How the Trump Administration Suppresses Photography of the Pandemic

The U.S. government has reinforced media restrictions at hospitals, reducing the flow of disturbing images.

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Hiding Covid-19: How the Trump Administration Suppresses Photography of the Pandemic

Peter Maass

The U.S. government has reinforced media restrictions at hospitals, reducing the flow of disturbing images of the pandemic.

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Biden’s Win Trades One Political Fantasy for Another

Murtaza Hussain

The channel is merely being changed from Donald Trump’s “The Apprentice” back to “The West Wing.”

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World Faces Covid-19 “Vaccine Apartheid”

Sharon Lerner

Even countries that hosted vaccine trials — like Argentina, South Africa, Brazil, and Turkey — will not receive adequate supplies.

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Mitch McConnell Rushed to Save His Senators, but Left Trump Twisting in the Wind

Ryan Grim

McConnell is trying to protect Sens. Loeffler and Perdue, but he’s gotten nearly everything he could out of Trump.

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Biden’s “Cabinet of Firsts” Betrays a Cynical Approach to Diversity

Zeeshan Aleem

Diversity helps governments contemplate complex challenges. When it’s treated as an expedient tactic, its purpose is unraveled.

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Deb Haaland’s Tough Road Ahead at the Interior Department

Nick Estes

Haaland will have to overcome the Interior’s legacy of colonialism and fossil fuel plunder — as well as her boss’s moderate centrism.

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The Death Penalty’s Other Victims

Liliana Segura

In the shadow of Trump’s execution spree, the families of the condemned share a particular trauma that few can understand.

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FBI Counterterrorism Informant Spent a Decade Committing Fraud

Trevor Aaronson

While working to ensnare Muslims in FBI stings, Mohammed Agbareia preyed on the Islamic community as a con man.

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Reality Winner Endures Holiday Hardships as Advocates Turn to Biden for Reprieve

Taylor Barnes

In the last year of her harsh sentence, the NSA whistleblower’s bid for clemency is gaining backers.

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The Florida Supreme Court Is Radically Reshaping Death Penalty Law

Jordan Smith

The newly conservative court has overturned decades of precedent that provided a check on unconstitutional death sentences.

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Border Patrol Politicization Was Explicit Under Trump. It’s Up to Biden to Contain It.

Ryan Devereaux

The next head of DHS will need to grapple with the insular, hard-right worldview held by influential border and immigration officials.

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How Israel Attacks Drove Warnock Into the Arms of a Centrist Pro-Israel Group

Akela Lacy

Democratic Majority for Israel’s endorsement of Warnock — and Warnock’s embrace of it — was a step backward for progressives.

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