The Mouth That Roared — How Rush Limbaugh Changed America
How the journey of the most-listened-to national radio talk show host in America may have changed US politics forever.
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Small Business Group Says Trump Is Bad for Business
How the trade war, corporate tax cuts, and fossil fuel subsidies have hurt many small businesses.
Texas Draws Donut-Shaped Voter Map
In an extreme show of gerrymandering, state leaders are trying to put one district completely inside of another district. It’s just one of several tactics to split the Democratic vote.
Could Tripling Our Population Make Us Great Again?
Matt Yglesias makes the jaw-dropping argument that 1 billion Americans would make us a better, stronger, and more competitive country.
In 2019, Active Shooter Drills Are the New Fire Drills in Schools
With gun violence on the rise for the first time since the 1990s, active shooter drills are becoming a “normal” part of the school day. Here’s what kids are being taught and why.
The Bill’s in Manchin’s Court
As the Senate struggles over voting rights laws, a West Virginia legislator takes center stage. The Democrats’ agenda lives and dies by Joe Manchin (D).
Let’s Wrestle with New Technology… and How We Journalists Cover It.
On music apps, wellness, and the many types of “tech story.”
As Early Voting Soars, So Does Voter Intimidation
Overzealous and aggressive electioneering near polling sites in North Carolina.
A Top Cop Says We Need To Reinvent Policing
Norm Stamper talks about cop culture, how contagious and deeply institutionalized it is and how “awful but lawful” has become an internal standard that real community policing has to root out.
An Experiment in Decency
A DOJ investigation into the Ferguson, MO, police department revealed how municipal fines and fees trap low-income people in a cycle of poverty and punishment. It’s happening across the US — but now San Francisco is leading major reforms.
Bush Angle to Reagan Shooting Still Unresolved as Hinckley Walks
George H.W. Bush knew the family of the man who shot Bush’s then-boss Ronald Reagan, in 1981. With the shooter now freed, it’s time, finally, to take a closer look.
How to Be More Than a Bystander
A nonprofit teaches observers how to intervene when they witness harassment.