An Extraordinarily Expensive Way to Fight ISIS
The tale of a bombing raid in the Libyan desert, pitting stealth bombers and 500-pound bombs against 70 ragtag fighters
Melania Trump Plays the Role of Medieval Queen
The first lady’s intervention to reverse the administration’s family-separation policy fits a long historical pattern.
Disposable America
A history of modern capitalism from the perspective of the straw. Seriously.
The Mysterious ‘Jumping Gene’ That Appears 500,000 Times in Human DNA
Its segments make up 17 percent of our genome, but scientists are only just starting to understand what it does.
How Will Detained Children Find Their Parents?
President Trump is ordering an end to the separation of families at the border, but the fate of thousands of children already in government custody is uncertain.
On the Border With the Photographer John Moore
A collection of images from the southern U.S. border by the Getty Images photographer John Moore, showing the landscape, those who patrol the border, and those who choose to risk everything to cross it.
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2 The Lesson Democrats Have Yet to Learn on Immigration -
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3 Melania Trump Plays the Role of Medieval Queen -
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4 An Extraordinarily Expensive Way to Fight ISIS -
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5 The GOP’s ‘Utterly Dysfunctional’ Strategy of Babying Its Base -
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6 Disposable America -
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7 Trump’s Katrina Moment -
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8 The 9.9 Percent Is the New American Aristocracy -
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9 The Dangers of Distracted Parenting -
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10 When Children Say They’re Trans
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