The EPA’s Bungled Response to an Air Pollution Crisis Exposes a Toxic Racial Divide
How government responds to cancer-causing air pollution depends a lot on where you live and the color of your skin.
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Prosecutors Don’t Bring Cases the Way Rachel Mitchell’s Kavanaugh Memo Says — Not Even in Her Own Arizona Office
The claim that no prosecutor would move forward with such a “weak” case belies the record of the notorious Maricopa County Attorney’s Office.
Progressive Groups Make Last-Minute Push for Kara Eastman, as Corporate Democrats Prep Victory Lap
The corporate group Third Way is borderline giddy that a progressive Democrat may lose her House race.
From Obama to Trump, Climate Negotiations Are Being Run by the Same Crew of American Technocrats
The new boss is same as the old boss.
Why Brett Kavanaugh’s High School Friends Try to Protect His Reputation — and Theirs
Brett Kavanaugh’s portrayal of his high school years as innocent depends on confirmation — or silence — from a handful of men in a position to know.
Pipeline Opponents Make Gains in Midterms as Federal Judge Halts Keystone XL Pipeline
As pipeline opponents made electoral gains in South Dakota and Nebraska, a U.S. district court ordered a halt to work on the Keystone XL pipeline.
Joe Crowley’s Parting Shot: Ousted by Ocasio-Cortez, He Undermined Barbara Lee in House Leadership Race
Crowley helped lift his protege, New York Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, over Rep. Barbara Lee in the race for House Democratic Caucus chair.
Mission Creep: How the NSA’s Game-Changing Targeting System Built for Iraq and Afghanistan Ended Up on the Mexico Border
The revolutionary NSA system merged different sources of electronic surveillance to rapidly map enemy fighters. The ramifications are still being felt.
Democrats Should Remember Al Gore Won Florida in 2000 — but Lost the Presidency With a Pre-emptive Surrender
The Democrats can get all the votes counted in Florida, Georgia, and Arizona only with a display of people power.
A Somali Immigrant Was Deported, Then Returned. His Georgia Community Is Still Reeling From the ICE Raid That Ensnared Him.
Ibrahim Musa was one of nine Atlanta-area Somalis picked up by ICE in April 2017. That raid shocked the local immigrant community — and upended Musa's life.