In this oral history of the 2016 election, the media loses the narrative thread it had been creating for decades.
Current Events
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Can Portland’s River Cleanup Correct Environmental Injustice?
The Willamette River, a superfund site, was once Portland’s lifeblood. A massive cleanup project could restore it for the communities of color that had long relied on it for food, work, and leisure.
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The RNC, Revisited
Last year, when Jared Yates Sexton went to Cleveland, the ugliness he saw there was a harbinger of much to come.
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We’re Going Through Hell, and Men Need to Join Us There
The momentum is happening and it’s exhausting for women.
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Fats Domino’s Secret to Writing Great Songs: ‘Bein’ Lucky’
Fats Domino passed away on Oct. 25 at the age of 89.
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Idaho Conservatives Are Trying to Move the American GOP Further Right
For the ultra-right wing Kootenai County Republican Central Committee, today’s GOP isn’t Republican enough.
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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.
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Burned Where They Stood: The First Nine Hours of the California Wildfires
“There just aren’t enough firefighters in the West to fight that much fire.”
Posted inBusiness & Tech, Current Events, Nonfiction, Quotes
Mexico’s Manufacturing Sector Will Survive With or Without America
Despite president Trump’s desire to build a wall and revise NAFTA, the godfather of Mexico’s manufacturing sector said they will survive.
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Where Do We Go From Here?
We are finally taking sexual harassment and abuse seriously. Now what?