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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Eduardo Munoz / Reuters A Presidential Misunderstanding of Deterrence
Trump’s bellicosity undermines his ability to deter the Kim regime’s nuclear weapons and missiles programs.
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Google Earth The New Series on the Vietnam War, and the Mysteries of Historical Resonance
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J. Scott Applewhite / AP The Two Republicans Who Will Likely Determine Obamacare's Fate
A last-minute repeal vote could come down to Senators John McCain and Lisa Murkowski, who opposed the GOP’s most recent proposal in July and are facing competing pressures from their state’s governors.
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Stewart Tomlinson / U.S. Geological Survey A Photo Trip Through Yellowstone National Park
Yellowstone, now 145 years old, was the first national park established in the world.
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Hannah McKay / Reuters What Ole Miss Can Teach Universities About Grappling With Their Pasts
Comparing the methods of Oxford University in the U.K. with those of the University of Mississippi shows there’s much to learn from the latter’s conscientious attempts at dealing with its history of racism.
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Dan Joling / AP Climate Change Is Making Farming Irresistible in Alaska
Along with other factors, the warming weather is bolstering agriculture in the state as farms across America shut down.
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Brennan Linsley / AP How the GOP Prompted the Decay of Political Norms
The Republican Party laid the groundwork for dysfunction long before Donald Trump was elected president.
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Scott Olson / Getty A Weekend of Protest in St. Louis
On Friday, a judge in St. Louis found Jason Stockley, a white former St. Louis police officer, not guilty of first-degree murder in the death of a black man named Anthony Lamar Smith.
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NASA / AP Hurricane Maria Just Became a Category 4 Storm
The hurricane is barreling toward the Caribbean, which is still reeling from the effects of Irma.
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Shannon Stapleton / Reuters What DACA's End Could Mean for Colleges
The potential cancellation of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program raises questions about the future of undocumented students in higher education.
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Yuri Gripas/ Reuters When Beliefs and Identities Clash in Court
The Supreme Court may not be the right place to settle the Masterpiece Cakeshop case, which pits marriage equality against religious freedom.
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Dominick Reuter / Getty Images The Rust Belt Needs Legal Immigration
President Trump supports a plan that would halve the number of newcomers—and cut off the Midwest’s “demographic lifeline.”
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Allen Breed / AP What's the Right Punishment for Tearing Down a Confederate Monument?
In Durham, the sheriff and district attorney appear divided over whether civil disobedience deserves greater leniency from the judicial system.
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Andrew Winning / Reuters Why Back-to-School Season Feels Like the New Year—Even for Adults
The arrival of fall and the start of classes seems to many like a beginning, for reasons ranging from biology to nostalgia.
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Henrik Sorensen / Getty The Murkiness of Sexual Consent on College Campuses
Vanessa Grigoriadis shares insights from her new book on sexual culture and Title IX issues in colleges today.
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Bria Webb / Reuters Is Free Speech Really Challenged on Campus?
Two historians debate the role of universities in fostering a commitment to the open exchange of ideas.
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Joshua Roberts / Reuters 'Nothing Will Be Official, Until It's Official'
DACA recipients are hopeful about the possibility of Trump signing a bill to grant them legal status, but skeptical about whether it’ll come to fruition.
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‘It’s Impossible to Imagine Trump Without the Force of Whiteness'
Ta-Nehisi Coates explores how the 2016 election was a reaction to Obama’s presidency.
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Kristen Norman The Controversy Behind Chicago's Diploma Mandate
Mayor Rahm Emanuel wants to set students up for success after graduation. But at public schools, even the best ideas often have unintended consequences.
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Sue Ogrocki / AP America's 'Racial Generation Gap' Is Starting to Shrink
And with it, the existing tensions between older whites and diverse young people will begin to ease.
