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Trump and His Droids Go For The Jugular

Feb 15, 2025 • Lucian K. Truscott IV

The Journalist, The Murderer, and The Epstein Files

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Graham Platner: The Personal is Not Political

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There Will Be Blood

Apr 30, 2025 • Journal of the Plague Years

How to Become Irrelevant

The establishment press is colluding in its own destruction, ignoring the biggest story of our time.

Jun 13 • Journal of the Plague Years

Graham Platner: The Personal is Not Political

Destroying dynamic progressive candidates for minor indiscretions is not feminism. It's stupid. And it's doing the bidding of Republicans and corporate…

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Security Devices Then and Now

The spider soul might save the boiling frog

May 30 • Joan Juliet Buck

Surprising No One, The Journal Endorses Tom Steyer

The case against his main rival, Xavier Becerra

May 28 • Journal of the Plague Years

The Democrats' Civil War

Vicious disagreements over strategy, power, and money threaten to make the party even weaker.

May 24 • Journal of the Plague Years

China Walks the Dinosaur

Unearthing its evolving relationship with the United States

May 18 • JP Sottile

The Head and the Heart

Voters can have them both, at least in California and Maine

May 16 • Journal of the Plague Years

What is Art Worth? $3.75.

Adjusted for inflation, it's a bit more.

May 9 • Journal of the Plague Years and Brian Cullman

Econ 2026: Serfs & Cannon Fodder

And, no, A$AP Rocky does not make the Met Gala cool.

May 6 • Journal of the Plague Years

The King, The Hustler, and The Oysterman

What is the cure for corruption?

May 2 • Journal of the Plague Years

Not all billionaires are created equal. What California shows us about America circa 2026

Apr 25 • Journal of the Plague Years

Is the Pentagon Clashing with Trump Over Iran?

Top brass reportedly protesting Trump plan for boots on the ground

Apr 4 • Journal of the Plague Years

Who's the Leader of the Free World. Hint: Not Donald Trump

Spain's Pedro Sánchez is suddenly everywhere.

Apr 4 • Journal of the Plague Years

Trump's Death Cult Comes Home to America

First they came for the HIV-positive African kids....

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Dave Newman

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Dec 30, 2025 • Journal of the Plague Years

The Interview

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A War Crime With No War: Talking to the Man Who Wrote the Book

Did bloodthirsty nincompoop Pete Hegseth and our Real-Estate-Developer-in-Chief shatter the world order that protects our soldiers?

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We interrupt this message for a memorable interview with Lucian Truscott

The history of the U.S. military like you've never heard it before

Oct 11, 2025 • Journal of the Plague Years

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Hot Take: They Deliberately Break Down the State

Corrupt autocrats and their lackeys make money when the state fails

May 19, 2025 • Sarah Chayes and Journal of the Plague Years

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Full Interview: Corruption in America

A conversation with Sarah Chayes

May 17, 2025 • Journal of the Plague Years and Sarah Chayes

Journal of the Plague Years in Los Angeles

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Panel: WTF Is Happening and WTF Do We Do?

Watch now | A few weeks ago, we assembled a group of experts on immigration, the environment, and political organizing at the Village Well bookstore in…

Apr 5, 2025 • Journal of the Plague Years, UNSILENCING by Jean Guerrero, and The Coop Scoop

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Immigrants Raise Wages Instead of Triggering a Race to the Bottom

Forget the anti-immigrant talking points. New York Times columnist Jean Guerrero explains why immigration can raise wages for U.S. citizens.

Mar 30, 2025 • UNSILENCING by Jean Guerrero and Journal of the Plague Years

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The Upside of Disinformation

Neuroscientist Zahra Aghajan schools us on disinformation. Believe it or not, there's a good side to all the ugly social media madness - eventually.

Mar 30, 2025 • Journal of the Plague Years

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Elections Still Matter

Every inch of ground you take sets you up for the next win

Mar 25, 2025 • Journal of the Plague Years