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Meet the Doctors Fighting Health Misinformation Online
The Trump administration’s efforts to rewrite the rules of public health have created a new kind…
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U.S. Executions Surged in 2025 to Highest Level in 16 Years
US executions have surged in 2025 to the highest level in 16 years, as Donald Trump’s…
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A Shrimper, a Carmaker, a Lawyer: How the World Tackled Trump’s Trade War
Nissan shifts production to the US. A furniture maker gets squeezed by the US & China.…
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Norway Is Building the World’s Longest, Deepest Undersea Road Tunnel
The world’s longest and deepest undersea road tunnel [“Rogfast”] is being built in Norway, intended to…
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Seattle Council Approves Eight-Unit Apartment Buildings Everywhere
Maybe calling them “stacked flats,” rather than “apartments,” was a stroke of genius. On Tuesday, the…
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NY Grand Central Terminal Helped Provide the Blueprint for Cities. It Happened by Accident
A tragic 1902 train collision inadvertently sparked the electrification and rebuilding of NYC’s Grand Central, offering…
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Redistricting Battles, Set Off by Trump, Have Few Parallels in U.S. History
Election lawyers and experts say that what is happening now is a crisis with few parallels…
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Policing at the Speed of London
From 2020-2025, Ned Donovan served on a Metropolitan Police emergency response team in London. The Met…
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Responsible Gun Ownership Is a Lie
An evergreen piece by David Frum from back in 2021: The way to reduce gun violence…
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California’s Fast Food Council Has Been Without a Leader for 6 Months
As part of a legislative deal with business and labor interests in 2023, California agreed to…
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Why It’s So Hard to Make Buses Faster in NYC
Mayor Mamdani’s two goals are in tension: Spend such vast sums subsidizing the bus, and there…
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Hong Kong’s Last Major Opposition Party Disbands Amid Chinese Pressure
[Pictured: Lo Kin-hei, the chair of the Democratic Party, holds a press conference on Sunday after…
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The UK Closed a Tax Loophole for the Global Rich. Now They’re Fleeing.
The UK abolished a tax loophole that allowed wealthy foreign residents to only pay taxes on…
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The Decline of Deviance
Whenever you notice some trend in society, especially a gloomy one, you should ask yourself: “Did…
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The Real Story of How LA Became the Epicenter of the Homeless Crisis
Someone finally wrote the definitive longform piece about exactly how the Los Angeles area became the…
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Equality In Law Is Not Equality in Practice
I wrote this in 2017, during the rise of #BlackLivesMatter, and it remains true today. ====…
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How Britain’s Post-Brexit Visa Program Backfired
After Brexit, the UK government of Prime Minister Boris Johnson embarked on a migration experiment. It…
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Head of Workplace Rights Agency Urges White Men to Report Discrimination
The head of the U.S. agency for enforcing workplace civil rights posted a social media call-out…
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