A TEXAS COUNTY CLERK’S BOLD CRUSADE TO TRANSFORM HOW WE VOTE

| WIRED Magazine,

OCTOBER 2020

How Dana DeBeauvoir set off the biggest, weirdest, and most promising revolution in election technology since the 1800s.

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A TERRIBLE, NO GOOD, VERY BAD, NIGHTMARE ELECTION DAY.

| Washingtonian Magazine,

OCTOBER 2020

Five experts unspool nightmare scenarios that could disrupt our democracy this November.

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How To Feed 250,000 People A Day In a Pandemic

| Washingtonian Magazine,

JUNE/JULY 2020

World Central Kitchen, the relief group founded by chef José Andrés, has become a wunderkind of humanitarian work and a darling of the disrupter power set. And it did it almost by accident.

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The Unsinkable Professor

| Washingtonian Magazine,

MARCH 2020

The Naval Academy has spent years trying to get rid of him. He’s known from ivory-tower faculty lounges to the Pentagon. But even after Bruce Fleming sent shirtless pictures to students, offended women and minorities, and upset conservatives, he somehow came out on top.

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What’s Eating Reston?|Washingtonian Magazine,

DECEMBER 2019

Reston was supposed to be the most inclusive town ever built. But more than 50 years later, the liberal enclave is whiter, older, and richer than its founder ever intended. Now it’s locked in a battle for its soul. (And 36 holes of golf!)

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THE ARTIST, MUSEUM, AND THE PRESIDENT | WASHINGTONIAN MAGAZINE, JULY 2019

Julian Raven wanted his sprawling, surreal tribute to Donald Trump hung at the National Portrait Gallery. Instead, the museum’s director shooed him off, telling him that his beloved painting was too partisan — and lousy. That’s when he declared war.

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THE MUNICIPAL OFFICIAL VERSUS THE PRESIDENT|

WASHINGTONIAN Magazine, APRIL 2019

Two years ago, Karl Racine was the head of an obscure new office. Today he’s battling Facebook and suing Donald Trump.

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THE HACKING THREAT TO THE ELECTION IS HUGE. AND TECHNOLOGY WON’T PROTECT US

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VOX, OCTOBER 2018

An investigation into the US election system reveals frightening vulnerabilities at almost every level.

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Why Isn’t Sy Hersh Covering TrumP? |

WASHINGTONIAN Magazine, SEptember 2019

America’s foremost investigative journalist opened the nation’s eyes to My Lai and Abu Ghraib. But now he’s a Russiagate skeptic.

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THE NRA WANTS YOU | GLAMOUR MAGAZINE, AUGUST 2018

The gun lobby is increasingly targeting women, trying to convince them that buying a firearm is an empowering, personal choice. But are those multimillion-dollar efforts really paying off?

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SINCLAIR BROADCASTING’S HOSTILE TAKEOVER|ROLLINGSTONE.com APRIL 2018

The right-wing behemoth helped put Trump in the White House. Now the presiden't’s returning the favor - setting up Sinclair to be the next Fox News.

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INSIDE JEFF BEZO’S DC LIFE | WASHINGTONIAN MAGAZINE, MAY 2018

The Amazon founder and Washington Post owner has quietly become a freewheeling DC socialite - and soon he’ll be spending more time here, in the mammoth Kalorama home his family is renovating. What brought the tech giant to town in the first place? And what does he do, exactly, while he’s around? The story of how the world’s richest man is becoming a Washingtonian.

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DAVID RUBENSTEIN, SUPERSTAR

| WASHINGTONIAN MAGAZINE, NOVEMBER 2017

He’s a socially awkward 68-year-old private equity titan—and his show is one of Bloomberg’s fastest-growing programs.

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ARE MILLENNIALS MOVING RIGHT ON GUNS?|

POLITICO MAGAZINE, DECEMBER 2017

Pollsters are puzzled by young Americans’ contradictory views on guns. Maybe they’re confused? Or maybe there’s something deeper going on.

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CHARLIE DENT’S WAR POLITICO | POLITICO MAGAZINE, JULY 2017

A Republican moderate is stealing the strategy of Tea Party purists. Can it work?

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Washington, Post |

Washingtonian MAGAZINE, July 2017

Inside the Radical, self-destructive, and probably impossible plan to move the government out of Washington, D.C.

