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The Most Important Election Of Your Lives
The mid-terms will determine whether Donald Trump's two-year assault on democratic norms will be repudiated or validated. No pressure.
Nation Building
Thirteen thousand people. Four thousand square miles. Meet the activists fighting to organize one Arizona reservation.
The Last Dinosaur
Trump and the fossil fuel lobby can stall for time. But change is coming faster than you think.
How Restaurant Workers Can Stop Sexual Harassment
How restaurant workers can stop sexual harassment by customers.
Where's The Beef?
Livestock companies have a message for veggie burger makers: Hands off the word “meat.”
The Problem With Sexy Science
When peer review fails, how can journalists, researchers, and lawmakers be more vigilant?
How The Reddest Of Red States Built A Preschool Program Second To None
How the reddest of red states built a preschool program second to none
How Washington Left Students To Drown In Debt
Why is the nation's flagship debt forgiveness program failing the students it's supposed to help?
Is It Time To Test Drugs On Pregnant Women?
Is it time to test drugs on pregnant women?
Tapped Out
How US thirst for cerveza could worsen water shortages in Mexico
Sins Of Submission
Purity culture taught me to rationalize my sexual assault. #ChurchToo forced me to reckon with it.
A Growing Elder Care Crisis
A growing elder care crisis is making life hell for families. Maine is considering a radical solution.
The Anti Abortion 'Rescue' Movement Born Again
A radical wing of the anti-abortion crusade has returned, emboldened by the prospect of the end of Roe v. Wade.
Old Cops, New Tricks
An innovative police unit is pioneering a better way to investigate sexual assault on campus— and listen to survivors.
Hidden Figures
The 2020 census will shape the future of our democracy. The Trump administration is working to make that future whiter and more conservative.
Who Moved My Teachers?
Wisconsin’s war on unions has gutted public schools. The rest of America could be next.
It Happens Here
I underwent genital mutilation as a child in the United States. Will exposure stop the practice—or drive it further underground?
Blue Republic
Kevin de León’s California dream
Banned Together
THERE WERE SIGNS OF LIFE earlier, fits of obstruction, but the moment when the Democratic Party officially awoke from its stupor and caught up to the reality of President Donald Trump came in the last weekend of January, at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport and a half-dozen places like it.
Guerrilla Gopros
Unicorn Riot’s underground video insurrection.
Fables Of The Reconstruction
America’s post-Civil War experiment in racial equity didn’t simply end on its own—it was violently overthrown.
School Of Rock
Newbery medalist Kwame Alexander on music, race, and the power of poetry.
Run For Cover
This cool technique can save sea creatures and soil—so why aren’t more farmers using it?
Is Counting Calories The Key To Staying Fit!
For decades, counting calories was seen as the key to staying fit. There are a few—actually a trillion—little problems with that.
Better Dead Than Red!
Why one conservative stalwart now believes we need to destroy the Republican Party
Will Claire McCaskill Win A Tight Race In Missouril?
Will Claire McCaskill's fight against opioids help her win a tight race in Missouri this fall?
This Native American Life
BACK IN JUNE, activist Shaun King tweeted out a colleagues Intercept story to his million-plus followers: All over this country, for decades on end now, indigenous women have gone missing at an alarming rate, he wrote. Authorities are just now truly acknowledging the crisis. I remembered then to ask around the rez whether Roberta was still missing.
Local Jails Go Full
Want to know how your local jail operates? Sorry, that may be a trade secret.
Get In Line. Follow The Rules. Go To Jail.
A Haitian asylum-seeker’s nightmare journey shows the extreme human toll of Trump’s immigration regime.
Life After Life
Thousands were locked up for crimes they committed as teens. The Supreme Court has given them a chance at freedom. Now comes the hard part.