How America Is Putting Itself Back Together
Most people in the U.S. believe their country is going to hell. But they’re wrong. What a three-year journey by single-engine plane reveals about reinvention and renewal.
Most people in the U.S. believe their country is going to hell. But they’re wrong. What a three-year journey by single-engine plane reveals about reinvention and renewal.
Candidates played true to form as voters head to the polls for the first-in-the-nation primary.
As Coldplay blandly strained for the universal, she and Bruno Mars pulled off something more specific and more daring.
Black poverty is fundamentally distinct from white poverty—and so cannot be addressed without grappling with racism.
A new study shows how much racial discrepancies in classroom discipline contribute to the achievement gap.
The show will be remembered be as one of the last great network-TV dramas—and it’ll get to go out on its own terms.
The city could be underwater within the century—but it has a plan.
Tracking them down is a globe-trotting adventure that rivals any jungle expedition.
The insects are miniature transformers that can compress to half their size and still run really fast. The creepy little buggers might even inspire a new generation of search and rescue robots.
The trust people tend to feel toward others in the same ethnic, racial, and political groups makes them easy targets for scammers.
New data shows a mysterious surge in the number of people killed in motor-vehicle accidents.
As the discipline began to emerge, a group of passionately religious academics wanted it to become a tool for limiting child labor and fighting poverty.
The Obama administration wants Congress to quickly approve more $1.8 billion in funding to fight the virus, as crucial research into vaccines is already under way.
Netflix will soon be streaming Look Who’s Back—a German satire that imagines the Führer as a YouTube star.
A Chicago cop who shot the 19-year-old seeks $10 million in damages in a countersuit filed against the man’s family.
How does a small town that loses its main industry recover and move forward?
The parties' delegate system was rigged to favor establishment candidates—but this year, it might sink their chances.
“There's just generations of white girls who can see themselves as ballerinas. It’s not even a question.”
A new documentary chronicles the campaign to ordain women in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
“The beating of the drums, it pulls everybody together.”
How Star Lotulelei of the Carolina Panthers made it to the NFL
Humbled by his struggling presidential campaign, can the once-mighty New Jersey governor vault back into contention after Saturday’s debate?
Will the Democratic Party nominate a candidate who hasn’t been a member of their party, and who has long denounced it?
The former president’s heated assault on Bernie Sanders is a reminder of how the Clintons have long reacted to any opposition.
Medieval rulers demonstrate why the pervasive inclination to examine whether or not female biology indicates passivity or aggression misses the mark.
As the exhausted contenders round the turn to New Hampshire, their stumbles are reinforcing the voters’ worst fears.
The charismatic senator’s candidacy was flying high—until he hit a speed bump at Saturday’s debate. Will it kill his surging momentum?
The new Daily Show host, Trevor Noah, is smooth and charming, but he hasn’t found his edge.
U.S. presidential candidates are steering the country toward a terror trap.
In Homs, Syria, where entire city blocks have been reduced to rubble by years of civil war, a Syrian wedding photographer thought of using the destruction of the city as a backdrop for pictures of newlywed couples “to show that life is stronger than death.”
Because it’s an old tired man perplexed by modernity, and it’s having trouble pooping.
The Denver Broncos beat the Carolina Panthers, but neither Peyton Manning nor Cam Newton seemed able to prove their worth.
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Spike Lee’s new film Michael Jackson's Journey From Motown to Off The Wall spotlights the same sort of work ethic that drove Earth, Wind & Fire’s success.
Fox’s new series is produced by Andy Samberg and his Lonely Island partners, and stars three female comedians.
The rollicking adaptation of Seth Grahame-Smith’s 2009 mashup gives Jane Austen’s beloved novel an undead twist.
One professor is borrowing a method from Harvard Business School to engage students and inspire better decision-making skills.
One school’s push for a happy approach to learning has created impressive academic growth.
Districts are turning to private companies, nonprofits, and foundations to tackle the biggest impediments to learning.
The revised date could help teenagers better prepare for the exam—but it could also worsen socioeconomic inequalities.
