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Know your enemy (Part I) Jul 03, 2019

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Documentary filmmaker Deeyah Khan grew tired of receiving death threats from white supremacists so she traveled to a Detroit motel to meet up with one.

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Equal pay is the goooooaaaaaallllllllll! Jul 02, 2019

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Team USA is having quite the World Cup, but the women made headlines even before the tournament started by suing the United States Soccer Federation.

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40 acres and a bill Jul 01, 2019

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Slavery reparations were once an untouchable idea in American politics, but now presidential candidates openly support it. And for the first time ever, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee has Congress considering it.

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Two days, Explained Jun 28, 2019

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Twenty Democratic candidates. Two debates. Some awkward Spanish. Vox’s Ella Nilsen hits the highlights and Ezra Klein explains why Democrats should be worried.

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Supreme Count Jun 27, 2019

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The Supreme Court dropped two doozies today. NPR’s Hansi Lo Wang details a ruling on the 2020 census before Vox’s Andrew Prokop explains how the Court finally weighed in on partisan gerrymandering.

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"Safe and sanitary" Jun 26, 2019

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The Senate passed $4.6 billion in emergency aid for the crisis at the southwestern border today. Last night, the House passed its own version. Aid will help, but for lasting change Congress will have to deal with Flores.

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Republicans on the run Jun 25, 2019

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A landmark cap-and-trade bill in Oregon is on life support after Republicans fled the state to avoid voting on it.

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The rise and fall of R. Kelly Jun 24, 2019

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R. Kelly is facing new criminal charges, as well as investigations that involve the IRS, the FBI, and the Department of Homeland Security. Jim DeRogatis went from reviewing his music to documenting his alleged misdeeds against minors.

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Never forget Jun 21, 2019

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The 9/11 first responders and Jon Stewart are fighting Congress for what they hope is the last time.

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Drone down Jun 20, 2019

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Iran kicked off the day by blowing up a very expensive US surveillance drone. Vox's Alex Ward explains why tensions keep getting more tense.

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