Latest articles by Ryan Cooper
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The broken American health-care system is prolonging the pandemic
opinion Americans are taught to fear going to the doctor. Turns out this makes them less likely to get vaccinated too.
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Have Democrats learned that fighting poverty is very easy?
opinion Cure people's money shortage by giving them money
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The people against the putsch
opinion How Democrats should prepare for the next insurrection
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Is China going to fry the global climate?
opinion Soon, China will be responsible for more total carbon dioxide emissions than any other country
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Is the American economy about to fall back into the pandemic pit?
opinion Looks like Biden may have bailed on super-unemployment way too early
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Rich countries are deluded about the climate threat
opinion The U.S., Germany, and others are learning the hard way that money does not immunize nations from climate disasters
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There's 1 obvious solution to the Delta variant: Mandatory vaccination
opinion Want to fly or go out to eat? Get your shot.
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Trump's Jan. 6 defense is a political gift to Democrats
opinion Will they accept it?
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Conservatives are leaving America wide open to the Delta variant
opinion Vaccine refusal means a surge in new cases is all but inevitable
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The villains behind the heat wave
opinion The fossil fuel industry knew all along what climate change would do to people
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The Roberts Court thinks plutocrats should be able to buy the government in secret
opinion Supreme Court conservatives have invented a right to corruption
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Bad zoning rules are supercharging America's affordable housing crisis
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Bill Cosby shows how the legal system works for the wealthy
opinion Due process costs money
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American cities are melting. Somebody tell the infrastructure negotiators.
opinion Let us hear no more about what is "responsible" from moderate Democrats in Congress
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Anti-woke zealots are trying to politically purge the military
opinion The army wouldn't support Trump's putsch. Let the show trials commence!
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The Miami condo collapse is a devastating reminder of America's artificial land problem
opinion Big chunks of American cities are built on man-made land that is a climate catastrophe waiting to happen
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It's do or die time for the Democrats on infrastructure
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Why are conservatives throwing a tantrum about anti-racism? The George Floyd protests.
opinion A ginned-up moral panic is an excuse to not do anything about racial injustice
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Why patience is the greatest economic virtue this year
opinion The problem with post-pandemic economic predictions
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The Biden administration is enabling a Trump comeback
opinion Democrats think enforcing the law on their opponents is somehow unfair
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Biden’s anti-poverty measures are stumbling out of the gate
opinion Making poor people fill out complicated forms is a recipe for failure
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America's backward climate politics are cooking the country
opinion Ted Cruz is tweeting while Texas fries
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The corrupt reality of Joe Manchin's bipartisanship
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Republicans just killed outdoor dining in Pennsylvania
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