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Inside the fight over guns on campus |

Rolling Stone, APRIL 2017

How a group of students teamed up with the gun lobby to get firearms in the classroom at over 200 colleges—and counting.

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Inside the Trump Effect |

ROLLINGSTONE.com, MArch 2017

Some say an uptick in bully incidents this fall were caused by the divisive election—but how does a school fix the underlying problems?

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The ACLU’s Radical Plan to Fight Jeff Sessions| Politico MAGAZINE, May 2017

A group of ex-convicts are trying to make their case for criminal justice reform.

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AMERICA’S MOST ‘ANTI’ ELECTION EVER

| POLITICO MAGAZINE, NOVEMBER 2016

As the nation voted on Election Day, we revealed what we are against much more clearly than what we’re for.

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The 320 Europeans out to Protect America’s Elections

| POLITICO MAGAZINE, NOVEMBER 2016

These European election observers were posted in 31 state and 3,000 voting locations. Their goal? To ensure that America’s elections ran as planned.

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'MRS. G, HE SAID THE P-WORD!'

| POLITICO MAGAZINE, OCTOBER 2016

In classrooms across the country, an unprecedentedly nasty—and lewd—election has prompted discussions that go far beyond plain old civics.

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HOW TO HACK AN ELECTION IN 7 MINUTES

| POLITICO MAGAZINE, AUGUST 2016

With Russia already meddling in 2016, a ragtag group of obsessive tech experts is warning that stealing the ultimate prize—victory on November 8th—would be child’s play.

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MAKE YOURSELF GREAT AGAIN!

| POLITICO MAGAZINE, MAY 2016

A group of millennial bros find salvation in the teachings of Donald J. Trump.

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THE FORGOTTEN GOVERNMENT PLAN TO ROUND UP MUSLIMS

|POLITICO MAGAZINE, AUGUST 2016

In the 1980s, terror led the government to consider far more extreme than Donald Trump’s ban.

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IN A TIME OF TRUMP, MILLENNIAL JEWS AWAKEN TO ANTI-SEMITISM | POLITICO MAGAZINE, OCTOBER 2016

A new generation is experiencing an age-old hatred for the first time. Has the Jewish right looked away?

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he GOP Shut Down a Program that might have Prevented Dallas and Baton Rouge |

POLITICO MAGAZINE, JULY 2016

Trump is blaming Obama for police shootings. But seven years ago Republicans halted a federal study that sought to detect potential radicalization by veterans.

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WHY THOUSANDS OF AMERICANS ARE LINING UP TO GET ARRESTED IN DC THIS WEEK | ROLLINGSTONE.com, APRIL 2016

Bernie Sanders-loving Democracy Spring protesters are trying to put sex appeal into good government.

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PINOCHET. CHAVEZ. TRUMP?

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POLITICO MAGAZINE,

MARCH 2016

After decades of suffering under populist autocrats, Latin Americans have a message for the Gringos: Welcome to our world.

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MEET BRIAN SANDOVAL, NEVADA'S PARTY POOPER

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POLITICO MAGAZINE,

FEBRUARY 2016

He may be the most popular Republican in the country. So why does it feel like every GOP candidates is running in the other direction?

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MEET THE LIBERALS WHO LOVE TRUMP

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POLITICO MAGAZINE, AUGUST

2015

It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.

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THE GREAT OHIO WEED WAR

| ROLLING STONE, OCTOBER 2015

Why are corporate raiders and old-school activists locked in a battle for the soul of the marijuana movement?

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Why Did Ferguson Oppose Ferguson Reform?

| POLITICO MAGAZINE, AUGUST 2015

A conservative billionaire’s policy experiment found an unlikely home in Missouri’s one Ferguson reform bill. Does it now target the very people it claims to help?

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THE MEMORIAL WHERE SLAVERY IS REAL |

POLITICO MAGAZINE, JULY 2015

America has only one federally-funded slave memorial—and it’s been falling into disrepair.

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UP IN THE AIR: MEET THE MAN WHO FLIES AROUND THE WORLD FOR FREE |

ROLLING STONE, JULY 2015

Last year, a young man walked into the Seattle airport and took the next flight to anywhere — and he hasn’t come down since.