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The Media’s Embrace of Prediction Markets Could Be a Devil’s Bargain

As prediction markets rise in popularity and notoriety, several news outlets have recently engaged in partnerships with the most prominent of these...

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How Low Can Donald Trump’s Approval Rating Go?

Since the launch of his political career more than a decade ago, President Donald Trump has always been sensitive to his approval ratings. His...

03.04.2026 8

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The Republicans’ Flimsy Plan to Pass Their Terrible Voter ID Bill

As his party’s prospects in the November midterms sink in concert with his approval ratings, President Trump has been fuming at Senate Republicans...

01.04.2026 7

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Trump’s Civil Service Cuts Are Now Putting Americans in Danger

As the United States continues to pursue war with Iran, the infrastructure that would have helped respond to threats has been hollowed out by the...

23.03.2026 8

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The Trump-Backed Voting Bill Will Suppress the Native Vote

When Jaynie Parrish, the executive director and founder of Arizona Native Vote, saw the details of the Republican elections bill President Donald...

19.03.2026 7

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The Looming Crisis in Home Health Care

The health care industry has offered a rare bright spot for a struggling labor market, growing at dramatic rates even as employment flags in other...

12.03.2026 10

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Trump’s Immigration Policies Are Making Us Poorer—and Sicker

A key precept of the Trumpian ethos is that immigration is a threat not only to American culture but to its prosperity. President Donald Trump and his...

05.03.2026 20

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The Trump Administration’s War on Data Has Fresh Casualties

The federal government is littered with incomprehensible acronyms representing a host of divisions and agencies. But throughout the civil service...

25.02.2026 10

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Christian Nationalists Are All in on Trump—and Vice Versa

President Donald Trump is on the fence about whether he will be accepted into heaven. At the National Prayer Breakfast earlier this month, he said...

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Trump’s Sick Campaign to Gamify Violence

“They said, ‘Skeddadle!’ The word ‘skedaddle.’”

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How Federal Cuts to SNAP Are Already Roiling State Governments

05.02.2026 10

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What Trumpian Chaos Is Doing to the Dollar

27.01.2026 9

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The Minneapolis Faith Community Is Showing How to Fight ICE

21.01.2026 10

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Does Congress Even Want Power Anymore?

14.01.2026 10

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Trump’s Childcare Funding Freezes Are Going to Hit All Kids Hard

08.01.2026 20

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Here’s What “Pro-Family” Trump Did to Families This Year

31.12.2025 20

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Here’s What Happens Now That We’re Going Over the Obamacare Cliff

23.12.2025 20

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The Dire Long-Term Damage of “Defunding” Planned Parenthood

16.12.2025 30

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Trump’s Crackdown on Afghan Refugees Will Have Dire Consequences

04.12.2025 10

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Don’t Expect a Trump “Tariff Check” Anytime Soon

01.12.2025 10

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How Mikie Sherrill Won Latino Voters Back for Democrats

20.11.2025 20

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SNAP Is Back, but Trust Is Broken

17.11.2025 10

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Inside the Hunger Crisis in America’s Last Frontier

12.11.2025 20

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Virginia’s Elections Are Our First Government Shutdown Referendum

01.11.2025 20

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How Gen Z Anime Fans Are Reshaping American Protests

29.10.2025 20

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Millions of Americans Could Lose Their Food Stamps as Shutdown Lingers

21.10.2025 10

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Blue States Are Teaming Up to Counter RFK Jr.’s Policies. Can It Work?

17.10.2025 10

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Poor Moms and Children Are Caught in the Crossfire of the Shutdown

03.10.2025 20

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The Government Shutdown Will Be Devastating for the D.C. Region

01.10.2025 20

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The Latest Casualty of Trump’s War on Data Is a Critical Hunger Report

23.09.2025 10

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A Health Care Cost Bomb Is Coming—Unless Congress Acts

11.09.2025 20

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How RFK Jr.’s War on Junk Food Could Backfire on Vulnerable Americans

08.08.2025 10

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Trump’s Budget Law Will Wreck Reproductive Health Care for Millions

25.07.2025 10

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Inside the Fight to Save SNAP and Medicaid

18.07.2025 10

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How Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill Stiffed Tipped Workers

13.07.2025 20

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Trump’s Big Cuts Are Going to Overwhelm Food Banks With Hungry People

11.07.2025 20

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These Are Obstacles to Zohran Mamdani’s Plans for New York City

02.07.2025 10

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Congress Won’t Act on the Iran Strikes. That Doesn’t Make Them Legal.

27.06.2025 10

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Single Moms Will Bear the Brunt of the Republicans’ Cruel Budget Cuts

20.06.2025 10

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Ranked-Choice Voting in NYC Faces Its Make-or-Break Moment

13.06.2025 10

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The Quest to Bring Young Men Back to the Democrats

06.06.2025 10

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Small Farmers Are Struggling With Trumpian Chaos—and Bracing for More

02.06.2025 10

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Trump’s DOJ Has Put Reproductive Health Clinics Under Threat

29.05.2025 10

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Senate Republicans Flirt With Nuking the Filibuster

23.05.2025 10

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Here Are the Worst Things in Trump’s Big, Beautiful Bill

22.05.2025 10

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House Republicans Want to Force States to Cut SNAP for Them

16.05.2025 20

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Forget Fertility Rates—Here’s What a Baby Bonus Would Mean for Poverty

09.05.2025 10

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The Republican Budget Plan Could Kick Millions Off Medicaid

05.05.2025 10

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Trump’s Feud With the Federal Reserve Will Hit Your Pocketbook

25.04.2025 20

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How Trump’s War on the IRS Impacts the GOP’s Debt Ceiling Fight

18.04.2025 10

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