Barbara Bush Changed With Her Country
The former first lady was notably eager to learn about people she didn’t understand—and recognize she might have been wrong about them.
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Nathan Bajar Can You Prove Your Innocence Without DNA?
Benjamine Spencer is serving a life sentence for a violent crime he insists he didn't commit. But he lacks biological evidence—and old-fashioned detective work may not be enough to clear his name.
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Jae C. Hong / AP Ferocious Wind-Driven Wildfires Burn Across Southern California
Some of the strongest Santa Ana winds recorded in years have been pushing several sudden and destructive wildfires across the hills and towns north of Los Angeles.
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How Politicians Can Use Big Data to Win Elections
With the help of new data aggregation tech, gerrymandering is now more precise than ever.
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Brynn Anderson / AP The Republican Party Slinks Back to Roy Moore
A month after the first allegations of sexual misconduct against the U.S. Senate hopeful in Alabama, the GOP steps down from the moral high ground.
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters America's Deep Rift on Gender Issues
New polling reveals how partisanship affects people’s views of the roles of men and women.
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AP The Long History of Black Officers Reforming Policing From Within
Black Lives Matter and Donald Trump’s agenda are inspiring some police to more vocal advocacy. But their project—ending racial bias in the profession—is a decades-old one.
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters It’s More Than Just a Monument
Trump’s decision to cut more than 1 million acres from Bears Ears could permanently crimp the presidency’s ability to protect public land.
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Andrew Cullen / Reuters Trump Shrinks Two National Monuments
The decision significantly reduces public land designated by prior presidents.
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Adrees Latif / Reuters Rural America’s Neglected Higher-Education Problem
A podcast explores the parts of the U.S. being ignored as the nation tries to ramp up degree completion.
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Alexander Tamargo / Getty The Consumerist Church of Fitness Classes
Gyms provide ritual and community, serving as a sort of religion. They also promote values American culture already worships—capitalism and overwork.
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Yuri Gripas / Reuters The Cost of Trump’s Attacks on the FBI
When Cabinet officials don’t push back on Trump’s efforts to delegitimize their agencies, they leave their staff frustrated and demoralized.
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Saul Loeb / AFP / Getty America’s Lost Einsteins
Millions of children from poor families who excel in math and science rarely live up to their potential—and that hurts everyone.
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Eduardo Munoz / Reuters A Police Killing Without a Hint of Racism
Daniel Shaver begged officers not to shoot him. What role will his death play in the push for law-enforcement reforms?
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Bettmann / Getty The Volunteer Vigilantes of New York City
A Q&A with Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa, who insists his 40-year-old squad is still relevant in a safer-than-ever city
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hxdbzxy / ostill / Shutterstock / Zak Bickel … Do Employers Overestimate the Value of a College Degree?
Worker-training programs could bring companies good workers at low costs.
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The Painful History of a Confederate Monument Tells Itself
Haunting archival footage complicates the legacy of a monument in Georgia.
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Brandon Dill / AP A High-Scoring Revolution Has the Rockets Soaring
Daryl Morey has spent a decade orchestrating a new kind of basketball juggernaut. Finally, Houston appears ready to deliver a title.
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Rebecca Cook / Reuters The Tax Bill Is a Health Bill
Implications for longevity and disease go beyond people losing insurance.
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Shannon Stapleton / Reuters The Tax-Bill Provision That Would Cost Harvard Millions
The GOP legislation cracks down on college endowments, and higher-education leaders are not happy.
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters A Liberal-Conservative Alliance on the Supreme Court Against Digital Surveillance
Justices found common ground in asserting the relevance of the Fourth Amendment in the electronic age, even as they cited sharply different rationales.
