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September 22, 2015
How Automatic Voter Registration Can Transform American Politics
50 years after the Voting Rights Act, a quarter of Americans are still not registered to vote.
Ari Berman
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September 21, 2015
Oakland Residents Respond as the Largest Police Training in the World Invades
The Urban Shield police expo has become so popular among police around the world that the Sheriff’s Office no longer has to advertise.
Aaron Miguel Cantú
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September 18, 2015
Why Is the ‘Radical Pope’ About to Canonize a Priest Who Helped Enslave and Murder Native Americans?
It’s time to confront, not celebrate, the other American slavery.
Richard Kreitner
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September 2, 2015
A Retelling: The Clubwomen
A writer reflects on her grandmothers’ struggles with progress and peril in a changing America.
Margo Jefferson
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August 17, 2015
If You Want to Know the Future of the Climate, Look at California
California’s struggle with climate change will soon reach the rest of the country.
William deBuys
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July 30, 2015
The Wettest Rainforest in the United States Has Gone Up in Flames
When fire can eat a rainforest in a relatively cool climate, you know the Earth is beginning to burn.
Subhankar Banerjee
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July 27, 2015
Zero Waste Remains a Dirty Business
New York and Los Angeles are reforming their waste-management systems, but there’s still a ways to go to clean up the sanitation industry’s labor standards.
Michelle Chen
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July 20, 2015
Can Living With Long-Term Drought Cause Trauma?
While climate scientists warn about the dangers droughts pose to the natural world, Dr. Irwin Redlener worries about its effects on minds and bodies.
Sarah Goodyear
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July 14, 2015
Welcome to Fairmead, California, Where You Have to Walk a Mile for a Sip of Water
For some Californians the drought means brown lawns. For others, it means nothing to drink.
Sasha Abramsky
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November 1, 2007