A Battle Over Rock Climbing Exposes a Bigger Crisis in America’s Wilderness
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“The ICE Agent Behind Me Grabbed the Back of My Shirt and Just Threw Me Like a Sack of Trash”
A 68-year-old nurse who brought her mobile clinic to serve visitors at an ICE detention center, only to be thrown to…
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George Santos Got Busted For Manipulating Political Betting Markets—and Seems to Have Little Remorse
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced Friday that former congressman and current legend George…
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The Ticks Are Winning
This story was originally published by Vox and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Ticks are…
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“If I Prove That You Can Win Statewide Taking on AIPAC, That Is Catastrophic”
On July 8, Abdul El-Sayed had just wrapped up a campaign stop inside a sweltering church auditorium in Ferndale,…
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The Post-Roe Surprise: More Abortions
Access to medication abortion in the years since Covid and the fall of Roe v. Wade has completely reshaped the abortion…
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How Michigan Became the Most Expensive Democratic Primary Ever
Next Tuesday’s contest in Michigan between Abdul El-Sayed and Rep. Haley Stevens holds a dubious distinction: No…
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How Can US Factories Get Cleaner Heat? These Ideas May Help.
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She’s Remaking the Abortion Landscape One Pill at a Time
For most of the three years it’s existed, the second-largest telehealth abortion provider in the country has operated…
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Can Opposing Data Centers Help Progressives Win?
When Donald Trump came to Michigan last week to speak at a General Motors vehicle-testing facility, he likely expected…
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The Next Victim of Trump’s Political Prosecutions? Congressional Oversight.
Dr. Anthony Fauci, who helped lead the national response to the Covid-19 pandemic as the country’s longtime chief…
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How Anti-ICE Protesters Became Prisoners in Trump’s War on Antifa
Savanna Batten got her first call from the FBI the year she turned 18. It was 2011, and the Animal Liberation Front had…
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The Kushner-Backed FIFA Takeover Tearing the Soccer World Apart
For a long time, Gianni Infantino, the ubiquitous president of FIFA, and Jared Kushner, the businessman and Middle East…
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Democrats Call for Ethics Investigation Into Congressman Max Miller
Several Democratic members of Congress are requesting the House Ethics Committee investigate their colleague,…
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France Had Never Seen a “Fire Cloud” Until This Month’s Record-Smashing Blazes
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California Does Medicaid Home Care Well. They’re Being Punished For It.
On July 21, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Dr. Mehmet Oz, who heads Medicaid programs federally, announced…
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Covid Truthers Are Claiming Fauci’s Diary Was “Scrubbed”
On Tuesday, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) released a trove of diary entries from Dr. Anthony Fauci, the 85-year-old…
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Maine Just Told ICE to Get Out
A suite of new laws restricting cooperation between Maine law enforcement and Department of Homeland Security agents is…
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What “You Only Get 18 Summers” Gets Right About Parenting
Technically speaking, August is not the last month of summer; the season officially ends on September 21. But among…
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Big Oil Is Getting Sued for Heat Deaths. It’s Fighting Back With an Army of Immunity Laws.
This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Could…
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The Rapid Rise of Right-Wing Militias
A photo went viral on Independence Day this year. It showed a Black woman on a Metro train in Washington, DC,…
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A For-Profit Hospital Slashed Costs. Then a Patient Froze to Death on Its Roof.
Chelsea Adolphus had been bleeding for a week. She told Danny Gyal, her best friend, that it was like a period that…
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Trump’s New Ridiculous and Dangerous Red-baiting
A version of the below article first appeared in David Corn’s newsletter, Our Land. The newsletter comes out twice a…
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Trump Administration Moves to Open American Samoa’s Waters to Deep-Sea Mining
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The History of the NEA Is the History of the Culture Wars
In 2020, four major museums were set to showcase the first retrospective of painter Philip Guston’s work in over 15…
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The IRS Is Imploding
In many years of paying taxes, I’ve never had a problem with the IRS. So, I was surprised to receive a letter dated May…
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Records Reveal How Homeland Security Agents Surveilled ICE Protesters
Over the past year, ICE agents have scanned the faces of protesters, photographed their license plates, and collected…
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EPA Ordered—Again—to Release $2.8 Billion in Climate Justice Funds
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She’s Charged With Killing Her Twins. The Anti-Vaccine Movement Made Her a Martyr.
In April 2025, Andrea and Nathaniel Shaw were the young parents of 18-month-old twin toddlers, a boy named Tyson and a…
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It Looks Like Sen. Bill Cassidy Is Hurting Public Health Again
When Sen. Bill Cassidy on Thursday expressed his support for Erica Schwartz, President Trump’s pick for CDC director,…
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The US Pause in Iran War Escalation Probably Won’t Last
The Trump administration has paused its latest, 13-night bombing campaign on Iran, reportedly following concerns within…
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It Took a Decade, Two Sniffer Dogs, and a Lot of Mud to Protect This Orchid
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The Year Climate Change Came for the Tour de France
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Trump’s Push to Build Data Centers for the US Military
If you live near a military base, there’s a chance you’ll soon find that a privately owned data center has moved into…
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How Fossil Fuel Companies Made Us Believe Gas Was Clean
About half of Americans think natural gas—a methane-based, planet-warming fuel—is a “clean” energy source, according to…
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Trump’s New Grievance With Canada: The Weather
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