Meet The White Nationalist Trying To Ride The Trump Train To Lasting Power
Alt-right founder Richard Spencer aims to make racism cool again.
I Went Undercover With a Border Militia. Here’s What I Saw.
Bauer goes on a border operation with a paramilitary group to get a firsthand look at the growing militia movement in the U.S.
My Four Months as a Private Prison Guard
Bauer goes undercover as a private prison guard to investigate the inner workings of a for-profit prison in Winnfield, Louisiana run by the Corrections Corporation of America. He witnesses multiple stabbings, prisoners denied adequate care, and becomes unsettled by the way the job changes his behavior.
Fully Loaded: Inside the shadowy world of America’s 10 biggest gunmakers
Who built, and who still funds, the biggest gunmakers in America.
Room for Improvement: The Shockingly Simple, Cost-Effective Way to End Homelessness
Utah found a budget-friendly, effective way to reduce homelessness: build housing and give it to homeless people, no strings attached.
Car Trouble
Subprime car loans are rife with predatory lending and insane interests, but today’s market exceeds $100 billion a year.
No Parking Here
Clive Thompson investigates how the rise of autonomous cars, and Americans’ desire to live in more walkable cities, will mean no longer having to set aside vast amounts of land for parking lots.
My Right to Die
More Americans are supporting the right of the terminally ill to end their own lives on their own terms, and more states are considering legalizing physician-assisted suicide. For Kevin Drum, this is personal.
We’ve Spent Billions to Fix Our Medical Records, and They’re Still a Mess
The government has forked over $28 billion to doctors and hospitals to digitize medical records. So why isn’t the system working?
Inside the Race to Stop the Next Mass Shooter
Mass murder is not an impulsive crime—so can threat assessment teams prevent it from happening?