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Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., the environmental lawyer with a famous name, is best known as an anti-vaccine activist and a proponent of conspiracy theories. He is nearly seventy years old and has never held public office. “There’s nothing in the United States Constitution that says that you have to go to Congress first and then Senate second, or be a governor before you’re elected to the Presidency,” he tells David Remnick. Donald Trump, Roger Stone, Tucker Carlson, and Alex Jones—none of whom want to see a Democrat in office—have praised him, which doesn’t concern Kennedy. But why is he in the race at all? Plus, a novel approach to chip away at the enduring burden of medical debt: buy the debt cheap, and forgive it.
The Conspiracies of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
The anti-vaccine activist and litigator with a famous name and a long history of addiction has decided to run for President. David Remnick probes what his candidacy is all about.
How to Buy Forgiveness from Medical Debt
A church bought, and forgave, more than four million dollars in medical debt using small donations collected from the congregation. The staff writer Sheelah Kolhatkar explains how.
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The Conspiracies of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
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