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Jeff Stein

Jeff Stein

Former reporter on politics & policy

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    What feminist author Jessica Valenti wishes she could tell her 15-year-old self about sexismWhat feminist author Jessica Valenti wishes she could tell her 15-year-old self about sexism
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    Podcasts

    “I don’t think I was fully prepared for how much I would blame myself for not knowing how to handle a really chaotic world.”

    By Jeff Stein
    Politics
    The Weeds: mass shootings are awful. How we respond to them makes them even worse.The Weeds: mass shootings are awful. How we respond to them makes them even worse.
    Podcast
    Politics

    Here’s an underexplored consequence of our national confusion on gun control.

    By Jeff Stein
    Politics
    This is the gun bill Senate Democrats spent 15 hours filibustering to bring to a voteThis is the gun bill Senate Democrats spent 15 hours filibustering to bring to a vote
    Politics

    Democrats want to close the “terror gap” gun loophole. Republicans aren’t quite on board.

    By Dara Lind and Jeff Stein
    Politics
    Read: Bernie Sanders’s message to supporters as campaign fadesRead: Bernie Sanders’s message to supporters as campaign fades
    Politics

    “We need to start engaging at the local and state level in an unprecedented way.”

    By Jeff Stein
    Politics
    How a 15-hour Senate filibuster forced Republicans to agree to a gun control voteHow a 15-hour Senate filibuster forced Republicans to agree to a gun control vote
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    Politics

    “We will have a vote on closing the terror gap & universal background checks.”

    By Jeff Stein
    Politics
    Senate Democrats’s filibuster on gun violence stretches into 10th hourSenate Democrats’s filibuster on gun violence stretches into 10th hour
    Politics

    It began at 11:20 am and is still going.

    By Jeff Stein
    Culture
    Moby lived in an abandoned warehouse in his 20s. Why he worries today’s young artists can’t.Moby lived in an abandoned warehouse in his 20s. Why he worries today’s young artists can’t.
    Podcast
    Culture

    Moby: “Where do they go to make art or make music and not have to worry about the rent?”

    By Jeff Stein
    Politics
    Donald Trump is a rock-solid, totally orthodox NRA conservative on gunsDonald Trump is a rock-solid, totally orthodox NRA conservative on guns
    Politics

    “If he loses, he can always go the Charlton Heston route and become the group’s public face.”

    By Jeff Stein
    Politics
    Clinton: Trump “is temperamentally unfit and totally unqualified to be commander in chief”Clinton: Trump “is temperamentally unfit and totally unqualified to be commander in chief”
    Politics

    “This is way beyond anything that should be said by someone running for president.”

    By Jeff Stein
    Politics
    Most Americans don’t view Hillary Clinton’s presidential nomination as “historic”Most Americans don’t view Hillary Clinton’s presidential nomination as “historic”
    Politics

    Just 19 percent of Republican women say so.

    By Zachary Crockett and Jeff Stein