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Abolish Qualified Immunity
This court-invented doctrine shields bad cops from civil liability.
Can An Unlove Child Learn to Love?
Thirty years ago, the world discovered tens of thousands of children warehoused in Romanian orphanages, deprived of human contact and affection. They’re adults now.
True West
The legendary Texas Ranger have a dark history of brutality and impunity. Now, they're facing a reckoning a century in the making.
WALKING INTO NEW WORLDS
Native traditions and novel discoveries tell the migration story of the ancestors of the Navajo and Apache
Wealth of a Medieval Power Broker
In England’s far northeast, a commanding bishop built a chapel rivaling the grandest in Europe
SOUTH AFRICA'S FATEFUL SHIPWRECK
A seventeenth-century vessel foundered off the coast and transformed a nation’s history
SIBERIAN ISLAND ENIGMA
It’s hard to imagine that a tiny tree ring could help solve one of the medieval world’s most puzzling mysteries.
RESISTING ROME
How a Celtic tribe fought to defend their Iberian homeland against the emperor’s legions
MOUSE IN THE HOUSE
Mice may have begun infesting European homes at least 2,500 years earlier than previously known.
INSIDE THE ROCK'S SURPRISING HISTORY
Before it was an infamous prison, Fort Alcatraz played a key role defending the West Coast
CLOSING IN ON A PHARAOH'S TOMB
Archaeologists excavating in the Egyptian royal necropolis of Deir el-Bahari, on the west bank of the Nile, believe they have found the long-sought location of the tomb of the early 18th Dynasty Pharaoh Thutmose II (r. ca. 1492–1479 b.c.).
The Relentless Erin Brockovich
She was an early crusader for environmental justice. Today, she’s sounding the alarm louder than ever.
What Is MasterClass Actually Selling?
The Ads are everywhere: You can learn to serve like Serena Williams, write like Margaret Atwood, act like Natalie Portman. But what MasterClass really delivers is something altoguether different.
A Rare Egg
Egyptian ostrich egg perfume case
LETTER FROM NORMANDY: THE LEGACY OF THE LONGEST DAY
More than 75 years after D-Day, the Allied invasion’s impact on the French landscape is still not fully understood
Idol of the Painted Temple
On Peru’s central coast, an ornately carved totem was venerated across centuries of upheaval and conquest
THE EMPEROR OF STONES
In the language of the Vikings, Old Norse, rök means “monolith,” and no other runestone stands out from its peers in more ways than Sweden’s Rök.
HAGIA SOPHIA'S HIDDEN HISTORY
Unprecedented fieldwork in Istanbul has revealed new evidence of the cathedral at the heart of the Byzantine Empire
THE POWER OF SECRET SOCIETIES
Clandestine groups throughout history have used shadowy rituals to control the world around them
Ban The Confederate Flag? NASCAR Could See The End Of An Era
The familiar scene of Confederate flags waved by fans at NASCAR tracks could soon be a relic of racing’s good ol’ boy roots.
Better Cops? Or Fewer Cops?
Sweeping proposed reforms of American policing vie with calls to defund it
Dispatches From Yosemite: Alone With The Bears and Beauty
The glacier-carved valleys of Yosemite National Park have been closed to the public for nearly three months and a few dozen lucky kids have had it mostly to themselves.
Brands Weigh In On National Protests Over Police Brutality
As thousands of protesters take to the streets in response to police killings of black people, companies are wading into the national conversation but taking care to get their messaging right.
What's A-Buzz?
A sweet collab introduces honeybees to a rooftop in The Grove.
Walk on The Wildside
Most visitors to Africa experience its wildlife from the safety of a Land Rover. But on a walking safari, things get real fast.
Can the Park Slope Food Coop Survive?
Long lines, slashed revenues, and hard-to-enforce social distancing have members and management worried.
"I Just Can't Do This." Harried Parents Forgo Home School
Frustration is mounting as more families across the U.S. enter their second or even third week of distance learning — and some overwhelmed parents say it will be their last.
“You Can Tell Me Anything”
Are robots the key to getting kids to open up?
Weapons of the Ancient World
How people of the past developed arms to master the challenges of their time
THE KING'S CANAL
Rock reliefs in Iraqi Kurdistan show how Assyrian farmers toiled under the royal gaze