May/June 2018 Issue

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Right now is no time to come up short.

It's time to fight like hell for a democracy where minority rule cannot impose an extreme and cruel agenda, where the Big Lie is called a Big Lie, where facts matter, and where accountability at the polls and in the press has a fighting chance. We have our work cut out for us, and we urgently need to raise about 400,000 by Thursday, June 30, to finish our fiscal year on track and give it everything we possibly can. Please help us get there with a donation if you can right now.

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Right now is no time to come up short. It's time to fight like hell for a democracy where minority rule cannot impose an extreme and cruel agenda, where facts matter, and where accountability at the polls and in the press has a fighting chance. We have our work cut out for us, and we still need to raise upwards of 400,000 by June 30 to give it everything we can. Please help:

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Cover Stories
Cloak and Data

The story behind Cambridge Analytica’s rise and fall

By Andy Kroll

Plus: Weapons of Mass Disruption by Terrell Jermaine Starr
From Russia, With Love for the NRA

Are Alexander Torshin and Maria Butina just a couple of Russian activists who love guns and Donald Trump—or something shadier?

By Denise Clifton and Mark Follman
Hidden Figures

The 2020 census is underfunded, behind schedule, and increasingly politicized. Millions of Americans likely won’t be counted—and many of them are afraid to be.

By Ari Berman

FEATURES
Bottled Up

Drinking may have given me cancer. The alcohol industry worked hard to downplay the risk.

By Stephanie Mencimer
The Best Viral News You’ll Ever Read

Antibiotic resistance is one of the scariest threats today—but a forgotten remedy may save us yet.

By Maryn Mckenna

TO OUR READERS
You’ve Been Hacked

We’re only beginning to understand how our democracy was rigged—and what we can do about it.

By Monika Bauerlein and Clara Jeffery

OUTFRONT
Out of the Blue

Run everywhere.

By Tim Murphy
A Remote Chance

Trial by Skype

By Lauren Markham
Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor, Your Per Diem

Private prisons get a Trump bump.

By Madison Pauly
Georgia on Her Mind

Will Stacey Abrams be America’s first black female governor?

By Jamilah King
Moving Violations

By Melissa Sanchez and Sandhya Kambhampati