Leaked Grant Proposal Details High-Risk Coronavirus Research

The proposal, rejected by U.S. military research agency DARPA, describes the insertion of human-specific cleavage sites into SARS-related bat coronaviruses.

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Leaked Grant Proposal Details High-Risk Coronavirus Research

Sharon Lerner, Maia Hibbett

The proposal, rejected by U.S. military research agency DARPA, describes the insertion of human-specific cleavage sites into SARS-related bat coronaviruses.

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America’s Generals Are Cowards. Fire Them All.

Peter Maass

The Kabul bombing reveals a cadre of generals who lack the courage to admit the dishonor of killing civilians.

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Colleagues fear the two Baylor scientists may have been targeted in fallout from the Justice Department’s controversial China Initiative.

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Kyrsten Sinema Used the Winery Where She Interned to Fundraise With Private Equity

Daniel Boguslaw

The Arizona senator, who is blocking tax increases on the rich, spent the summer courting donors who stand to lose under major tax reform.

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$3.5 Trillion for the Build Back Better Agenda Is Much, Much Less Money Than You Think

Jon Schwarz

This big, scary-sounding number represents just 1.2 percent of U.S. GDP over the next 10 years.

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How Moderate Democrats Derailed Police Reform

Akela Lacy

Centrists demanded a police reform bill that didn’t go too far. Now they don’t get one at all.

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Federal Prisons’ Switch to Scanning Mail Is a Surveillance Nightmare

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The Bureau of Prisons has piloted a program that can give authorities “huge secret intelligence into the public sender of postal mail.”

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Dark-Money Group to Donors: Reconciliation Bill Can Still Be Killed

Ryan Grim

In a leaked email, No Labels’ director praised Sen. Kyrsten Sinema for her “heroic efforts” on the infrastructure bill.

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One Bill in Texas Legislature Would Ease Extreme Heat in Texas Prisons. Another Makes It Worse.

Alleen Brown

With the climate crisis at hand, one bill requires air conditioning in prisons, while another would take it away from detained immigrants.

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Amendment to Stop Saudi War on Yemen Is Really an Excuse for Business as Usual

Sara Sirota

A proposal by Rep. Gregory Meeks is undermining a separate amendment to end U.S. complicity in the yearslong offensive.

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