The Miseducation of John Muir
A close examination of the wilderness icon’s early travels reveal a deep love for trees, and some ugly feelings about people.
The Case for More Female Cops
Nearly nine out of ten cops are men. Sarah Smarsh discusses the police force’s gender problem and a Wichita woman’s efforts inside the criminal justice system that failed her.
The Story of The Equals, Britain’s First Interracial Rock Band
In the swinging 60s, Caribbean immigrants and born-and-bred Londoners came together to create a new pop-rock sound.
A Stark Nuclear Warning
Ours is an era of anxiety: fear of terrorism, fear of climate change, fear of gun violence and police shootings and mass shootings and the current high stakes presidential election. Add to that the extreme risk even a small scale nuclear attack poses to our society, and the historical paranoia, politics and economics that got us here.
The Tween-Ruled App Turning Middle Schoolers Into Pop Stars
Millions of teens are on a social network most of us haven’t heard of called Musical.ly, and some of them are gaining a massive following before they reach high school.
We Are All Witnesses
Twenty months after Tamir Rice was killed in Cleveland, his mother is still grappling with how to grieve in private following her son’s public death.
The Mystery of Carl Miller
What if your last name is just the word that comes after your first name?
“One man’s signal is another man’s noise”
The story of the scientists who try to predict earthquakes – and why their quixotic quest might never succeed.
The Unified Theory of Deliciousness
What makes a successful dish? Chef David Chang has a theory.
Surviving the Long Haul
Women in the trucking industry are often subjected to harassment and assault, but have a difficult time getting justice after reporting incidents of abuse.
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