Several women have come forward to share their stories about how the comedian Louis C.K. masturbated in front of them or solicited them for an encounter.
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The Town Where Trump Can Do No Wrong
He hasn’t built a wall or repealed Obamacare, but these Trump supporters say they will support him no matter what.
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Johnstown Never Believed Trump Would Help. They Still Love Him Anyway.
A year after they elected Trump, residents of a town in western Pennsylvania say they continue to support the President even though he hasn’t made good on all his big promises.
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An Urban Planner Against the Developer Presidency
An urban planner examines the worldview of high-stakes commercial real estate developers, with a special focus on our new developer-in-chief.
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Harvey Weinstein’s Failed Attempt to Hire Private Eyes to Silence His Accusers
Weinstein hired private investigators who used fake names to dig up dirt on his accusers.
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Harvey Weinstein’s Army of Spies
The story deepens. Harvey Weinstein hired private investigators, including ex-Mossad agents, to track journalists and his accusers in an attempt to quash sexual abuse allegations made against him.
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How Cinnabon Perfected Its Recipe
The story behind a “world famous” cinnamon roll.
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How Does It Feel? An Alternative American History, Told With Folk Music
On Guthrie, Robeson, Seeger, Lomax, Dylan, the Red Scare, the fall of labor, and what folk music had to do with it. An excerpt from Grown-Up Anger: The Connected Mysteries of Bob Dylan, Woody Guthrie, and the Calumet Massacre of 1913.
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Pushing the Limit
How the U.S. Olympic Committee inadequately addresses sexual abuse in youth athletics, and what that tells us about how institutions enable predators.
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Widespread Abuse in Kids’ Sports Shows How Institutions Enable Predators
Institutions like to plead ignorance whenever allegations of sex abuse become public, but they’re often complicit.