An Epic Mural Prophesies Large-Scale Climate Destruction An Epic Mural Prophesies Large-Scale Climate Destruction
A mountain landscape, upon closer inspection, reveals rampant floods, tornadoes, and fires.
Nov 9, 2020 / Feature / David Opdyke and Lawrence Weschler
The Pandemic Sent Americans’ Health Care Coverage Into Free Fall The Pandemic Sent Americans’ Health Care Coverage Into Free Fall
Between February and May, more than 5.4 million people lost their health insurance coverage. That’s the highest increase ever recorded.
Oct 21, 2020 / Feature / Bryce Covert
Baseball’s Race Problem Baseball’s Race Problem
More than half a century after they reenergized the sport, Black Americans may not need baseball. But baseball needs more Black players—and fans.
Oct 20, 2020 / Feature / Gene Seymour
Going Undercover on a Racist Dating Site Going Undercover on a Racist Dating Site
An antifa reporter swipes white.
Oct 9, 2020 / Feature / Talia Lavin
A Reckoning Inside the Domestic-Violence Movement A Reckoning Inside the Domestic-Violence Movement
Domestic abuse presents a deadly threat to millions of people across America. But as concerns about police misconduct grow, feminists are reconsidering the costs of criminalization...
Oct 7, 2020 / Feature / Zoë Carpenter
Today Marks the Start of a Truly Terrifying Supreme Court Term Today Marks the Start of a Truly Terrifying Supreme Court Term
The upcoming term always threatened to inflict serious harm on our nation. Then Ruth Bader Ginsburg died.
Oct 5, 2020 / Feature / Elie Mystal
In the UK, Climate Isn’t a Political Issue. That’s a Problem. In the UK, Climate Isn’t a Political Issue. That’s a Problem.
The choice we face in responding to the climate crisis is between a just transition—and just a transition.
Sep 22, 2020 / Feature / Daniel Judt
First Came the Hurricane, Then Came the Campaign of Terror First Came the Hurricane, Then Came the Campaign of Terror
Climate change made Hurricane Dorian a monster that pummeled the Bahamas’s Haitian minority. Human cruelty made its aftermath brutal. Both could have been prevented.
Sep 22, 2020 / Feature / Sonia Shah
Mitch McConnell Defends His Turf Mitch McConnell Defends His Turf
Can a political newcomer unseat Kentucky’s most aggressive campaigner?
California’s Desert Ecosystems Will Never Recover California’s Desert Ecosystems Will Never Recover
Fire in the Anthropocene has become the environmental equivalent of nuclear war.
Sep 16, 2020 / Feature / Mike Davis