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Two Harvard Grads Saw Big Profits in African Education. Children Paid the Price.

Neha Wadekar, Ryan Grim

An aggressive startup set out to disrupt African education. Now it’s plagued by a sexual abuse investigation.

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The Death of Peter Thiel’s “Kept” Romantic Partner Is Being Investigated as a Suicide

Ryan Grim

Miami police plan to interview Thiel as part of probe into the sudden death of Jeff Thomas, a model and social media influencer, sources said.

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A Short History of Everyone Who Confirmed Reagan’s October Surprise Before the New York Times

Jon Schwarz

A lot of people beyond Ben Barnes have said that Reagan’s 1980 election campaign conspired to keep American hostages in Iran.

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Texas GOP Wants Citizens to Stop Migrants. Critics Say It’s a “Vigilante Death Squads Policy.”

Ryan Devereaux

Republican lawmakers are making a bid to challenge the federal government’s monopoly on immigration enforcement at the Supreme Court.

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Exclusive: Two Koch-Backed Groups Speak Out Against Ron DeSantis’s Attack on Journalists

Ken Klippenstein

Americans for Prosperity, a giant of right-wing advocacy, has strongly supported the Florida governor — but is lobbying against his plan to cripple journalists.

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What It Means for Trump’s Campaign to Start in Waco

Mike Giglio

Holding his first rally near the site of an infamous federal raid could be seen as “a coded message to those on the extreme.”

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Texas Republicans Just Proposed a Bounty on Drag Shows

Natasha Lennard

The latest legal attack pulls from a long legacy of state-sanctioned violence.

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After Tide of Memoirs From Americans, an Iraqi Journalist Offers Inside Account of War’s Destruction

Murtaza Hussain

“A nation can’t be bombed, humiliated and sanctioned, then bombed again, and then told to become a democracy,” writes Ghaith Abdul-Ahad.

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Russia Calls for U.N. Investigation of Nord Stream Attack, as Hersh Accuses White House of False Flag

Jeremy Scahill

Moscow claims Germany, Denmark, and Sweden are engaged in a U.S.-backed cover-up, as the war to control the narrative — and the evidence — intensifies.

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Lauren Boebert Waved Around Pictures of Dead Babies in Her Call to Gut the Endangered Species Act

Ryan Devereaux

Republicans used conspiracy theories and unsound science in a hearing proposing to end protections for wolves and grizzlies.

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The Bloody U.S. Legacy in Iraq

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