Seyward Darby

“For people under guardianship, the system can be dehumanizing, dangerous, and even deadly. For the professionals—who can control hundreds of people at a time—it can be very profitable.” (This is the first installment in an investigative series.)

“I don’t control anything in the real world. But in my dollhouse, I own everything. I make the horrors happen. I am the one.”

“What the history of a gesture can tell us about Black creative power.”

“How do you survive when life as you know it is falling apart? What do you do when it seems like every institution, nearly every person in a state of more than 11 million people, and even a member of your own family doesn’t want to help you? Courtney Smith learned how.”

“In the countryside, the endless killing of civilians turned women against the occupiers who claimed to be helping them.”

“Rare is the actor who can locate the specific in the universal and vice versa. Michael K. Williams was that actor.”

“New York was one of the states hit hardest by the pandemic in the United States. The hundreds of thousands of undocumented migrants who live there suffered both the virus and its ravages: mass graves, widespread contagion, hunger, debt, overcrowded housing, unemployment—just some of the legacies of 2020. After years of struggle, many must start […]

The people lost in the American wilderness, and the volunteers who won’t stop looking for them.

“Survivors and advocates told VICE News they’ve failed to see Time’s Up, a cornerstone of the #MeToo movement, live up to its lofty promises.”

“A sketch artist and a grieving mother set out to solve a cold case. The more they dug, the more terrifying the truth became.”