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Friday
July 24, 2020
What $600 Can Do
Millions of people are in danger of losing a benefit that has kept their heads above water. These are some of their stories.
By Katie McDonough and J.C. Pan
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How Taxpayer Dollars May Have Bought a Kurdish Strongman’s Beverly Hills Mansions
A story of Iraqi politics, Pentagon oil contracts, and an ongoing foreign policy disaster
By Zack Kopplin
Trump and the GOP Are About to Push the Economy Off a Cliff
While the deadline to extend unemployment benefits neared, the president insisted on an impractical payroll tax cut.
By Alex Shephard
The Limits of Mask Ordinances
Masks are important. But there are a lot of indoor risks that recent mask mandates don’t address.
By Melody Schreiber
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Trump’s Greatest Liability Is His Own Incumbency
The president’s latest reelection strategy is to darkly warn voters about the chaos he created.
By Matt Ford
What the Americans With Disabilities Act Has to Teach Today’s Protesters
The forgotten intersectionality of disabilities activism
By Josephine Livingstone
The Problem With Putinology
We need a new kind of writing about Russia.
By Michael Kimmage and Matthew Rojansky
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