How Some Immigrant Families Are Avoiding Separation
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The Power of Mo Salah’s Goal-Scoring Ritual
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Disposable America
A history of modern capitalism from the perspective of the straw. Seriously.
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How Will Detained Children Find Their Parents?
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2 Melania Trump Plays the Role of Medieval Queen -
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3 The Lesson Democrats Have Yet to Learn on Immigration -
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5 An Extraordinarily Expensive Way to Fight ISIS -
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6 The 9.9 Percent Is the New American Aristocracy -
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7 The GOP’s ‘Utterly Dysfunctional’ Strategy of Babying Its Base -
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8 When Children Say They’re Trans -
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10 The Mysterious ‘Jumping Gene’ That Appears 500,000 Times in Human DNA
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