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Archives for April 2019

World Politics
Maduro says Venezuela will ration electricity for 30 daysMaduro says Venezuela will ration electricity for 30 days
World Politics

This could exacerbate an already horrible humanitarian crisis.

By Alex Ward
Future Perfect
A modest proposal to fix elite college admissions after the scandalA modest proposal to fix elite college admissions after the scandal
Future Perfect

Worse than the bribery is that elite schools admit almost no poor kids.

By Dylan Matthews
Future Perfect
Almost everyone got 2016 wrong. We should try to predict 2020 anyway.Almost everyone got 2016 wrong. We should try to predict 2020 anyway.
Future Perfect

A political scientist makes the case for political forecasting.

By Lee Drutman
Science
Confronting America’s opioid epidemicConfronting America’s opioid epidemic
Science

The opioid epidemic has become the deadliest drug overdose crisis in US history. But there are real solutions.

By German Lopez
Politics
Trump’s decision to cut off aid to 3 Central American countries, explainedTrump’s decision to cut off aid to 3 Central American countries, explained
Politics

Experts agree that you can’t address the “root causes” of migration without aid. But Trump’s border temper tantrum prevails.

By Dara Lind
Politics
House Democrats will issue subpoenas to probe how Jared Kushner and others got security clearancesHouse Democrats will issue subpoenas to probe how Jared Kushner and others got security clearances
Politics

Democrats’ investigation into how the White House handed out security clearances is getting serious.

By Ella Nilsen
Politics
Republicans spent the weekend talking about a new health care plan that doesn’t existRepublicans spent the weekend talking about a new health care plan that doesn’t exist
Politics

If it sounds too good to be true, that’s because it is.

By Aaron Rupar
The Great Awokening: white Democrats’ newfound racial liberalism is transforming politics
Politics

A surprisingly sudden shift.

By Matthew Yglesias
The opioid epidemic is increasingly killing black Americans. Baltimore is ground zero.
Confronting America’s opioid epidemic

On the ground with the people fighting to help the city’s most vulnerable.

By German Lopez
The impossible quest to build a better breast pump
Politics

A wave of high-tech, hands-free devices is hitting the market. But will they actually help women?

By Anna North
How to fight an outrageous medical bill, explained
Hospitals kept ER fees secret. We uncovered them.

Five patients tell us how they pushed back — and won.

By Sarah Kliff
Explainers
We won’t get out of the Second Gilded Age the way we got out of the firstWe won’t get out of the Second Gilded Age the way we got out of the first
Explainers

A historian explains why we keep comparing today to the Gilded Age.

By David Huyssen
Politics
Did the media botch the Russia story? A conversation with Matt Taibbi.Did the media botch the Russia story? A conversation with Matt Taibbi.
Politics

“In purely journalistic terms, this is an epic disaster.”

By Sean Illing
Money
Why astrologers study politicians’ birth timesWhy astrologers study politicians’ birth times
Money

An astrologer asked Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for her birth time. Shockingly, her team gave it to them.

By Rebecca Jennings
Who makes up Kamala Harris’s base?
archives

Polling indicates that her early supporters are a potentially potent mix of women and African American voters.

By Li Zhou