Diseases of Despair: A Small Ohio City Fights an Epidemic of Self-Destruction
These women are trying to survive an epidemic of self-destruction in small-town and rural America. Death rates have risen sharply among whites, particularly women, particularly those with a high school education or less — the white working class that played a key role in the November election. Last year, overall life expectancy in the United States fell for the first time since 1993, when HIV was rampant.
Today there is no emergent virus running amok. Instead, Americans are dying from a rash of pathologies, sicknesses and addictions that experts call “diseases of despair.”
‘Something is happening that is amazing,’ Trump said. He was right.
As America waits to see who will be our next President, one journalist traces Trump’s campaign from its comical beginnings to its revealing present, trying to make sense of the 170 Trump rallies she reported from to understand why people like Trump and answer the question: how did we get here?
The White Flight of Derek Black
How the 27-year-old son of white nationalist leaders quit following his parents’ footsteps and began building bridges with the communities he previously worked to eliminate.
The Cobalt Pipeline
This investigation shows how small-scale “artisanal” cobalt mining in Congo fuels the industry of smartphones, laptops, and electric vehicles that rely on rechargeable lithium-ion batteries.
In Bed With the Enemy: The Untold Story of Japanese War Brides
They either tried, or were pressured, to give up their Japanese identities to become more fully American. A first step was often adopting the American nicknames given them when their Japanese names were deemed too hard to pronounce or remember. Chikako became Peggy; Kiyoko became Barbara. Not too much thought went into those choices, names sometimes imposed in an instant by a U.S. officer organizing his pool of typists. My mother, Hiroko Furukawa, became Susie.
‘How’s Amanda?’
A story of a mother and daughter facing heroin addiction.
13, Right Now: Growing up in the age of likes, lols and longing
The story of a child in 2016, whose life revolves around her phone and social networks.
The Sociology of Online Dating
A fascinating conversation with Michael Rosenfeld, a Stanford sociologist who has been conducting a long-running study of online dating.
A Marine’s Convictions
A Naval Academy teacher fights to prove he’s innocent of sexual misconduct. Then a lost cell phone is found.
Time Off the Bench
On the social lives of Supreme Court justices.