Easy Money: How Counties Are Funneling Covid Relief Funds Into New Jails Easy Money: How Counties Are Funneling Covid Relief Funds Into New Jails
Counties aren’t supposed to use Covid funds to build jails and prisons—but that hasn’t stopped some of them from trying to do it anyway.
Jul 26, 2022 / Feature / Lauren Gill
How Lyme Disease Became Unstoppable How Lyme Disease Became Unstoppable
There was nothing inevitable about the Lyme epidemic. Then humans disrupted the environment and fueled an era of tick-borne diseases.
Jul 25, 2022 / Feature / Jimmy Tobias
Can Trump Oust Liz Cheney From Congress? Can Trump Oust Liz Cheney From Congress?
Cheney is not running against Trump in her Republican primary this August. But Trump is definitely running against Cheney.
Jul 21, 2022 / Feature / John Nichols
“The Worst Abuser You Could Ever Have” “The Worst Abuser You Could Ever Have”
Tracy McCarter did everything we tell survivors to do, but that did not protect her from the abuse she suffered at the hands of the state.
Jul 18, 2022 / Feature / Victoria Law
Journey to Guantánamo: A Week in America’s Notorious Penal Colony Journey to Guantánamo: A Week in America’s Notorious Penal Colony
A journalist heads to the US naval base and detention center, seeking out truths we’re not meant to see.
Jul 11, 2022 / Feature / Moustafa Bayoumi
The Artwork of Guantánamo Detainees The Artwork of Guantánamo Detainees
Interrogated, tortured, and held for decades without charges, Gitmo prisoners held onto their humanity by creating art.
Jul 11, 2022 / Feature / Erin L. Thompson
When Massachusetts Representative Barney Frank Came Out When Massachusetts Representative Barney Frank Came Out
An excerpt from Smahtguy, a graphic biography.
Jul 5, 2022 / Feature / Eric Orner
How Gayness Changed During My Lifetime How Gayness Changed During My Lifetime
When I came out, I steeled myself to join a minority—only to find that my identity had become a marketing niche.
Jun 27, 2022 / Feature / Benjamin Moser
The Fierce Hope of Ana María Archila The Fierce Hope of Ana María Archila
The Brooklyn-based organizer is running for New York lieutenant governor, but is the left ready to compete statewide?
Jun 23, 2022 / Feature / Liza Featherstone
The Problem of the Supreme Court The Problem of the Supreme Court
It’s time to admit that the nation’s highest court has been a source of harm more often than it’s been a force for justice.
Jun 20, 2022 / Feature / Louis Michael Seidman