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PRIVATE COMPANIES, PUBLIC PRESSURE • KATHERINE MANGU-WARD

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TO SEE THE COUNTRY, ROAD TRIPS ARE THE ONLY WAY TO GO • When you meet folks in their natural environment, it’s easier to appreciate their differences.

A GORSUCH LGBT DECISION MAY DOOM AFFIRMATIVE ACTION

KENTUCKY’S GOVERNOR PROTECTS MEDICAL MARIJUANA USERS

CONGRESS PROTECTS GAY MARRIAGE

THE HIGH COST OF EXPANDING THE CHILD TAX CREDIT

FRUSTRATED FOREIGN TALENT HEADS NORTH

THE GREAT PIZZA FUNERAL

INNOVATION DRIVES DOWN THE COST OF POWERING ELECTRIC CARS

RANKED CHOICE VOTING WINS AT THE POLLS

HOW THE CDC BECAME THE SPEECH POLICE • SECRET INTERNAL FACEBOOK EMAILS REVEAL THE FEDS’ CAMPAIGN TO PRESSURE SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANIES INTO BANNING COVID “MISINFORMATION.”

THE IRAQ WAR AT 20 • IT WAS A BLUNDER. WORSE THAN THAT, IT WAS A CRIME.

THE PROBATION QUAGMIRE • WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY INTENDED AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO INCARCERATION HAS BECOME A SYSTEM FOR MASS STATE CONTROL.

GOVERNMENT HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS ARE FAILING • BY RESTRICTING PRIVATE HEALTH CARE CHOICES, THE NHS AND OTHER BELOVED SINGLE-PAYER SYSTEMS WERE DOOMED FROM THE START.

HOW A PUBLIC HOUSING PROJECT UNPLANNED NEIGHBORHOOD BECAME AN • A FAVELA IN SOUTHERN BRAZIL SHOWS THE UPSIDE OF AN “INVASIVE” URBAN FORM—AND OFFERS LESSONS FOR U.S. HOUSING POLICY.

Rousseau, Malthus, and Thanos Were Wrong • The authors of Superabundance make a strong case that more people and industrialization mean a richer, more prosperous world.

Pitchfork Populism Is Older Than Trump • BUT IT DOESN’T HAVE TO BE THE FUTURE OF THE GOP OR THE COUNTRY.

The Militant Pacifists of World War II

The Founding Mothers of Libertarianism

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FROM THE ARCHIVES

Hongkonger Anna Kwok on Human Rights

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