Stassa Edwards
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Features editor. Writing at the intersection of women's health, politics, and history. Work at Lapham's Quarterly, Aeon, The Awl, Self, and Cabinet. Writing a book about hysteria.
When Focus on the Family launched Brio, a publication aimed at Christian teen girls in 1990, it was destined for…
During Arkansas’s 2017 legislative session, the state passed House Bill 1566, a bill ostensibly about the disposal…
Shortly after Donald Trump Jr. released an email exchange between himself and music publicist Rob Goldstone, the…
When you have a moment, take a break from the churn of politics and read Heidi Julavits on Robert Smithson’s Spiral Jetty.
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The Congressional Budget Office released its analysis of the Senate Republican health care bill, the “Better Care…
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Prior to his appointment, William Bradford, the head of Energy Department’s Office of Indian Energy, was eager to…
A handful of conservative news sites, including numerous anti-abortion sites and the National Review, are reporting that California has been forced to drop 14 of the 15 the felony charges against David Daleiden, the man behind the heavily edited Planned Parenthood “sting videos,” and partner Sandra Merritt. The sites… Read more
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The Keepers isn’t much of a true crime documentary, at least in the traditional sense of the genre. And that’s to…
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Did everyone read about the evasive female elk, apparently “invulnerable” to hunters? Nature is really an elegant…
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“Hysterical,” is how CNN pundit Jason Miller described Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) on Tuesday night.
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Five people, including House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (LA), were shot Wednesday morning during a Congressional…
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During an often contentious hearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee, Attorney General Jeff Sessions began…
It feels like James Comey’s testimony happened two months ago.