SCOTUS Is Back in Session and Cruelty Is on the Docket SCOTUS Is Back in Session and Cruelty Is on the Docket
As the term begins, the conservatives are sharpening their knives—and LGBTQ rights, abortion, and gun control are all on the chopping block.
Oct 7, 2019 / Feature / Elie Mystal
The Strange, Uncertain Fate of One of the World’s Most Valuable Salmon Habitats The Strange, Uncertain Fate of One of the World’s Most Valuable Salmon Habitats
Alaska’s Bristol Bay is a rare pristine salmon fishery. Can it survive a rapidly changing climate—and a massive, Trump-backed mine?
Oct 1, 2019 / Feature / Julia O’Malley
HUD Is Planning a Bureaucratic Pogrom Against Public Housing Tenants HUD Is Planning a Bureaucratic Pogrom Against Public Housing Tenants
Under proposed new rules, if a single member of a family is undocumented, the entire family can be evicted.
Oct 1, 2019 / Feature / Sasha Abramsky
The Unmet Promises of a New Orleans Charter School The Unmet Promises of a New Orleans Charter School
In 2012 almost all of Sci Academy’s seniors were heading to college. Seven years later, only 18 percent had graduated.
Sep 30, 2019 / Feature / Casey Parks
In Senegal, Climate Change Is Robbing Thousands of Their Homes In Senegal, Climate Change Is Robbing Thousands of Their Homes
No region has done less to contribute to the climate crisis than Africa—or stands to lose more.
Sep 24, 2019 / Feature / Daniel Judt
What Would Real Commitment to the Paris Climate Agreement Look Like? What Would Real Commitment to the Paris Climate Agreement Look Like?
The United States will be a nonentity at this fall’s UN climate summit. But the 2020 election is a chance to change the game.
Sep 19, 2019 / Feature / Zoë Carpenter
Exclusive: Edward Snowden’s First Adventures in Cyberspace Exclusive: Edward Snowden’s First Adventures in Cyberspace
An excerpt from the whistleblower’s new memoir.
Sep 18, 2019 / Feature / Edward Snowden
Only a Global Green New Deal Can Save the Planet Only a Global Green New Deal Can Save the Planet
And Bernie Sanders has a plan for that.
Sep 17, 2019 / Feature / Tom Athanasiou
When Abortion After Rape Is Legal—but Nearly Impossible to Obtain When Abortion After Rape Is Legal—but Nearly Impossible to Obtain
In Mexico, doctors, nurses, hospital administrators, and public officials are all trying to prevent rape survivors from accessing legal abortion.
Sep 17, 2019 / Feature / Amy Littlefield and Laura Gottesdiener
The Neo-Nazi Murder Haunting Germany The Neo-Nazi Murder Haunting Germany
The assassination of a local politician is waking up the country to the threat of the radical right.
Sep 16, 2019 / Feature / Jordan Stancil