Seyward Darby

On disability and desire.

“At the outbreak of WWII, a private poodle breeder and her dog show pals launch an outlandish scheme to recruit and train thousands of pets for war duty. In the face of military skepticism and the carnage of war, a new kind of hero emerged.”

The last generation is going to have to be composed of people better and braver than we are now—and it is our job to help them end up that way. We must take the first steps toward learning to make the unthinkable thinkable, so that they can take the last ones.

Mark Lee Dickson came up with a plan. If cities could ban plastic straws, he asked, why not abortion?

Hundreds of thousands of single-family homes are now in the hands of giant companies—squeezing renters for revenue and putting the American dream even further out of reach.

What happens when immigrant-rights advocates reach a breaking point?

Despite decades of research, myth and fear still surround the animals.

Brad Parscale used social media to sway the 2016 election. He’s poised to do it again.

The man behind an alleged crowdfunding scam wants you to know he isn’t a scammer.

The fossil-fuel companies expect to profit from climate change. I went to a private planning meeting and took notes.