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September 19, 2022
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Boyce Upholt
Will the Next Pandemic Start With Chickens?
This spring, a virulent strain of bird flu ripped through U.S. farms. The public hardly noticed. That we could ignore the disease shows just how little we’ve learned about the origin of new viruses.
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December 8, 2017
Ted Genoways
The Problem of Coastal Media Bias in Covering Middle America
What Slate got wrong in its article on the fight against a Costco plant in Fremont, Nebraska
December 6, 2017
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Ted Genoways
Compromised
A group of small-town environmentalists wanted to stop a potentially toxic Costco chicken plant. How did they end up fighting alongside anti-Muslim xenophobes?
January 7, 2013
Molly Redden
A Brief History of Joe Biden's Up-and-Down Vice Presidency
December 4, 2012
Alec MacGillis
Why Are We Fascinated With Post-Election Romney?
October 12, 2011
Eliza Gray
The Long Shot
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Jonathan Cohn
Secretary Sebelius, Read This Article
June 17, 2010
Jonathan Chait
Hummus Goes Mainstream
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