Pressing Issues Allison Hantschel Jun 20, 2023

The Media Is Determined to Repeat All Its Mistakes in Covering Trump

Allison Hantschel Jun 20, 2023

The crimes of the former president are still being covered by legacy news as if they were a circus act and not an international security crisis. And they seem determined to keep it that way.

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Brain Science Julia Sklar Feb 10, 2021

There’s a Reason You Feel Numb Right Now

Julia Sklar Feb 10, 2021

After nearly five years of being on edge, this is what it might take to reset our brains.

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State of Disunion Brynn Tannehill Sep 2, 2020

The Authoritarians at the Gate

Brynn Tannehill Sep 2, 2020

When we go to the polls, by mail or by booth between now and November, we are casting a ballot to save our Democracy.

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All the Rage Jude Doyle Jul 18, 2019

“The Squad” Is the Enemy Trump Thinks He Needs to Win

Jude Doyle Jul 18, 2019

Trump got into the Oval Office by hating our last president. Now that he doesn’t have Obama or Hillary, he’s set his sights on four congresswomen of color—especially Rep. Ilhan Omar. Will it backfire?

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All the Rage Laura Bogart Jun 25, 2019

Women’s Anger Was Supposed to Be a Reckoning. Why Isn’t it?

Laura Bogart Jun 25, 2019

The media often minimizes women's rage as a fad, from the #MeToo movement to assault claims against the U.S. president, even by high-profile figures like columnist E. Jean Carroll. Are we on the cusp of revolt, or historical erasure?

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All the Rage Jude Doyle Jun 20, 2019

In America, “Never Again” Is Now

Jude Doyle Jun 20, 2019

The GOP may be up in arms over AOC’s calling migrant detention centers “concentration camps.” But what do you call it when kids are literally being held in WWII-era Japanese internment camps?

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disability rights Robyn Powell May 13, 2019

Medicare For All Is Great. Unless the GOP Gets Control

Robyn Powell May 13, 2019

Affordable, quality health care has always been a challenge for people with disabilities. But will government-funded health care address these issues—or make them worse?

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State of Disunion Robin Alperstein Apr 15, 2019

The GOP Doesn’t Have a Line in the Sand

Robin Alperstein Apr 15, 2019

The more despotically Trump behaves, the more forcefully Senate Republicans display their loyalty to him and betray the country. And the Dems aren’t fighting back vigorously enough.

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All the Rage Jude Doyle Feb 6, 2019

Trump’s SOTU Was a Misogyny Manifesto

Jude Doyle Feb 6, 2019

The meme-ready sight of eyerolling congresswomen in white and Nancy Pelosi’s clap-back was empowering. But this administration is a multi-pronged war against women and they may just triumph.

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First Person Christine Grimaldi Oct 11, 2018

If Only ‘SVU’s’ Olivia Benson Could “Lock Them Up”

Christine Grimaldi Oct 11, 2018

Bingeing on the ‘Law & Order’ franchise can be a comfort if you let yourself fantasize about how the lieutenant would put the cuffs on a rogue administration.