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Zero-Waste Lands
These days, recycling is out, and recycling cynicism is in. In 2017, that cynicism peaked when China axed a decades-long agreement to...
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Jan 4, 20204 min read


Shopping Outside the Box: Why Walmart’s Departure May Be a Good Deal for Rural America
In January of 2016, Walmart announced that it would be closing 154 of its locations in the US. This included all 102 Walmart Express...
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Dec 13, 20175 min read


All Blaine, No Gain
Nestled in the center of Idaho lies Blaine County: an oddly-shaped shaped area nearly twice the size of Rhode Island, with a panhandle...
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Nov 3, 20176 min read


Competing Interests
When Trudy Robideau needed to finance a car repair, she decided to take out a payday loan. When she couldn’t afford to pay it back after...
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Apr 25, 20167 min read


Pressing to Compress
Earlier this year, the world watched in consternation as Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s increasingly autocratic regime closed...
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Apr 25, 20165 min read


Field of Schemes: If they build it, we all pay.
Fenway Park, Wrigley Field, Lambeau Field: These stadiums — and the teams that occupy them — are shimmering icons in the pantheon of...
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May 1, 20154 min read


Unrepresentative Democracy: Racial Gaps in Municipal Government
The crisis in Ferguson, Missouri over the summer became another flashpoint in the debate about race in the United States. The...
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Oct 28, 20143 min read
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