, 2021
Republicans Don’t Want to Reform Public Education. They Want to End It.
Florida’s recent struggles over masks in schools augur a terrifying shift in the right’s approach to education policy.
by Kathryn Joyce
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Police around the country have claimed to overdose on fentanyl merely from handling the drug. What’s really going on?
by The Politics of Everything
Can meat grown in a laboratory help save the planet? And if it can, what’s standing in our way?
by Kate Aronoff
Failing to mask fully, provide testing, consider community Covid rates, and support teachers has turned the fall term into a nightmare.
by Melody Schreiber

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In the new film prequel to “The Sopranos,” fatally flawed fathers and deluded sons buckle under an enormous pressure to be men.
by Jo Livingstone
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Is it possible to disappear completely?

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