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PoliticsOctober 28, 2021
In Minneapolis, the Movement Heads for the Voting Booth
In the city’s first municipal election since the murder of George Floyd, activists and organizers are on ballot—and so is the future of the police department.
Eamon Whalen
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Science and HealthAugust 30, 2021
The Unemployed Epidemiologist Who Predicted the Pandemic
For years, Rob Wallace warned that industrial agriculture could cause deadly outbreaks at a global scale. It made him an exile in his field.
Eamon Whalen
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June 15, 2020
How Red Meat Became the Red Pill for the Alt-Right
The brutality of sacrificing human beings to keep meat aisles well stocked might be a turning point in the debate over the future of beef.
Eamon Whalen
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Racism and DiscriminationNovember 28, 2019
A Lawsuit at Harvard Pries Open Debates About Science and Reparations
Since 2011, Tamara Lanier has been battling the university over the ownership of daguerreotypes of her enslaved ancestors. Her fight tells us a lot about the racist roots of American science and the need for reparations.
Eamon Whalen
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