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How close are we to another financial crisis? 8 experts weigh in.

It’s been 10 years since Lehman Brothers collapsed, setting off a global recession that cost billions of dollars and millions of homes and jobs.

By Emily Stewart

Trump’s China strategy is the most radical in decades — and it’s failing

"The administration diagnosed the right problem, but it came up with the wrong remedy."

By Alex Ward

Race was the biggest factor in 2016 — but economics is still Democrats’ winning message

A new study argues that Democrats don’t have to choose between voters of color and the white working class.

By Alvin Chang

Women accuse Facebook of illegally posting job ads that only men can see

The company’s business model raises civil rights issues.

By Alexia Fernández Campbell

Why Nintendo’s Toad is in the news, and why he doesn’t deserve this

Turn back now, before it’s too late!

By Karen Han

I’ve studied false rape claims. The accusation against Kavanaugh doesn’t fit the profile.

What I learned reading hundreds of false rape accusations.

By Sandra Newman

The Hunt for the Trump Tapes with Tom Arnold, explained

Comedian Tom Arnold’s search for tapes that will bring down Donald Trump got him a TV show — and a fight with Mark Burnett.

By Todd VanDerWerff

Florence dropped so much rain that hog waste is spilling out of lagoons

What hurricanes reveal about our neglected, time-bomb toxic waste sites.

By Umair Irfan

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Christine Blasey Ford has come forward to accuse Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault. Vox's Li Zhou recounts the alleged assault and Emily Bazelon from the New York Times Magazine explains what might come next.

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