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2020's slate of female presidential candidates is already making history.

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Thanks to Trump and the Russia investigation, the liberal network is booming. But is it selling its viewers a conspiratorial fantasy?

How the rise of right-wing nationalism is jeopardizing the world's health

Long before Trump came on the scene, key congressional Republicans had been sidling up to nativist and authoritarian leaders across the globe.

The banal, evil, all-destructive reign of Mitch McConnell

New York City's child welfare agency has a reputation for unjustly targeting low-income families of color. Can it change?

Is the movement to stop Donald Trump just an exercise in branding?

The U.S. government went looking for someone to blame for Russia's interference in the 2016 election—and found Maria Butina, the perfect scapegoat.

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An energized resistance movement brought down Jacob Zuma, the postapartheid demagogue. But was democracy saved?

Separated from his wife and children by ICE, an undocumented man tries desperately to return home.

Monsanto’s new herbicide was supposed to save U.S. farmers from financial ruin. Instead, it upended the agriculture industry, pitting neighbor against neighbor in a struggle for survival.

In cases of sexual assault, do requirements for corroborating evidence help or harm the pursuit of justice?

What neuroscience tells us about the persistence of hatred

The empty core of the Trump mystique

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How campaigns are using marketing, manipulation, and "psychographic targeting" to win elections—and weaken democracy

Has French security law turned holding Islamist ideas into proof of a crime?