Everyone’s Welcome, But Some People Are More Welcome Than Others By Michelle Weber Highlight “Well, you might as well come and live with me now,” her employer said. “You gonna be mine eventually.”
Are Arizona’s Defunded Public Schools the Future of American Education? By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight Arizona’s struggling public schools offer a glimpse of what America’s public schools might look like under Betsy DeVos’ national voucher program.
A Roll of the Immigration Law Dice By Michelle Weber Highlight Captain Noorullah Aminyar has been in detention for three years now, his asylum application subject to a system of immigration law both complex and capricious.
Tech Companies Are (Maybe) Ready to Punch Nazis Now By Danielle Tcholakian Commentary Some tech companies are taking a stand against neo-Nazi users, but claim it’s a still dangerous decision to make.
New York City’s Final Frontier: Underground By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight What lays beneath New York City affects life above ground. One team is mapping the city’s below-ground infrastructure.
These Are the Locals Who Get The Story of Charlottesville Right By Nell Boeschenstein Commentary The historians, activists, reporters, and columnists who tell the complicated and ever-changing story of their own community.
How We Got to Here: A Charlottesville Reading List By Longreads Reading List This weekend’s events will resonate long after the crowd was dispersed, long after the cable news trucks leave, long after the school year begins.
Hard Lessons in Living Off the Grid By Longreads Feature A family tried to build its own sustainable paradise in Hawaii. Then Tesla’s batteries came to town.
Scaramucci’s Removal Evokes White House Turmoil During the Reagan Years By Matt Giles Commentary Anthony Scaramucci resigned after just 10 days as White House communications director. Turns out, he also set a record previously held by a member of Ronald Reagan’s administration.
The Great Alt-Right Pile-On of Tommy Curry By Michelle Weber Highlight “The goal, however, was the same as ever: fear. And it worked.”
A Close Reading of Ryan Lizza’s Phone Call from Anthony Scaramucci By Danielle Tcholakian Commentary Oh, my god.
A Transgender-Military Reading List By Danielle Tcholakian Reading List Thousands of people in the U.S.’s all-volunteer military are transgender.
How Patagonia Continues to Operate As a Model of Responsible Capitalism By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight With America’s public lands and the world’s climate under attack, the outdoor industry needs leaders more than ever and Patagonia is out in front.
Swabbing Filthy Surfaces for Tomorrow’s Cures By Aaron Gilbreath Commentary As the world faces a global health catastrophe from drug-resistant microbes, one scientists is searching the natural world for the antibiotics of the future.
Meet ‘The Mooch,’ Your New White House Communications Director By Mark Armstrong Highlight The money manager who once trashed Trump now has a job in the White House.
The Colorblind Whitewashers of American History By Michelle Weber Highlight Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw offers a sharp rebuke to those who would declare our country “post-racial.”
California’s Housing Crisis Is About Jobs, Not Houses By Mark Armstrong Commentary It’s not the pace of housing construction. It’s that the world’s most successful companies are gathered in a small number of cities.
When Everyone In Town Has a Gun, But the Enemy is the Economy By Michelle Legro Highlight For the residents of Nucla, Colorado, the enemies are the liberals next door.
Finding Her True Self: Queer and Muslim By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight A Muslim international student came to New York City, and soon embraced her sexuality and all the cultural challenges it would create.
The St. Louis Suburbs Bear the Cost of America’s Nuclear Past By Danielle Jackson Highlight After toxic waste from the Manhattan Project was illegally dumped in 1974, rare illnesses have effected the local population.
The Louisiana Environmental Apocalypse Road Trip By Justin Nobel Feature Louisiana serves as a terrifying example of what can become of a state that shortchanges science and environmental regulations to boost industry and infrastructure.
What’s The Matter With Texas? How Long Do You Have? By Michelle Legro Commentary Look to Texas for the future of electoral politics, writes Lawrence Wright. Unfortunately, the future is already here.
Despair All Ye Who Enter Into the Climate Change Fray By Danielle Tcholakian Commentary A climate change feature at New York Magazine leads a scientist to take on its extraordinary claims.
An Unforgiving Legal System Welcomes Black Immigrants to America By Longreads Feature The Black Alliance for Just Immigration helps those affected by racial profiling and harsh immigration laws.
Deporting Billions of Tax Dollars, Farm Work, Good People, and Affordable Food Right Out of America By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight TheHudson Valley offers a glimpse of the ways deportations will effect America’s farm economy and food system.
How Do You Introduce A Candidate Like Randy Bryce? By Danielle Tcholakian Commentary The production company Acres New York combines documentary filmmaking and political savvy.
You’re Not Really Going to Move to Toronto By Michelle Weber Highlight You can probably stop browsing those real estate listings.
In South Korea, Gentrification Goes Global By Pam Mandel Highlight Factory workers and artists struggle to keep their work spaces in this Seoul neighborhood.
The Press Has Always Been a Guest in the President’s Home By Erin Blakemore Commentary And they can be thrown out at any time, for any reason.
Father of Migrants By Alice Driver Feature “When it comes to the human body, everything can be trafficked. Migrants are a product in a system that breaks them down into lucrative parts, often until there is nothing left.”
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