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Should we trust Chris Christie's plan for the opioid crisis?
Many of the things Christie wants President Trump to do have already been tried in New Jersey.
A nation in recovery: How Americans are tackling the opioid crisis
America is failing to treat millions of people addicted to opioids. Here are the people trying to change that.
How to get a baby — and a mom — off heroin
Pregnant women hooked on opioids face an impossible choice: Go cold turkey and risk relapse, or continue taking meds that may cause their babies to be born addicted.
After decades of letting students with addictions fend for themselves, colleges are starting to help
After decades of fending for themselves, college students with addiction are finally starting to get help from their schools.
The best opioid addiction treatment is more opioids
Why treating opioid addiction with other opioids isn’t a paradox.
Two towns hit hard by opioids are taking opposite paths to recovery
In the heart of opioid country, two police departments approach the problem in drastically different ways.
There's no reliable guide to which rehab treatments work
Addiction is complicated. So is choosing a rehab program.
This is populism
Populism, depending on who you ask, is either a dangerous, anti-democratic movement sweeping the globe or the force that’s going to reclaim power for millions of citizens.
Rodrigo Duterte stands accused of mass murder. So why do most Filipinos still love him?
Duterte has been accused of mass murder before the International Criminal Court, and his war on drugs has resulted in the slaughter of somewhere near 8,000 people. His popularity still holds near 80 percent.
Introducing the American Populist Party
What would a viable American populist party look like? What would it stand for? We talked to more than a dozen experts in political science, demographics, and U.S. history to find out.
How to talk like a populist
Criticism of the elite and references to “the people" are common in populist rhetoric. But whether a populist leader champions liberal or conservative policies, the key is to be consistent.
Poland’s populist government let far-right extremism explode into the mainstream
Critics say Poland's populist government has harnessed, legitimized, and emboldened ultranationalist politics, allowing it to spread from the margins into mainstream political discourse.