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Dec 28, 2018
Our World Runs on Resources Looted From Congo. That's Why Democratic Elections Alone Can't Solve the Country's Problems
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by Sasha Lezhnev
Dec 28, 2018
Why Bitcoin Matters for Freedom
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by Alex Gladstein
Dec 22, 2018
A Holiday Wish for All My Fellow 'Misfits' Out There
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by Marnie Goodfriend
Dec 21, 2018
Why Arab Regimes Are Using White Nationalist Lies to Attack Muslim-American Politicians
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by Abdul El-Sayed
Dec 21, 2018
My Friend Jim Mattis Is Gone From the Pentagon, and the U.S. Is One Step Closer to Chaos
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by James Stavridis
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Dec 20, 2018
Why This Picture of Jeff Flake at the Brett Kavanaugh Hearing Was One of the Most Important Photos of 2018
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by Chris Coons
Dec 20, 2018
Why This Picture of a Girl Starving in Yemen Was One of the Most Important Photos of 2018
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by Tawakkol Karman
Dec 20, 2018
Why This Picture of the Last Male Northern White Rhino Was One of the Most Important Photos of 2018
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by Nargis Fakhri
Dec 20, 2018
How Businesses Can Lead a Revolution on Disability Inclusion
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by Caroline Casey
Dec 19, 2018
What Monuments Hide About the Civil War―and What Tearing Them Down Won’t Solve
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by Elizabeth D. Samet
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Dec 18, 2018
A Revolutionary Suggestion for Word of the Year: Listen
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by Nancy Gibbs
Dec 18, 2018
Online Shopping Was Supposed to Keep People Out of Traffic. It Only Made Things Worse
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by Edward Humes
Dec 17, 2018
The Supreme Confidence of Nancy Pelosi—and Why It Matters Now More Than Ever
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by Sarah Seltzer
Dec 15, 2018
The Fall of Rome and the Lessons for America
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by Edward J. Watts
Dec 12, 2018
Why Slang Is More Revealing Than You May Realize
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by Katy Steinmetz