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The star ISIS reporter for The New York Times has come under criticism following new revelations about one of her sources.

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The latest season of Leon Neyfakh’s podcast is another forensic dissection of a well-known, but little-understood, part of American history.

Why the work of the Nineteenth Amendment is far from over

Massive companies like Amazon, Google, Pfizer, and Uber don’t merely dominate an industry: They dominate our lives.

What enabled the rise of today’s right-wing media empire?

How does direct action shape policy?

Why we can't leave pandemic prevention to Big Pharma

Just because we may get a baseball season doesn’t mean we deserve one.

Six ideas for how to rebuild after the pandemic

Do we need to get more polarized?

The challenges of collective action under lockdown

Was the United States ever prepared for a pandemic?

Do “electable” candidates really win?

The ideologies behind mind optimization

In the world of historical podcasts, hindsight is always 20/20.

The fraught decision to have children—or not—in an era of climate crisis