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Archives for July 2019

Explainers
The fight between Kamala Harris and Bernie Sanders over “privatizing Medicare,” explainedThe fight between Kamala Harris and Bernie Sanders over “privatizing Medicare,” explained
Explainers

No, Kamala Harris’s Medicare-for-all plan is not proposing privatized Medicare. But she does have a lot of questions to answer.

By Tara Golshan
Defense & Security
Trump is expected to keep a key part of the Iran nuclear deal in place — for nowTrump is expected to keep a key part of the Iran nuclear deal in place — for now
Defense & Security

He could backtrack in only a few months’ time.

By Alex Ward
Money
Half-empty boxes of Milk Duds, underfilled Halo Top: people keep suing over “slack fill” in foodHalf-empty boxes of Milk Duds, underfilled Halo Top: people keep suing over “slack fill” in food
Money

Class-action lawsuits around underfilled products have been on the rise for the past five years.

By Kaitlyn Tiffany
The Gray Area
“No permanent friends, no permanent enemies”: inside the Sunrise Movement’s plan to save humanity“No permanent friends, no permanent enemies”: inside the Sunrise Movement’s plan to save humanity
Podcast
The Gray Area

A conversation with Varshini Prakash, the activist leading the charge for the Green New Deal.

By Ezra Klein
Explainers
Alan Dershowitz and his role defending Jeffrey Epstein, explainedAlan Dershowitz and his role defending Jeffrey Epstein, explained
Explainers

“I’m going to continue to speak out until the day I die,” the Harvard Law professor told Vox.

By Anna North
Politics
Bernie Sanders already has “I wrote the damn bill” merchBernie Sanders already has “I wrote the damn bill” merch
Politics

At the Democratic debate, Sanders reminded voters he was there first on Medicare-for-all.

By Emily Stewart
San Francisco voters rank their candidates. It’s made politics a little less nasty.
Policy

Ranked choice voting could be the future of elections in America.

By Lee Drutman
Culture
Breaking down The Bachelorette’s take on slut-shaming, religion and duplicitous boyfriendsBreaking down The Bachelorette’s take on slut-shaming, religion and duplicitous boyfriends
Culture

This maybe, just maybe, might be the “most dramatic” season yet.

By Li Zhou, Lexie Schapitl and 2 more
Culture
The Handmaid’s Tale gets a burst of adrenaline and visual styleThe Handmaid’s Tale gets a burst of adrenaline and visual style
Culture

But the series is still a little too enamored of making certain corners of its world seem sexy, to its detriment.

By Emily St. James and Constance Grady
Politics
Is it me or is Marianne Williamson making a lot of sense?Is it me or is Marianne Williamson making a lot of sense?
Politics

Williamson’s debate highlights are all of them yet again.

By Emily Stewart
Politics
The Gilroy, California, shooting highlights a big hole in Trump’s logic about gun violenceThe Gilroy, California, shooting highlights a big hole in Trump’s logic about gun violence
Politics

The “good guy with a gun” myth is just that.

By Aaron Rupar
Politics
The new bipartisan Senate bill aimed at making Big Pharma lower drug prices, explainedThe new bipartisan Senate bill aimed at making Big Pharma lower drug prices, explained
Politics

The legislation, from Sens. Chris Van Hollen and Rick Scott, goes after drug companies that benefit from federal money.

By Li Zhou
Why gender reveal parties have been so widely embraced — and reviled
Money

Thoroughly modern ultrasound technology — and social media demands — led to the rise of deeply retro gender reveal parties.

By Lindsay King-Miller
Technology
Cambridge Analytica made “ethical mistakes” because it was too focused on regulation, former COO saysCambridge Analytica made “ethical mistakes” because it was too focused on regulation, former COO says
Podcast
Technology

“It felt like, well, once that was done, then we’ve done what we needed to do, and we forgot to pause and think about, ethically, what was going on.”

By Eric Johnson
Politics
Democrats tried to win over working-class voters. But they ignored their biggest worry.Democrats tried to win over working-class voters. But they ignored their biggest worry.
Politics

It’s not infrastructure or trade wars that keep workers up at night.

By Alexia Fernández Campbell