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August 17, 2018
Magazine
Lily Geismer
The Soccer Mom Strikes Back
Suburban mothers have been coveted voters since the 1990s, but now they're running for office.
June 27, 2018
Katrine Jo Andersen
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Cecilie Maria Kallestrup
Rejected by A.A.
How the 12 Step program and its decades-old philosophy are exacerbating the opioid crisis
May 4, 2018
Sarah Jones
Matt Bevin’s Revenge?
In the aftermath of a teacher walkout, the government of Kentucky is moving to take control of the state’s largest school system.
April 18, 2018
Sarah Jaffe
A True Labor of Love
Why teachers are adopting a more militant politics
April 11, 2018
Magazine
Hahrie Han
Building a Bigger Tent
An Ohio megachurch’s revival of religious community activism
April 4, 2018
Sarah Jones
How Liberals Learned to Love the Teachers
It wasn't so long ago that teachers' strikes were considered problematic. Then Trump came along.
April 2, 2018
Sarah Jones
Kentucky Teachers Walk Out
They become the latest educators to stage a statewide protest, in response to an attack on public education from Republican Governor Matt Bevin.
June 27, 2017
Brian Beutler
Steve Beshear lays into Mitch McConnell over “unconscionable” health bill: “He’s going to cost people their lives.”
April 11, 2017
Graham Vyse
Kentucky newspaper defends story on United Airlines victim’s “troubled past,” blames outrage on “the social media mob mentality.”
February 17, 2016
Rebecca Leber
The biggest revelation about Kentucky sending its top climate official packing is that it had a climate change official in the first place.
November 4, 2015
Brian Beutler
The Superficiality of the Republican Commitment to Racial Justice
Look no further than the governor's race in Kentucky
September 9, 2015
Rebecca Leber
Mitch McConnell Is Powerless to Block Obama’s Climate Change Deal
September 8, 2015
Samuel Bagenstos
Kentucky Clerk Kim Davis Never Should Have Gone to Jail
September 2, 2015
Brian Beutler
Throw Kentucky Clerk Kim Davis in Jail
She must be punished severely for denying marriage licenses to gay couples
August 4, 2015
Rebecca Leber
Attacking Obama's Climate Plan Won't Save America's Dying Coal Industry
November 6, 2014
Brian Beutler
The GOP's Biggest Midterm Loser: Rand Paul
October 30, 2014
Brian Beutler
It Won't Be Obama's Fault When the Democrats Lose the Senate
October 24, 2014
Danny Vinik
An Empty Cocktail for Mitch McConnell
October 12, 2014
Jason Zengerle
Alison Lundergan Grimes Is Running the Worst Senate Campaign of the Year
September 17, 2014
Alec MacGillis
The Strategy That Might Have Beaten Mitch McConnell
Alison Grimes is trailing in the polls—but she might not be if she had used Obamacare to her advantage
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