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Why Football May Be America's Last Cultural Religion
Cultural critic Chuck Klosterman examines football's unique grip on American life and why our most dominant sport might also be surprisingly fragile.
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When Federal Power Goes Unchecked: Minneapolis Exposes America's Fractures
ICE agents kill US citizens in Minneapolis as Trump's immigration crackdown reveals deep flaws in federal oversight and civil rights protection.
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When Gun Rights Meet Police Power: America's Fatal Contradiction
The killing of Alex Pretti in Minnesota exposes the irreconcilable tension between America's gun rights culture and law enforcement practices. A crisis of legitimacy looms.
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The Black Dahlia: 78 Years of Consuming Death
How Elizabeth Short's 1947 murder became mythology over truth, and what our obsession with unsolved crimes reveals about how we consume tragedy
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What an 83-Year-Old Zen Master Taught in a Cave
Joan Halifax sent Michael Pollan to a cave without electricity or internet. What he discovered about consciousness might change how we think about the mind.
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America's Paper Check Ban Leaves 6 Million in Digital Limbo
Trump's executive order eliminating paper tax refund checks could save government $68M annually, but raises concerns about financial inclusion for 6 million unbanked Americans.
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The Maduro Arrest Exposes America's Historical Blind Spot
Venezuela's Maduro arrest reveals how U.S. high school history education fails to teach the full story of 200 years of Latin American interventions
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The 1984 Subway Shooting That Predicted Trump's America
How Bernie Goetz's vigilante violence on a NYC subway became the blueprint for Reagan's racial politics and today's MAGA movement - a 40-year through line of manufactured rage.
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When Fighting Hate Speech Becomes a Legal Minefield
A University of Florida case exposes the impossible choice facing college administrators between free speech protections and pressure to combat antisemitism on campus.
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After 600,000 Deaths Yearly, Malaria Finally Meets Its Match
New vaccines, precision antibodies, and genetic tracking tools are converging to create the first real hope for ending childhood malaria deaths in decades.
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When Schools Must Choose Between Parents and Students
Supreme Court weighs whether teachers must out transgender students to parents, even against the child's wishes, reshaping the balance of power in American education.
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Anyons: When Particles Question the Very Nature of Existence
Physicists theorize about anyons - particles that can only exist in 2D. What does this 'flat existence' tell us about reality, consciousness, and the limits of being?