“We would like to think we have health care that incidentally involves some wealth transfer; what we actually have is wealth transfer that incidentally involves some health care.”
Seyward Darby
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You Don’t Know Her
“Thirty years into an epic career, Mariah Carey is still trying to explain herself.”
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The Little Cards That Tell Police ‘Let’s Forget This Ever Happened’
“The cards embody everything wrong with modern policing.”
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The Peace Reporters
The police dressed for war. The people showed up with cameras.
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Breonna Taylor’s Life Was Changing. Then the Police Came to Her Door.
Two months before she was killed in her home in Louisville, Breonna Taylor tweeted triumphantly, “2020 deff gonna be my year WATCH!”
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Balls Don’t Lie
On the NBA, Black Lives Matter, and “the ritual exploitation that benefits—and damns—us all.”
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Objectivity Is a Privilege Afforded to White Journalists
“Under the banner of diversity, racialized people are told to bring ourselves and our perspectives. But, if we bring too much of them, we get held back.”
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On Witness and Respair: A Personal Tragedy Followed By Pandemic
“The acclaimed novelist lost her beloved husband—the father of her children—as COVID-19 swept across the country. She writes through their story, and her grief.”
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The Eco–Yogi Slumlords of Brooklyn
“They built an empire of yoga studios and homes with ‘living walls.’ Now they’re pandemic villains.”
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The Free and the Brave
“A patriotic parade, a bloody brawl, and the origins of U.S. law enforcement’s war on the political left.”