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The startup publication blew through $50m in less than a year – money that could sustain some newsrooms for decades The new journalism outlet began less than a year ago to considerable fanfare. Claiming it would be unbiased and indispensable, the Messenger recruited hundreds of journalists, paid its executives lavishly and confidently forecast $100m in … Read more
Greg Abbott is using the same quasi-legal arguments once used by the Confederacy. Some of the supreme court is listening Over the past few weeks, a quiet legal crisis has been unfolding on the US-Mexico border. Texas has seized control of part of the border and claimed the right to prevent federal authorities from exercising … Read more
Providers working in federal programs will be required to expedite patients’ prior authorizations for medications and/or surgery A new set of rules from the Biden administration seeks to rein in private health insurance companies’ use of prior authorization – a byzantine practice that requires people to seek insurance company permission before obtaining medication or having … Read more
In California’s crowded primary, can a longtime congresswoman sell her progressive ideals to the mainstream?
President Joe Biden will perform one of the most solemn duties of his office on Friday as he attends a dignified transfer of three American soldiers killed in Jordan on Jan. 28.
A miniature academic peace process suggests how a university might organize for difficult subjects—and what, after all, universities are.
Deep south state escalates its fight against environmental protection with ‘rare’ use of public record laws Louisiana’s far-right government has quietly obtained hundreds of pages of communications between the Environmental Protection Agency and journalists, legal advocates and community groups focused on environmental justice. The rare use of public records law to target citizens is a … Read more
Texas, a state under attack for its policy on women, immigrants and LGBTQ+ people, could be announced as the host of the World Cup final Fifa’s newly introduced human rights strategy for World Cups is set to be tested on Sunday when the host city for the 2026 final is announced. The location of the … Read more
The Ravens, Chiefs, 49ers and Lions reached this season’s Championship Games for good reasons. Here’s what their rivals could learn from What makes an offense great? In short, the ability to effectively attack multiple parts of the field and stress defenses. Good offenses can do something so well that defenses have to adjust to stop … Read more
Reactions from prominent Ohio political figures are pouring in after President Biden announced this week he will visit East Palestine, Ohio a year after the major train derailment that devastated the community and sparked calls for him to visit the town. “Biden visiting East Palestine at this point is pure politics,” Ohio Republican Sen. J.D. … Read more
