Women are leaving tech
James Damore wanted to chase women out of the field — tech bros just like him seem to be doing it already
Suspect, victim identified
The man who drove a car into crowd was a fan of Hitler, while woman killed said she was "outraged" by Nazi protest
Cities for public banking
Public banks can finance affordable housing, transit, and local economic development in a way private banks can't
How Europeans view Trump
Trump seems to think the world started when he took office
Put a "gate" on it
It's not a real scandal until some lazy reporter breaks out that abused suffix
Hindsight, after a suicide
College track star Madison Holleran's suicide shocked her community. This is how her best friend's mom saw her
The library is open
The Library of Congress's action is aligned with its mission of public service
Is Zionism "creepy"?
A Palestinian-American activist's 2012 tweet unleashes a firestorm. But Zionism, good or bad, is not that weird
What’s next for Obamacare?
Even if single-payer gains traction, private insurers and health care providers will fight to keep the status quo
the myth of white oppression
Millions of white people genuinely believe they are oppressed in American society. It's a deeply dangerous delusion
From Bush to Trump: But how?
History may view the Obama presidency as a brief (and failed) neoliberal interlude on the road to American fascism
NYC leads in weed arrests
In a bid to defend thousands of racially biased pot arrests, de Blasio attacks drug reformers
Greenland wildfire
Greenland is experiencing its worst wildfire yet
Improving kids' math skills
Apps that make a game out of learning will fit right into your kid's summer schedule
"Inconvenient" heroes
Activists are at the center of Gore's sequel, as they should be
Terror in Charlottesville
One person is dead and many more injured after driver mows down anti-racist protesters in Virginia
Film that inspired pilgrimages
This renewed attraction of travel as we moderns grow restless with our experiencing the world through tiny screens
The long trip back to tripping
Our dual cancer diagnoses plunged me and my wife into depression. Could LSD, the drug of my youth, help now?
Detroit is not a movie
"Detroit" is a case study of the limits of the white gaze.
Mapping dark matter
Matter? Dark matter? It doesn't matter — if it's got mass, cosmologists can map it
Jay Ellis on Inspiration
"Mediocrity is not going to get you anywhere but unhappiness," says the actor who plays Issa's ex Lawrence
"Bitches Brew" blew our minds
We were 15, in my friend's basement. We thought we knew our stuff, but no one else did what Miles did
Eight years staying at home
I was a classic “opt-out,” a woman who traded in a potentially high-powered job to raise my children
We must call evil by its name
The nation's top leaders condemned the violence on "all sides" -- but ignored the white nationalists who stoked it