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The Running Ground

November/December 2025

Hitting His Stride

by Sara Bhatia November 2, 2025November 2, 2025

Data Disconnect: The price for a dozen eggs is displayed on the edge of a shelf in a refrigerated case in a Whole Foods store Tuesday, July 15, 2025, in south Denver.

November/December 2025

Measuring the Vibecession

by Jared Bernstein November 2, 2025November 2, 2025

The Age of Extraction: "The protectors of our industries" cartoon showing Cyrus Field, Jay Gould, William H. Vanderbilt, and Russell Sage, seated on bags of "millions," on large raft, and being carried by workers of various professions.

Monopoly Men

by Kainoa Lowman November 2, 2025November 4, 2025

President Donald Trump and Amy Coney Barrett stand on the Blue Room Balcony of the White House after Barrett took her oath as a Supreme Court justice on Oct. 26, 2020.

Justice Barrett’s Campaign Biography

by Mark A. Graber November 2, 2025November 2, 2025

Second Estate: Jean-Baptiste Charpentier's 1763 portrait of the Duc de Penthièvre and family

How America’s Tax Code Built an Aristocracy

by David Cay Johnston November 2, 2025November 3, 2025

Running Out of People

by Suzanne Kahn November 2, 2025November 2, 2025

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Constitution in Progress

by Garrett Epps November 2, 2025November 4, 2025

Enshittification Age: Cory Doctorow speaking at the 2018 Phoenix Comic Fest at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Arizona.

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The Cory Doctorow Doctrine

by Anita Jain October 30, 2025October 30, 2025

The Backsliders: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, shakes hands with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban during their meeting in Ankara, Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024.

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Tyranny Is Downstream From the Economy

by Brian Kettenring October 30, 2025October 28, 2025

The Running Ground

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Hitting His Stride

by Sara Bhatia October 28, 2025October 27, 2025

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