Why Germans Can Say Things No One Else Can

German is a wonderfully inventive and bold language, full of gloriously long compound words for emotions and ideas that most languages struggle to allow us to express.
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How Jeff Sessions Helped Kill Equitable School Funding in Alabama

A lawsuit in the 1990s had Alabama poised to fund poor black school districts as fairly as wealthy white schools. As state attorney general, Sessions fought the effort passionately. By Ryan Gabrielson.
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How Slaves Reacted to Their Appraisals: Traumatic U.S. History of Slave Auctions

A new book asks important questions about slaves’ perspectives on their auctions, including an enslaved father who fought to buy his son at auction. By Daina Ramey Berry.
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The Goldman Sachs Effect: How a Bank Conquered Washington

Irony isn’t a concept with which President Donald J. Trump is familiar… By Nomi Prins.
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The Was

Soda Jerk vs The Avalanches
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Last glow at Picture Lake

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The high-tech war on science fraud

The problem of fake data may go far deeper than scientists admit. Now a team of researchers has a controversial plan to root out the perpetrators.
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