Laura Bliss
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Dutch Boy Paints An American History of Lead Poisoning
Flint is the latest outbreak in the country’s longest-running child-health epidemic.
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Max Whittaker / Reuters Can Drought-Ridden California Keep Growing?
As the population of the San Joaquin Valley swells despite city-planning and water-system crises, it’s the poor, rural communities that tend to be worst off.
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Gregory Bull / AP The California Towns Without Safe Drinking Water
Bitter disputes in the municipal politics of California’s drought-ridden San Joaquin Valley have kept the poorest areas from consolidating water systems.
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Shutterstock When Race Leads to a Call to 311 Instead of a Neighbor
In NYC, calls about noise and blocked driveways are most frequent in zones between racially homogenous neighborhoods.
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Dave Martin / AP Hurricane Katrina's Uncharted Diaspora
The storm displaced hundreds of thousands from their homes, and there is still no comprehensive picture of where they ended up.
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AMC/Fox/The Atlantic Previously On: In Praise of the Television Recap Sequence
As plots become more and more complex, the humble summation has risen to an art form.
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A Submarine That Crosses the Pacific in Two Hours? Don't Hold Your Breath
Supercavitating technology could dramatically improve underwater travel, but the super-speeds being promised don't hold water.
