“Every summer, locals reenact the infamous Scopes Monkey Trial in Dayton, Tennessee, where Prosecutor William Jennings Bryan remains something of a hero. I wanted to see for myself why this story still resonates.”
America
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The Mostly True Story of America’s First Black Private Investigator
He made his name in Chicago investigating racial violence, solving crimes, and exposing corruption. But America’s first Black private detective was hiding secrets of his own.
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Inside the Dollar General Workers’ Fight for Safety and Fair Pay
“These Louisianans are organizing to transform the stores their communities rely on.”
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Jeremy Spoke in Class Today
“On guns, MTV, Stephen King, and the nightmare from which we cannot awake.”
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‘He’s Trying to Colonize This Community’: Inside Elon Musk’s Plan to Take Over This Texas Town
“Elon Musk gave it a shot in Washington. Now he’s aiming to be the de-facto mayor of a small Texas town.”
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My Father Tries to Teach Me His Map of Chicago
“He’s been the cartographer all along, steadfastly believing I’d learn to read his directions.”
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The Horses and Mules that Moved Mountains and Hearts
“Forest Service stock animals are indispensable to trail work on public lands in the West. Trump’s radical upheaval is accelerating the death of a dying art.”
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Ditch
“He was always helping someone through something, even when he was barely holding on himself.”
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A Nation Deranged
“Matt Eich’s photobook series, ‘The Invisible Yoke,’ is an exorcism of the country’s demons.”
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Her Job is to Remove Homeless People from SF’s Parks. Her Methods are Extraordinary
“To watch park ranger Amanda Barrows is to be faced with a disturbing question: If this is what it takes to help one unhoused person, how can we manage thousands?”