Robert Lopez examines what it means to be an assimilated American from Puerto Rico, and what was gained and lost in the process.
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Inauthentic Behavior
Facebook’s botched war against propaganda campaigns.
Posted inBooks, Profiles & Interviews, Story
An Interview with Sarah Smarsh, Author of ‘Heartland’
The author of “Heartland,” a National Book Award longlisted memoir about growing up poor in rural America, gives her views on politics, identity, and cultural appropriation.
Posted inBooks, Business, History, Nonfiction, Story
The Second Half of Watergate Was Bigger, Worse, and Forgotten By the Public
Watergate revealed that multinational corporations, including some of the most prestigious American brands, had been making bribes to politicians not only at home but in foreign countries.
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Steve Bannon’s Plan to Make America Great Again—With or Without Trump
Banished from the White House, Bannon spends his time building a conservative alliance behind a vague, protectionist platform he calls economic nationalism, which would seal US borders, treat China as an enemy and, he believes, keep the Republicans in power for decades. But can he sell this all to the working class?
Posted inBlog Post, Current Events, Quotes
If You Think You Understand the Montana Special Election, You Probably Don’t
At Buzzfeed, Anne Helen Petersen has been reporting for months on the complex needs of state’s independent voter.
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Welcome to Idaho, Now Go Home
Conservatives have been moving to Northern Idaho for twenty years, attracted to its inexpensive land, relative safety and sense of autonomy and privacy. The region is 96.2% white. Now a group of ultra-right Idaho Republicans have staged a political battle here, working to remake their own Republican Party into a far more conservative party than it […]
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The Urban Crisis of Affluence
An investment property is not a home. Neither are cities where most people can’t afford to live.
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Is New York the Most Corrupt State in the Nation?
A robust local media is important to rooting out corruption, but so is a well-informed electorate.
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The Great Online School Scam
Students are performing worse than ever, but private companies are making millions.
