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The Supreme Court is Not Supposed to Have This Much Power

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By Nikolas Bowie & Daphna Renan The Atlantic It’s June again—that time of year when Americans wake up each morning and wait for the Supreme Court to resolve our deepest political […]

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Inside Mississippi’s Only Class on Critical Race Theory

3 February 2022by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Molly Minta Mississippi Today Brittany Murphree was born and raised in Rankin County, Mississippi, one of the most Republican counties in one of the most Republican states.  She went […]

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What is the Internet Doing to Boomers’ Brains?

10 November 2020by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Michael Hobbes Huffpost The last time they spoke, John’s father accused him of being part of the deep state.  They have never exactly gelled politically — John, 38, is […]

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Recycling Meets Reality

9 November 2020by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By M. Mitchell Waldrop Knowable Magazine If your neighborhood is like most locales in the United States, there’s a thing that’s hard to unsee once you notice: The trucks that […]

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How Algorithms Discern Our Mood From What We Write Online

29 September 2020by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Dana Mackenzie Knowable Magazine Many people have declared 2020 the worst year ever. While such a description may seem hopelessly subjective, according to one measure, it’s true. That yardstick […]

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Privacy is Power

21 September 2020by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Carissa Véliz Aeon Imagine having a master key for your life. A key or password that gives access to the front door to your home, your bedroom, your diary, […]

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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, LAW, NATIONAL SECURITY

This Republican Party is Not Worth Saving

10 September 2020by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Tom Nichols The Atlantic I was a Republican for most of my adult life. I came of political age in 1980, and although I grew up in a working-class […]

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How the Pandemic Defeated America

7 August 2020by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Ed Yong The Atlantic How did it come to this? A virus a thousand times smaller than a dust mote has humbled and humiliated the planet’s most powerful nation. America […]

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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, LAW

The Incoherence of “Cancel Culture” Accusations

16 July 2020by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Nicholas Grossman Arc Digital Here’s the critique: You say you value free speech and oppose social penalties for bad speech, but your actions show that you don’t. You value […]

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The Confederacy Was an Antidemocratic, Centralized State

24 June 2020by TheThresh.com 1 Comment

By Stephanie McCurry The Atlantic Americans are now debating the fate of memorials to the Confederacy—statues, flags, and names on Army bases, streets, schools, and college dormitories. A century and […]

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