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How Elon Musk Blurs the Lines of Free Speech

Sara Talpos / Undark Feb 21, 2025 The billionaire’s new job raises tricky First Amendment questions, with implications for public health, says Ari Cohn. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

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How Autocrats and Oligarchs Consolidate State Power

Matthew Green / DeSmog Feb 6, 2025 An interview with political analyst Jared Yates Sexton on the mechanics of authoritarianism. Dig deeper ( 16 Min. Read )

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What It’s Like To Be an Incarcerated Firefighter

Natalia Mesa / High Country News Jan 14, 2025 Eddie Herrera Jr., who started working as a firefighter while incarcerated, talks about the job and how he sees what’s happening in Los Angeles. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Film

The Everything Union

Bedatri D. Choudhury / Truthdig Dec 20, 2024 A new documentary goes inside the dramatic origins of the Amazon Labor Union — just in time for holiday shopping decisions. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

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How Animal Advocates Are Bracing for Trump’s Return

Grace Hussain / Sentient Media Dec 18, 2024 An interview with Delci Winders, director of the Animal Law and Policy Institute at Vermont Law and Graduate School. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

Labor

Challenging the Myth of the Union Vote Swing to Trump

Kalena Thomhave / Capital & Main Nov 26, 2024 Labor strategist Steve Rosenthal says Kamala Harris fared better with union voters than headlines suggest — and outlines the keys to earning their support. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

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The Paleolithic Ideas That Shaped the Modern World

Jan Ritch-Frel / Fair Observer Oct 18, 2024 Economic historian Michael Hudson on the origins of timekeeping, the long-lost practice of forgiving debt and his collaborations with the late David Graeber. Dig deeper ( 17 Min. Read )

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Coming of Age in the Shadow of 9/11

Eoin Higgins / Truthdig Sep 20, 2024 A new book offers a personal and political history of Bush-era America and its imprints on the present. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Environment

Northwest Coastal Tribes Are Drowning in Paperwork Amid Sea-Level Rise

B. ‘Toastie’ Oaster / High Country News Aug 29, 2024 A new study shows how federal grant funding has become an obstacle to climate adaptation. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Science

The Emerging Ethics on the Frontier of Brain Research

Sara Talpos / Undark Aug 17, 2024 As brain research advances, how should study participants be protected? Bioethicist Saskia Hendriks has some ideas. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

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How Much is ‘Too Much’ Democracy?

Benjamin Barber / Facing South Jun 7, 2024 Voting rights journalist Ari Berman on opposing elite minority rule—centuries after the founders baked it into the system. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

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‘Traumatizing’: What It’s Like to Be Unhoused in Rural America

Susan Shain / High Country News Mar 15, 2024 The lessons learned after spending months embedded with unhoused communities in Oregon. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )