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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Brian Snyder / Reuters What the Girl Scouts Can Learn From Women's Colleges
The history of how all-female institutions fought to survive in a coeducated world might offer insight for today’s controversy.
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Jacquelyn Martin / AP How Campus Racism Could Affect Black Students' College Enrollment
With racial discrimination on the rise, students and parents are watching universities’ responses closely, and some say that these concerns could influence decisions of where to attend.
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Yoichi Okamoto / LBJ Library What Hollywood Forgets About LBJ
Even as they stress his civil-rights legacy, popular portrayals ignore the issue that loomed largest over Lyndon B. Johnson's presidency: the Vietnam War.
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George Hammerstein / Getty / Zak Bickel / … 'Casting Couch': The Origins of a Pernicious Hollywood Cliché
How a seemingly innocuous phrase became a metonym for the skewed sexual politics of show business
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Heng Sinith / AP Gender-Fluid Scouts of America
What is the common thread between objections to gay Boy Scouts and female Boy Scouts?
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Jae C. Hong / AP Deadly Wildfires Continue Across Northern California
More than a dozen wildfires burning across Northern California have destroyed at least 5,700 structures and are being blamed for 40 deaths.
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David Mercer / AP The Decline of the Midwest's Public Universities Threatens to Wreck Its Most Vibrant Economies
And there could be far-reaching consequences for the national economy too.
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Jon Herskovitz / Reuters How American Politics Became So Exhausting
In a new book, the writer Alan Jacobs looks at why it’s impossible for people who disagree to hold a civilized conversation.
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Carlos Barria Rick Perry Wants to Bail Out the Coal Industry
Meanwhile, coal’s enemies are counting on the free market.
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J. Scott Applewhite / AP The Democrats' Luck Runs Out
The expiration of the Children’s Health Insurance Program and the Trump administration’s moves on immigration and climate policy highlight the limits of the party out of power.
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Andrea Morales / Getty Images Trump's Latest Travel Ban Could Be the Toughest to Challenge
Earlier iterations of the executive order were rushed and unpolished. But the third version could very well pass the Supreme Court’s test.
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Mike Derer / AP The School Synthetic-Turf Wars
Towns are weighing the practicality of artificial fields against the potential health risks for the kids who play on them.
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Why Young Americans Are Questioning Democracy
In a poll, less than one-third of millennial Americans said they thought it was essential to live in a democracy. Why?
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Associated Press The Barriers Stopping Poor People From Moving to Better Jobs
Highly educated people still relocate for work, but exorbitant housing costs in the best-paying cities make it difficult for anyone else to do so.
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Rebecca Blackwell / AP How Can the U.S. Spend So Much on Men’s Soccer and Still Be So Bad?
On a day when fans are grasping for explanations, there’s a hunt for some economic ones.
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Carlos Garcia Rawlins / Reuters How Florida's Schools Are Welcoming Puerto Ricans
School districts are taking in hundreds of students and hiring teachers as they flee the damage of Hurricane Maria.
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Shannon Stapleton / Reuters New Storms Set Back Relief Efforts on Puerto Rico
Fresh rain fell on saturated soil Wednesday, elevating the threat of landslides and slowing efforts to distribute relief.
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When 20,000 American Nazis Descended Upon New York City
A filmmaker highlights historic footage, some of which has never been seen before.
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Josh Edelson / AFP / Getty Photos of California's Destructive Wildfires
Powerful winds drove more than a dozen wildfires across several counties in California on Monday, burning more than 100,000 acres, destroying 1,500 homes, and reportedly killing 11 people.
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Brian Snyder / Reuters Why Colleges Are Borrowing Billions
Higher-education institutions are overspending on renovations and new facilities that they hope will boost enrollment, but experts say this plan could lead to financial crisis.
