TV passes the bechdel test
How did a terrible year for real women become such a great one for fictional ones?
Victims no more
Women have taken center stage in an unexpected film genre
Our forgotten Native history
Historian William Hogeland reminds us that our nation was largely built on "racial slavery and expropriation"
America’s violent birth
The Founding Fathers were no strangers to extreme polarization, political violence and intimidation of the press
Don't fear the tech reaper
Debunking the most common media myths and truths with real research and practical advice
Keeping quiet
Two global attacks in six weeks using the NSA's cyber weapons. Shouldn't they be held accountable?
We are still not free
How can we celebrate Independence Day in good conscience with so many disenfranchised citizens?
The 10 best "American" films
"American Beauty", "American Graffiti", "American Psycho" — Do you see what we're doing here?
How a jihadist was made
Abu Zubaydah was a man born without a country. This is his journey from child of immigrants to Mujahideen fighter
Hurting rural America
Will this be the beginning of a rural-urban health gap?
Amazon's Brave New Future
The internet behemoth's plan to buy out Whole Foods isn't a win-win for the people
Trump vs. the Declaration
In some ways, the president stomps on its core values. In other ways, his posturing is par for the course
Has farming lost its beauty?
Longtime voice of rural America gets loving tribute in Offerman and Laura Dunn's documentary “Look & See"
Read the Bill of Rights
The first 10 amendments to the Constitution guarantee essential rights and liberties — and some other stuff
the private sector's carbon
Businesses can make up for inaction on climate by government by investing in energy and fuel efficiency
Tale of a traitor
Embittered by rejection and in need of money, a general turns against his own country. Who are we talking about?
Read the Constitution
A classic work of political compromise between different regions and competing interests, it remains our foundation
Get your kids reading!
Motivate your family to hit the books this summer with some friendly competition.
White folks: Read Douglass
The former slave's tribute to the American Revolution — and attack on American hypocrisy — rings loud in 2017
Read the Declaration
Jefferson's stirring call to arms may be the greatest text of the Enlightenment — and changed the course of history
America can be remade
Fighting back against the right's politics of exclusion can be a path toward rebuilding American democracy
A mistake is not fake news
And tantrums from the faker-in-chief don’t make them so
Greenland surface melt
Scientists discovered another factor leading to global sea rise
Your drug test guide
Do you have to provide a urine sample? Here's a handy guide