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Baynard Woods
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- News, July 4, 2018
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Final Democracy
Democracy in Crisis project comes to an end.
- This is the final Democracy in Crisis column that I'll be writing.
- News, January 31, 2018
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One Man's Drug Checks Help Save Lives
With an inept drug czar and vindictive DOJ, citizens are left to address opioid crisis on their own.
- Although many in Utah were aware of the trend, last October, President Donald Trump declared the opioid crisis a public health emergency, saying that more than 64,000 Americans had died from opioid overdoses the previous year.
- News, November 15, 2017
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Conspiracy Theories
Government's case sets low bar for conspiracy charges on eve of J20 trial.
- A year ago, after the presidential election, Dylan Petrohilos hung an Antifa flag in front of his house.
- News, Cover Story November 8, 2017
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You're Fired!
Impeach Trump now. Ask us how!
- Politics aside, you gotta admit Donald Trump’s presidency is peculiar.
- News, November 1, 2017
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Snoozing Through Fascism
A slow-motion academic protest of fascism emerges after conference.
- The great Russian-American writer Masha Gessen was on the stage last month at New York's Bard College in front of a sign that read "Crises of Democracy."
- News, September 27, 2017
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American Carnival
On costume and class in Trump's America.
- The heat of 2017 has finally boiled all political chants down to their essence: "Fuck that shit!"
- Music, August 30, 2017
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High Road
Singer-songwriter Jason Isbell does his part to change a white man's world.
- Jason Isbell's The Nashville Sound (Southeastern) is the summer soundtrack for those of us who fled small towns because of the sexism or the racism or the lack of opportunities.
- News, August 16, 2017
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Are We Great Again Yet?
On Charlottesville and the shattering of America.
- Two middle-aged men—one black and one white—are walking up a street in downtown Charlottesville, Va., yelling at each other.
- News, Opinion March 22, 2017
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The Kids Are Alt-Right
It's a shitty time to have any kind of identification with the prefix "alt."
- Alt-right. Alt-facts. Alt-media (hey, that's us!). You've heard the prefix, but this guest writer explores its meaning in today's political climate.
- News, Cover Story January 25, 2017
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TRUMPOCALYPSE NOW!
Is there any hope for Planned Parenthood and climate change under the new regime? PLUS we take you inside the inauguration and the DC + SLC Women's Marches.
- If President Trump actually believes all his campaign warnings about the threats of immigration, he should now be talking about ways to slow global warming as well.
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TRUMPOCALYPSE NOW!
Is there any hope for Planned Parenthood and climate change under the new regime? PLUS we take you inside the inauguration and the DC + SLC Women's Marches.
January 25, 2017
