Keith Wagstaff
Keith Wagstaff is a staff writer at TheWeek.com covering politics and current events. He has previously written for such publications as TIME, Details, VICE, and the Village Voice.
Latest articles by Keith Wagstaff
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The amazing story of the woman pulled from the Bangladesh building collapse after 17 days
feature An incredibly unlikely rescue briefly raises spirits as the death toll passes 1,000
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Why Google Fiber's expansion is a big deal
feature Google announces that a community outside of Kansas City will be getting the company's blazing-fast internet and TV service
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Why poverty is growing faster in the suburbs than in the city
feature Urban areas are no longer the country's main centers of poverty
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Why a joint replacement costs $30,000 in one hospital and $160,000 in another
feature New data reveals just how dysfunctional America's healthcare system is
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NYPD's Ray Kelly is not backing down on stop-and-frisk
feature The potential candidate for Homeland Security chief says the controversial policy is "guilty of saving 7,383 lives"
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Young people are ruining Monopoly
feature Hasbro releases a new, "snackable" version of the classic board game — with no jail
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Dennis Rodman thinks he deserves a Nobel Prize for visiting North Korea
feature "My mission is to break the ice between hostile countries"
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6 international responses to the NSA surveillance program
feature Americans aren't the only ones being spied on
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Why 1,600 years of ice melting in 25 years is a bad omen
feature A glacier in Peru has melted to levels not seen since the end of the last ice age
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Why craft beer won't lure millennials to Christianity
feature The Church-in-a-Pub sounds fun. But it probably won't change how young people feel about organized religion.
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10 things you need to know today: August 24, 2013
Daily Briefing The Fort Hood shooter is found guilty, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer announces his retirement, and more
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5 revelations on the 'Keyser Soze' of the Edward Snowden saga
feature Meet Laura Poitras, the Oscar-nominated filmmaker who helped Snowden go public
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What would happen if the U.S. banned all Iranian oil?
feature Congress is considering harsher sanctions that could squeeze Iran out of the global oil market
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Nearly 4 in 10 white Americans have zero non-white friends
feature A new poll shows that we still live in a very racially segregated country
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TSA agent killed in LAX shooting
feature A suspect is in custody, as the Los Angeles Police Department shuts down the city's international airport
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Is Bitcoin just a libertarian fantasy?
feature The digital currency's wild fluctuations in value have skeptics saying "I told you so"
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What we know about the suspects in the gruesome London attack [Updated]
feature Details are emerging about the two men suspected of hacking an off-duty soldier to death on a London street
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Is Halliburton getting off easy for destroying oil spill evidence?
feature A company worth billions gets hit with a $200,000 fine, and Big Oil's critics are less than pleased
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What $36 means to a family on food stamps
feature Today, $5 billion in food stamp funding expires. And more cuts could be on the way.
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Cleveland kidnapper sentenced to life in prison plus 1,000 years
feature Ariel Castro, who held three women captive for a decade, says he's "not a monster," just sick
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10 things you need to know today: October 12, 2013
Daily Briefing Republicans claim progress on a debt deal, hundreds are rescued after a boat sinks near Italy, and more
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WATCH: John Kerry makes forceful case for attacking Syria
feature The secretary of State calls Bashar al-Assad a "thug and a murderer," and says the U.S. is confident Syria launched chemical weapons that killed 1,429 people
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Did climate change cause Super Typhoon Haiyan?
feature Scientists grapple with the causes of a storm that might have killed more than 10,000 people
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Africa's devastating elephant-poaching problem
feature In Chad, 86 elephants become the latest casualties in a growing illegal ivory trade
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