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Tuesday
June 15 2021
The Specter of Critical Race Theory Is Rotting Republicans’ Brains
Transforming the academic study of structural racism into a vague grab bag of villainy has been useful fodder for moral panic while the GOP figures out how to attack Joe Biden.
by Alex Shephard
 
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The crime-reporting app has big plans: live broadcasts, for-hire private security details, and a growing user base of freaked-out customers. It’s building a paranoid, profitable future.
by Jacob Silverman
 
Some of the senators blocking climate policy represent states struggling with drought and wildfire.
by Nick Martin
 

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The Federal Writers’ Project created jobs, built trust, and invigorated American literature. We should try it again.
by Max Holleran
 

When a group of libertarians set about scrapping their local government, chaos descended. And then the bears moved in.

by Patrick Blanchfield
 

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