Many college leaders criticize the administration’s lack of two-way communication on key policy initiatives.
Public-education systems in working-class Long Beach unite to open up opportunities from pre-k to higher ed.
President Obama wants to prepare the next generation by spreading computer-science education to students of all ages.
Authorities and advocates in Reno are finding it harder to identify victims and perpetrators of sex trafficking.
Authoritarian leaders like the Gambia's Yahya Jammeh seem to relish the West's wealth. Why doesn’t the United States use that against them?
Interventions that claim to help noncombatants must account for how they are actually being harmed.
This year alone, 374 asylum-seekers have died or are missing.
Regulators have banned certain web services because they violate net neutrality.
The reclusive country launched a long-range missile into space Saturday night, defying international warnings.
The head of Germany’s domestic intelligence agency says at least some militants have entered the country along with the asylum-seekers.
Pope Francis will meet the head of the Russian Orthodox Church next week. It’s being seen as an attempt to heal the 1,000-year-old rift in Christianity.
Is oxygen in an exoplanet's atmosphere a sign of living beings, or something more mundane?
A philosopher explains how feelings influence right and wrong.
The brain’s model of the body can tell us a lot about its model of attention.
Fifty years after it was served, researchers have cracked the case of one very strange menu item.
The U.S. government can predict food insecurity before it occurs. But the warnings aren’t always heeded.
Some species work on their beach body. Others work on their pipes.
What happened when 11 audacious exiles attempted a coup d'état
Not everybody’s wages are stagnant. Those who are switching jobs are seeing their earnings go up.
In Chicago, a few undocumented immigrants find shelter and work as they wait, sometimes years, for a court date.
The FCC will vote February 18 on a plan that would open the cable-box market to companies like Apple, Tivo, Roku, and Google.
Jobs growth was strong in 2015, but the forecast for 2016 is a bit mixed.
A new poll finds that despite progress, people are still spilt on how they feel about country’s financial health, and how much Obama has helped our hurt it.
Even if white people no longer promote having neighborhoods to themselves, many continue to help make that happen.
The recipe for originality calls for an unconventional starting point followed by a jolt of familiarity.
Michigan’s governor says he only found out in January, but newly revealed emails show his aides were aware of the fatal outbreak nine months ago.
Ibtihaj Muhammad, a fencer, will make history when she competes at the Rio games.
The Grand Canyon state wants a divorce from the largest of the federal appellate jurisdictions—but is that the right solution to its problems?
A high-profile Black Lives Matter activist is taking his fight to the polls, joining the race to become the next leader of Baltimore.
Conservationists have released video of the only known jaguar living in the country.
The 149 people freed last year had, on average, spent 14½ years in prison, a new report says.
The FBI and other U.S. government organizations are looking into lead poisoning in the Michigan city.
A photo series reveals what expectant mothers in various countries bring with them to the hospital.
Overly persistent pursuit is a staple of love stories, but a new study shows that it could normalize some troubling behaviors.
No amount of head protection can fully protect players from concussions.
A Congressional hearing with Martin Shkreli reveals the brokenness of the prescription-drug market.
Let’s talk about the CDC’s bonkers new alcohol guidelines for women.
A series of experiments in mice has led to what some are calling “one of the more important aging discoveries ever."
Why it’s unique in the landscape of mosquito-borne viruses in the Americas
Our missing messages finally arrived. Only they’re not really telegrams.
A new app wants to be the Tinder of platonic female relationships.
Funeral cards are reminders of loved ones who have passed away. An Object Lesson.
He sent emails he thought were infected with viruses to Department of Energy employees involved in developing nuclear weapons.
Law enforcement officials say they’re running out of ways to spy on criminals and terrorists. Maybe they’re not looking in the right places.
A new poll shows people still think the collection of their personal data is bad—but they’re more willing to support increased national-security surveillance.
“The immigrant superhero from the planet Krypton may be more relevant now than he has been in years.”
How Wendell Scott became the first African American inducted into the organization’s Hall of Fame
Photographs of life in Flint, Michigan, where lead, copper, and bacteria have been contaminating the drinking supply