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May 14, 2021

The Endless Work of Trying to Win Yourself a New Life

Inside the world of sweepers—committed competitors trying to game the system or maybe just win a lifetime supply of Gatorade.

by Katherine Lucky

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Are Liberal Cities Turning Against Their Progressive Prosecutors?

District attorneys in San Francisco and Philadelphia promised to overturn decades of tough-on-crime policies. Now, as violent crime rises, they may be kicked out of office.

by Nikhil Pal Singh

Branding ACT-UP

On the aesthetic legacy of HIV/AIDS activism in our own time of viral panic.

by Jo Livingstone

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Republicans Are High on Colonial Pipeline’s Fumes

Hack or no hack, the GOP-to-fossil-fuel-industry pipeline is running just fine.

by Kate Aronoff

Marjorie Taylor Greene Is Really Great at Her Job: Professional Troll

With the GOP giving up on governing, the future belongs to the cranks.

by Alex Shephard

Joe Manchin Finally Has a Good Idea

The key vote of the Senate might have a way to preserve voting rights from the GOP’s assaults and John Roberts’ legal opinions.

by Matt Ford

The Undefeated

Ernest Hemingway’s one enduring character? Ernest Hemingway.

by Win McCormack

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