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Christopher Flavelle’s Biography

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I'm a member of [Bloomberg View] (www.bloombergview.com)'s editorial board, where I write about health-care policy, energy and environment, higher education, taxes and other topics. I was previously a senior policy analyst for [Bloomberg Government] (www.bgov.com); before that, I worked for [ProPublica] (http://www.propublica.org/site/author/Christopher_Flavelle), [Slate] (http://www.slate.com/authors.christopher__flavelle.html) and [The Walrus] (http://thewalrus.ca/) magazine, and was chief sp…

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The puzzle of middle-class collapse

The puzzle of middle-class collapse

A Canadian government report called rising living standards for the middle class "a myth." Is the U.S. any di…

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Toronto's hand-wringing so provincial

Toronto's hand-wringing so provincial

When Toronto's police chief more or less confirmed last week the existence of a video showing Mayor Rob Ford …

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Going Broke From College Tuition? Thank the States.

Going Broke From College Tuition? Thank the States.

The cost of a bachelor's degree at a public university went up 46 percent in real dollars from 2000 to 2010, …

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Republican Playbook? 'The Grapes of Wrath.'

Republican Playbook? 'The Grapes of Wrath.'

There's a point in John Steinbeck's novel " The Grapes of Wrath" when Tom Joad lays into a one-eyed mechanic …

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America's battle over health care reform started in Saskatchewan, Canada.

America's battle over health care reform started in Saskatchewan, Canada.

Nearly 50 years before Sarah Palin gave us "death panels," the American Medical Association was testing the l…

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Obama Administration Slows Its Plan to Redirect Pakistan Aid

Obama Administration Slows Its Plan to Redirect Pakistan Aid

The Obama administration has reversed plans to redirect more than $200 million in aid money for Pakistan away…

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How Trump is dismantling America’s scientific research machine

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The warning, buried in an obscure government report this summer, was unflinching. The Defense Department’s vaunted network of research laboratories — whose scientists helped develop satellite communication, radar technology, and even the computer mouse — was in trouble. The labs lost a significant share of their staff last year, largely in response to the Trump administration’s efforts to thin the federal workforce, the report found.
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