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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The Absurdity of America’s Front Lawns
Michael Pollan exposes the strange institution of the suburban front lawn.
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‘Man-Killing Jobs’ and Environmental Racism
Residents of a steel mill town reckon with a history of discrimination and its resultant health crisis.
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Robert F. Bukaty / AP Daily Life in Maine, as Photographed by Robert F. Bukaty
Based in Portland, the photographer Robert F. Bukaty has been working for the AP since 1993, making thousands of photos of Maine’s people, landscape, wildlife, and, of course, its ever-changing seasons.
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Rick Wilking / Reuters A Look Back at Hurricane Harvey: One Year Since Landfall
A year ago this weekend, Hurricane Harvey, one of the costliest tropical cyclones in history, roared into Texas and Louisiana.
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Why Social Media Shouldn’t Censor Hate Speech
The former president of the ACLU believes censorship—including on Facebook and other platforms—is ineffective.
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Meth-Addicted Mothers and Child Abuse
In Fresno, California, experts attribute a rising incidence of child abuse to the region’s alarming meth addiction rates.
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Why the U.S. Should Provide Universal Basic Income
The government should consider giving out monthly Social Security checks—no strings attached.
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‘I’m an Undocumented Citizen of This Country’
Jose Antonio Vargas explains why his lack of papers shouldn’t disqualify him from being regarded as an American.
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A Surprising U.S.-Canada Border Dispute
250 years later, the two countries still can’t agree on who lays claim to Machias Seal Island.
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Andy Friedman The Gun Guru of YouTube
John Correia wants you to prepare for the worst day of your life.
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‘It’s Not About Sex; It’s About Power’
Oregon State Senator Sara Gelser reflects on the cost of workplace harassment.
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Fear and Anxiety at Refugee Road
Hundreds of immigrants in Columbus, Ohio face an ICE crackdown.
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Justin Metz How Trump Radicalized ICE
A long-running inferiority complex, vast statutory power, a chilling new directive from the top—inside America’s unfolding immigration tragedy
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The Poetry of America’s Most Dangerous City
Kondwani Fidel relates his life experience through spoken-word poetry in this kinetic short documentary.
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Stephanie Keith / Reuters A 400-Mile Ride to Mark 150 Years of the Fort Laramie Peace Treaty
Stephanie Keith, a photographer with Reuters, accompanied the Fort Laramie treaty riders from Green Grass, South Dakota, to Fort Laramie, Wyoming, commemorating 150 years of the peace treaty between the Sioux Nation and the U.S. government.
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Josh Edelson / AFP / Getty Dramatic Photos of the California Wildfires
Dry conditions, high temperatures, and strong winds have once more spawned several large and destructive wildfires across the state of California.
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Redneck Muslim
Can Shane Atkinson, a white man from Mississippi who converted to Islam, reconcile two seemingly incompatible identities?
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Comey Is ‘Really Concerned’ About Trump’s Attacks on the FBI
James Comey reveals why the president’s criticism of the country’s legal institutions is corrosive.
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Talent Dispersal: The Story of Epic and Erie
Two years ago at this time, when my wife, Deb, and I were in our fourth year of travel across…
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Trailer: The Fight to Reunify Separated Families
An upcoming Atlantic documentary follows a pro bono attorney on her quest to help a migrant mother get her son back.
