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October 23, 2023
The Curse of the AR-15
How the gun became a cultural icon—and unmade America
by Colin Dickey

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The Evangelicals Calling for War on Poor People
A new, antisocial strain of the prosperity gospel is making its way into pulpits and breeding new hostility toward the least fortunate Americans.
by Elle Hardy
West Virginia University Is Everything That’s Wrong With Higher Education Today
Its president ignored the warning signs about declining enrollment. Now WVU is deeply in debt, in thrall to market-worshipping consultants, and cutting a shocking number of programs and faculty.
by Aaron R. Hanlon
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The U.S. Is Spending a Fortune on War and a Pittance on the Climate Crisis
While the U.S. sends tens of billions of dollars to Israel and Ukraine, countries in the global south are left pleading for pennies.
by Kate Aronoff
The GOP’s Brand Is Chaos
The Republicans have spent years perfecting their dysfunction.
by Jason Linkins
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“Killers of the Flower Moon” Is a Groundbreaking Achievement
Scorsese’s film is a benchmark in how popular culture understands the American West and the Indigenous experience.
by David Klion
Umm, GOP: When Did You Become the Pro–Child Labor Party?
More than Republicans hate Democrats, they love children working long hours at dangerous jobs.
by Timothy Noah

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Meet Tom Emmer: The New Front-Runner for the Worst Job in Washington
The Minnesota lawmaker announced his plans to pursue a bid not long after his Republican colleagues nixed Jim Jordan.
by Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling, Jason Linkins
Judge to Donald Trump: STFU or Go to Jail
The judicial system is being forced to reckon with the physiological impossibility of the former president ever not talking.
by Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
In Memoriam: Jim Jordan’s Bid to Become House Speaker
House Republicans voted to end the Ohio congressman’s tenure as speaker-designate in a Friday afternoon secret ballot.
by Grace Segers, Jason Linkins
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