“To stop hate, we have to understand it.”
Editor’s Pick
A Brutal Lynching. An Indifferent Police Force. A 34-Year Wait For Justice.
“How the murder of Timothy Coggins was finally solved.”
The True Story of the Heartthrob Prince of Qatar and His Time at USC
Lori Loughlin has nothing on the Al Thani family.
They Depended on Their Parents for Everything. Then the Virus Took Both.
Nash, Nadeen, and Nanssy Ismael struggle with the loss of their parents — while learning to pay bills, take care of themselves, and be a family.
On Matthew’s Mind
An operation to remove a brain cyst changed Matthew’s identity.
Inside Citizen, the App That Asks You to Report on the Crime Next Door
The Citizen app gives everyone with a smartphone the ability to report on crimes and crises as they happen. How do you do that without opening the door to privacy invasions and profiling? That’s a lot less clear.
The Way of the Goldfinch
“Watching a goldfinch sway on a blade of grass, Chelsea Steinauer-Scudder writes to her soon-to-be-born daughter about beauty, balance, and lessons of uncertainty.”
50 Days Of Protest In Portland. A Violent Police Response. This Is How We Got Here.
“Protesters and journalists who regularly showed up at the nightly demonstrations agreed a siege was happening — but over 14 days, federal law enforcement increasingly became the occupying force.”
John Lewis: Rooted Deep in Alabama Soil
“To see who Lewis is, you must start on the family farm near Troy, Alabama, where he spent his childhood preaching to the chickens he cared for, talking his way out of picking cotton, and dreaming of a life beyond overheated Alabama fields and Jim Crow laws.”
Screen Share: A College Teacher’s Zoom Journal
For 15 years, Anne Fadiman taught her students in intimate classrooms. Covid-19 has meant reinventing the way she teaches.
