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The 3 pandemic metrics that could tell us what’s next

This new phase in the pandemic demands a fresh approach to the Covid-19 data that has become omnipresent in the…

2 years ago

Trump waded into the Ohio GOP Senate primary. But it’s not all about him.

Former President Donald Trump listens as JD Vance, an Ohio Republican candidate for US Senate, speaks during a rally at…

2 years ago

Can the expanded child tax credit come back from the dead?

Parents and children celebrate new monthly Child Tax Credit payments and urge congress to make them permanent outside Senator Schumer’s…

2 years ago

Why it’s illegal for some voters with disabilities to cast a ballot

A woman deposits her ballot in an official ballot drop box in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on the first day of in-person…

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Ron DeSantis is following a trail blazed by a Hungarian authoritarian

Christina Animashaun/Vox The Florida governor isn’t doing “competent Trumpism.” He’s inventing American Orbánism. In June of last year, Hungary’s far-right…

2 years ago

Revisiting the Christian fantasy novels that shaped decades of conservative hysteria

The cover of Frank Peretti’s This Present Darkness. | Crossway Books Demons, angels, and elite liberal conspiracies: Frank Peretti’s books…

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An expert on why wars start, and how to prevent them

Ukrainian soldiers patrol a village destroyed by Russian shelling in Mykolaiv Oblast. | Celestino Arce/NurPhoto via Getty Images The key…

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Time is running out for Biden’s EPA to act on climate

Without a new EPA power plant rule, coal-fired plants like the Mitchell plant in West Virginia could still be active…

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Where the guaranteed income movement is going next

Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott announced the creation of the Baltimore Young Families Success Fund on April 20. The guaranteed income…

2 years ago

Where forests disappeared last year, in one chart

Farming cattle, largely for beef, is the No. 1 driver of deforestation. Here, cattle graze in a deforested area in…

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