In a good story, a character suffers, changes, and grows. In real life, women suffer while men double down on their delusions of virtue.

“Winners Take All” is an indictment of the insular, Disneyfied world of Ted Talks, “thought leaders” and philanthropy as self-help for rich people. But does it go far enough?

A network of women like Mily Treviño-Sauceda and Valentina are helping Latina farm-worker women escape domestic violence and abuses at work, learn their rights, and connect with social services.

The Mexican teenager who became one Mexican-American family’s maid taught a young woman that el oltro lado, the other side, is as much about class and good fortune as it is an international border.

While ICE makes headlines, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency continues to detain and search American citizens far from the actual border, and it doesn’t need a warrant.

In two recent books about immigrant families seeking asylum in the U.S., the authors’ attempts to help become part of their subjects’ stories.

Rachel Syme profiles Lady Gaga and dives deep into the mystique and mythology of “A Star is Born.”

Physiognomy is a discarded 19th-century pseudoscience. Why can’t we stop practicing it?

I interviewed everyone present in the tactical operations center during a routine airstrike in Helmand Province. Without exception they believe themselves to be doing the right thing.

And how many times can you start your life all over again from zero? If there’s anyone who knows the answer, it’s Claudia Amaro.

Imagining an economy based in environmental reality

We must speak truth to the power of all that threatens to keep women and girls silent in the face of sexual violence.

New books about the opioid crisis — “Dopesick,” “Fight for Space” and “American Fix” — have different ideas about who’s to blame and what to do next. Our critic says regulating supply can have deadly consequences, and we need to address users’ pain.

Or will Democrats sell out Brett Kavanaugh’s accuser, too?

Civility will never defeat fascism, no matter what The Economist thinks.

Another ineffective technique has been added to the ineffective war on drugs: Drug-induced homicide charges.

What happens when a tool created by a bunch of developers in California becomes the main news source of a country 7,000 miles away? Nothing good.

Secrecy and speechifying, collegiality and hierarchy, exceptionalism and opulence on the Supreme Court.

Avital Ronell is both product and perpetuator of an abusive academy.

Under the Trump administration, African immigrants are experiencing increasing deportations, though these deportees receive less media attention than deportees from Mexico and Central America.

Facebook’s botched war against propaganda campaigns.

The Black press has always been where Black artists could have their work spoken about with integrity.

When Russia attacked Ukraine with sophicated malware in 2017, it caused over $10 billion dollars worth of damage and revealed the whole world’s vulnerabilities.

When one female scientist’s thirty years of research contradicted the established theory of dinosaur extinction, people started calling her a bitch that should be burned at the stake.

In New Mexico, cultural appropriation by newcomers is fueling Indigenous activism over colonialism and property rights.

Journalist Rebecca Mead explains why she first left England for the United States, and why she’s now moving back to a country that isn’t necessarily home.

Scientists knew how serious climate change is. Politicians knew. Energy companies knew. The U.S. was ready to act, and then we… didn’t.

Growing up, Niya Marie sought refuge in Whitney Houston’s ethereal notes; as an adult, Marie found recognition in her silences.

Growth is only worth something if it makes people feel good.

The San Francisco police officers stationed on the Hunters Point Superfund site worked atop the literal and figurative fallout of the US Military’s WWII-era atomic testing.