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Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Fight the Oligarchy
The New Yorker - Emily Witt
On a recent Saturday, a group of rank-and-file Democrats, standing in the blinding midday sun on a football field in Tucson, Arizona, spoke about their frustrations with their party. “They’re not stepping up,” a retired nurse named Mark Creal said. “No spine, no backbone,” he added. “They’re not …
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The Government’s Rock Librarian
The New Yorker - E. Tammy Kim
Her work was so quiet and fundamental—to academia and industry, all over the world—that she believed her job would be safe. Last September, Mary and her partner moved from Oregon to Colorado by car. On the way, they camped in Idaho and took a detour through Yellowstone National Park. They passed …
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15 hours ago
The Long Shadow of the Kennedys
The New Yorker - Adam Gopnik
The latest release of J.F.K. assassination files so far doesn’t show much—except for the Kennedy name’s continued hold on the country. Given the daily degradation of our democracy—not merely its practice but its symbols and forms, which matter, too—it seems merely worth a baleful look that more of …
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How Police Let One of America’s Most Prolific Predators Get Away
The New Yorker - Ronan Farrow
When a prosecutor began chasing an accused serial rapist, she lost her job but unravelled a scandal. Why were the police refusing to investigate Sean Williams? In the middle of November, 2020, Kat Dahl, a federal prosecutor in Johnson City, Tennessee, received an unusual assignment. Dahl had been …
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Don’t Believe Trump’s Promises About Protecting the Social Safety Net
The New Yorker - John Cassidy
The Social Security Administration is shuttering offices, and the Republicans’ own math suggests that they are planning big cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. Two months into Donald Trump’s second term, his Republican attack dogs, including Elon Musk and his minions at DOGE, are still busy chewing into many …
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Medical Benchmarks and the Myth of the Universal Patient
The New Yorker - Manvir Singh
From growth charts to anemia thresholds, clinical standards assume a single human prototype. Why are we still using one-size-fits-all health metrics? When my daughter was ten and a half months old, she qualified as “wasted,” which UNICEF describes as “the most immediate, visible and life-threatening …

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