The first time Joanna Vance did oxycontin she was 15 years old. “It was at home, with my grandmother, God rest her soul,” Vance says. The same year, she lost her dad to a fatal overdose on Thanksgiving Day. “My parents used drugs… Everybody used drugs, basically, around us. It …
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On TikTok, there perhaps is no insult more withering and devastating than to be told by a teenager that your content is cringe. If this is the case, then the Jonas Brothers and the White House had quite a rough week. The pop trio teamed up with the Biden administration …
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This essay is being published in conjunction with the launch of Meltdown — a new eight-episode Audible series that debuts on Oct. 28. Find the podcast here. American democracy is in the midst of a meltdown — the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol and Republicans’ intensifying crusade to …
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Senator Joe Manchin (D-W.V.) has come under fire lately as one of two moderate Democrats who have signaled hesitancy in supporting certain parts of President Biden’s legislative agenda. During an appearance on CNN’s State of the Union, Manchin responded to accusations from progressives that he is unsupportive because he is …
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President Joe Biden intends to withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan by September 11th, 2021, an extension of a May 1st, 2021 deadline negotiated by former president Trump with the Taliban. The president plans to announce his decision on Wednesday, according to the Washington Post, which broke the story, and other …
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When it comes to torpedoing a newly elected Democratic president, Mitch McConnell has plenty of experience. In 2009, President Barack Obama took the White House with a landslide victory, sky-high approval ratings, and massive majorities in the House and Senate. After a lofty campaign and a disastrous George W. Bush …
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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has yet to address the American public after news networks called the 2020 election for his opponent, President-elect Joe Biden. But Trump and his allies have stayed plenty busy filing a wave of lawsuits in battleground states attempting to challenge certain votes and prove widespread …
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WASHINGTON — Here are three numbers to bear in mind on the eve of this election: 31. 99,000. 2.1 million. The first — 31 — is the number of states that set a new one-day record for Covid-19 infections at some point during the month of October. The second — …
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Bruce Springsteen narrates and soundtracks a new campaign ad for Joe Biden that spotlights the Democratic candidate’s “hometown” of Scranton, Pennsylvania. “Scranton, Pennsylvania. Here, success isn’t handed down. It’s forged in sweat, grit and determination,” Springsteen says over shots of life in the swing-state city. “This is his hometown. In …
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Sen. Bernie Sanders endorsed presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden for president on Monday during a Biden campaign livestream, where the two appeared via split-screen. “We need you in the White House,” Sanders told the former vice president, adding, “I will do all that I can to see that that happens, …
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