Maggie Koerth-Baker
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Minneapolis, MN, United States
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There’s A Racial Bias on Police Facebook Pages
There was nothing overtly biased about the way the Wilkes-Barre Township Police Department described a mugging on its Facebook page in February 2019. The first … → Read More
What Happens If More Red States Ban Abortion?
Where is the nearest abortion clinic? Our interactive map shows the distance a woman may need to travel to reach an abortion provider if proposed abortion restrictions pass. → Read More
Does It Matter Where COVID-19 Came From?
The Department of Energy says COVID-19 was caused by a lab leak. But that doesn’t mean COVID-19 was definitely caused by a lab leak. In fact, the agency’s repor… → Read More
The Hardest Part Of Red Flag Laws Isn’t Getting Them Passed
A year ago, Democrats in the Michigan state Senate introduced a bill designed to create an extreme risk protection order law, or ERPO, in the state. Intended to… → Read More
Most Gun Laws Aren’t Backed Up By Evidence. Here’s Why.
In the first month of 2023, 25 people lost their lives in four mass shootings in California over just eight days. It’s a grim statistic, made all the more distr… → Read More
The Butterfly Effect
Our hands are all over these butterflies, yet still they slip through our grasp. By the time you’re reading this, these Poweshieks will have died — the average adult only lives for a couple weeks. → Read More
So You Think You Can Explain The Election
This article is not going to tell you which singular answer is correct. That's because there is no singular answer. → Read More
2022 Election: Live Analysis and Results
California knows how to party … and also how to govern by ballot measure. Here’s a quick rundown of how this year’s crop of measures have fared at the polls. Pr… → Read More
2022 Election: Live Analysis and Results
The Kansas governor race is now at 77 percent reporting, with Kelly ahead at 51 percent. → Read More
2022 Election: Live Analysis and Results
Polls in Kansas are about to close, so here’s a quick rundown of three of the big races on the ballot. Incumbent Rep. Sharice Davids is favored to win in Kansas… → Read More
As States Banned Abortion, Thousands More Americans Got Pills Online Anyway
On Sunday, FiveThirtyEight published data showing that there were at least 10,000 fewer legal abortions in July and August than before the Supreme Court decisio… → Read More
Overturning Roe Has Meant At Least 10,000 Fewer Legal Abortions
The same day the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June, Alabama’s law banning abortion took effect. The next morning, phones began ringing in Georgia. “W… → Read More
Can Focusing On Climate Change Help Win Elections?
“Our generation grew up watching as the climate crisis got worse and worse and politicians did nothing.” That might sound like a quote from teen climate activis… → Read More
How Natural Disasters Can Change A Politician
In September 2017, Hurricane Irma swept across the southern tip of Florida, swamping what was then the state’s 26th Congressional District. The following July, … → Read More
Why Monkeypox Wasn’t Another COVID-19
Thanks to public health and a little luck, this disease didn’t become a pandemic. → Read More
Who Should Get Tested For A New Disease?
Monkeypox shows how hard it is to answer that question. → Read More
Why The Same Temperature Can Feel Different Somewhere Else
In much of the United States, the high 80s in Fahrenheit is hot, but it’s not hot-hot. It could even be a day of sweet relief in the South, maybe time for a fam… → Read More
No President Is Safe From His Own COVID-19 Policy
The French philosopher Joseph de Maistre once said that every country gets the government it deserves. Likewise, perhaps every American president gets the COVID… → Read More
Even Exceptions To Abortion Bans Pit A Mother’s Life Against Doctors’ Fears
Medical professionals, legal experts and researchers we spoke to said abortion exceptions for the life of the mother are usually vague, creating an environment where patients have to meet some unspoken and arbitrary criteria to get treatment. → Read More
What Went Down During The June 28 Primary Elections
ABC News reports that Esther Joy King is projected to win the Republican primary in Illinois’s 17th District. She has 68.7 percent of the vote at 34 percent rep… → Read More