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Wednesday
July 14, 2021
What the $%&! Is Going On at the FDA?
Experts want to know why the agency approved a questionable Alzheimer’s drug but has withheld full approval from Covid vaccines.
by Melody Schreiber
 

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Classes are being canceled, and teachers are being fired, as “anti–critical race theory” fights are coming to a head in Republican states. But the viral school board videos are only part of the story.
by Esther Wang
 
From The New York Times to Instagram, a recent genre of self-help writing wants you to think the last 16 months were really just an opportunity to become your best self.
by Kalpana Mohanty
 
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The famed economist’s theories were embraced by Beltway power brokers in both parties. Finally, a Democratic president is turning the page on a legacy of ruin.

by Zachary D. Carter
 

Stripped of the region’s coal and ravaged by drugs, the people of Appalachia are fighting to survive.

by Sarah Jones and Espen Rasmussen
 

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