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Steven Avery from "Making A Murderer" on Netflix (Netflix)

A decade in true crime evolution

Ashlie D. Stevens

Here are the essential true crime stories of the 2010s and how they changed storytelling and the real world

White House senior adviser Stephen Miller (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Miller targets child refugee agency

Igor Derysh

Democrats banned the refugee agency from sharing info with ICE, but Miller is trying to circumvent the law

Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin (AP/Timothy D. Easley)

Bevin defends pardoning child rapist

Igor Derysh

Asked how he could pardon a convicted child rapist, Bevin replied, "which one?"

Intense flames driven by extreme drought conditions, wind and hot weather sweep over a remote section of the San Bernardino National Forest during the Blue Cut Fire on August 18, 2016 near Wrightwood, California. (David McNew/Getty Images)

Our decade of climate crisis

Steven Strader

The climate has changed over the last 10 years, and public awareness is now high. But the hard work is still ahead

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Fields of waste

Marjie Lundstrom, Eli Wolfe - FairWarning

Where do the millions of square feet of synthetic turf go to die?

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Coming soon: Donald Trump unleashed

Lucian K. Truscott IV

We're about to get Trump squared: He'll triple down on trying to steal the election after the Senate lets him off

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Hospitals left behind

Claire Jarvis - Undark

Political discourse around infrastructure investment has all but ignored the deteriorating state of U.S. hospitals

Democratic presidential candidate and South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg speaks at the Galivants Ferry Stump on Monday, Sept. 16, 2019, in Galivants Ferry, S.C. (AP Photo/Meg Kinnard)

Warren, Mayor Pete and the "wine cave"

Dan Froomkin

Political pundits love a brawl. But the subject of the Warren-Buttigieg dispute — corruption — was barely mentioned

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How "tough on crime" became a liability

Jody D. Armour - The Conversation

Kamala Harris’ campaign fizzled as her past as a prosecutor haunted her candidacy.

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Trump admin fights Russia sanctions

Igor Derysh

The news arrives exactly one week after Trump met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in the Oval Office

"Black Panther" (Disney/Marvel Studios)

Huh? Wakanda was listed a trade partner

Nicole Karlis

Is the country from Marvel’s “Black Panther” real after all — and the government just doesn’t want us to know?

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Dollars for doctors

Hannah Fresques - ProPublica

Pharmaceutical companies have paid doctors billions of dollars for consulting, promotional talks, meals and more

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Voting tech funding gets mixed responses

Steven Rosenfeld - Independent Media Institute

Activists worry new systems won’t resolve disputed results.

Chef Lidia Bastianich (Courtesy Meredith Nierman)

Family and food: Return of the artisans

Lidia Bastianich

The chef raises a glass to the renaissance of artisans across America in her holiday special, airing Friday on PBS

Cats (2019) (Universal Pictures)

"Cats": Mesmerizing as a laser pointer

Mary Elizabeth Williams

Before answering if a movie musical of “Cats” is any good, I ask another question: Is “Cats” supposed to be good?

Angry sisters on Christmas sitting on a couch in the living room at home (Getty Images/Antonio Guillem)

How to act like an adult at the holidays

Emily Rems - Poptarts

Self-help guru Kara Loewentheil weighs in on why the holidays sometimes bring out the worst in us

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Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey of The Who pose at Wembley Stadium to promote their summer concert at Wembley Stadium on March 13, 2019 in London, England. (Samir Hussein/Samir Hussein/WireImage)

The Who: As ornery and ironic as ever

Kenneth Womack

It's humbling to observe the group that once wailed "hope I die before I get old" attempt to regain its mettle

Greta Van Susteren and Bill O'Reilly (BILLY FARRELL/Patrick McMullan/Getty Images/D Dipasupil/FilmMagic/Salon)

Greta asks Bill on her show about pets

Shira Tarlo

O'Reilly was fired from Fox News after it was revealed that he paid millions to women who accused him of misconduct

U.S. President Donald Trump and  Russian President Vladimir Putin (Ricardo Ceppi/Getty Images/ AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Impeachment: Putin sticks up for Trump

Igor Derysh

Putin says he is confident that Senate Republicans will not remove Trump from office for "some made-up reasons"

Sarah Huckabee Sanders (AP/Evan Vucci)

Biden shames Sanders for mocking stutter

Igor Derysh

“I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I hhhave absolutely no idea what Biden is talking about,” Sanders wrote on Twitter

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US President Donald Trump (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Evangelical magazine wants Trump removed

Shira Tarlo

The need to remove Trump is "not a matter of partisan loyalties but loyalty to the Creator of the Ten Commandments"

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell speaks at a press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C., the United States (XinhuaTing Shen via Getty Images)

Senate trial of President Trump in limbo

Shira Tarlo

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi suggested she delay sending articles of impeachment to Senate until a deal is brokered

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) speaks as South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg raises his hand during the Democratic presidential primary debate at Loyola Marymount University on December 19, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. Seven candidates out of the crowded field qualified for the 6th and last Democratic presidential primary debate of 2019 hosted by PBS NewsHour and Politico. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Warren digs at Pete's "wine cave" donors

Igor Derysh

“I’m literally the only person on this stage who’s not a millionaire or a billionaire,” Buttigieg said in response

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) speaks during a press conference after the House of Representatives voted to impeach President Donald Trump at the U.S. Capitol on December 18, 2019 in Washington, DC. On Wednesday evening, the U.S. House of Representatives voted 230 to 197 and 229 to 198 to impeach President Trump on two articles of impeachment charging him with abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Nancy turns up the heat

Heather Digby Parton

House speaker will sit on the articles of impeachment, at least for now. Trump and McConnell are already fuming

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