Enemy of the People
An indicted journalist reflects on conspiracy in today’s America
An indicted journalist reflects on conspiracy in today’s America
Aaron Cantu Santa Fe Reporter Aug 2018 20min Permalink
A long-running inferiority complex, vast statutory power, a chilling new directive from the top—inside America’s unfolding immigration tragedy.
Franklin Foer The Atlantic Aug 2018 25min Permalink
For years, the candidate for Kansas governor has defended towns that passed anti-immigration ordinances. The towns have lost big — but Kobach has fared considerably better.
Jessica Huseman, Blake Paterson, Brian Lowry, Hunter Woodall ProPublica, Kansas City Star Aug 2018 15min Permalink
A profile of Massachusetts senator Elizabeth Warren.
Rebecca Traister New York Jul 2018 30min Permalink
Buried in media scholar Jonathan Albright’s research was proof of a massive political misinformation campaign. Now he’s taking on the the world’s biggest platforms before it’s too late.
Issie Lapowsky Wired Jul 2018 15min Permalink
On millionaire Forrest Lucas and his propaganda machine.
Anne Helen Petersen, Ken Bensinger, Salvador Hernandez Buzzfeed Jul 2018 30min Permalink
Hua Qu is fighting to save her husband — one of at least seven U.S. captives in the Islamic Republic being used as pawns in a nearly 40-year secret history of hostage taking.
Laura Secor New York Times Magazine Jul 2018 35min Permalink
On the eugenicist and the Mellon family heiress who built the anti-immigrant policy agenda that Trump is now implementing.
Brendan O'Connor Splinter Jul 2018 40min Permalink
The civil liberties union group fights back.
Joel Lovell New York Times Magazine Jul 2018 30min Permalink
A controversial billion-dollar citizenship-for-sale business led the elections firm to conduct clandestine campaigns across the Caribbean, insiders say.
Ann Marlowe Fast Company Jun 2018 15min Permalink
At 93, Jimmy Carter still spends most weekends in his hometown, preaching wise and powerful sermons. Sermons that speak to our current national crisis. That make us realize: We need Mr. Jimmy now more than ever.
Michael Paterniti GQ Jun 2018 25min Permalink
On the trail with the convicted felon and would-be Mini Trump.
Olivia Nuzzi New York Oct 2017 20min Permalink
“In fact, in private conversations, Obama rarely mentions Trump at all. Those who’ve visited the office he’s leased from the World Wildlife Fund in Washington’s West End say he’s eager to talk for hours about the world’s ills. When informed about the latest presidential tweetstorms aimed at him, he chuckles and changes the subject. One friend of Obama’s recalled that after a 45-minute meeting that avoided the subject of Trump entirely, the pair ducked into an aide’s office and saw on television that the president was claiming to have been absolved in the Russia inquiry. Obama’s eyes flicked toward the chyron and his face took on a decidedly bemused aspect for a beat before he turned back to their conversation as if nothing had happened.”
Gabriel Debenedetti New York Jun 2018 25min Permalink
Organizing the tech sector.
Alex Press n+1 Apr 2018 20min Permalink
From a new Supreme Court ruling to a census question about citizenship, the campaign against illegal registration is thriving. But when the top proponent was challenged in a Kansas courtroom to prove that such fraud is rampant, the claims went up in smoke.
Jessica Huseman ProPublica Jun 2018 25min Permalink
Junior’s personal life is in shambles, Robert Mueller looms large, and it’s never been trickier to be the president’s son.
Julia Ioffe GQ Jun 2018 25min Permalink
On the legacy of Attorney General Jeff Sessions.
Vann R. Newkirk II The Atlantic Jun 2018 20min Permalink
Outside a cookie shop in Houstons, a council member spied Trump’s name on a teenager’s shirt and yelled a few of the president’s worst words at her. Then the internet found out.
Mimi Swartz Texas Monthly Jun 2018 20min Permalink
How the relationship between Canada and America broke.
Guy Lawson New York Times Magazine Jun 2018 20min Permalink
How Neil Gorsuch became the second-most-polarizing man in Washington.
Simon van Zuylen-Wood New York May 2018 20min Permalink
Is Stephen Miller serious?
McKay Coppins The Atlantic May 2018 30min Permalink
A walkout mostly failed to secure more funding for schools, but it has spawned a movement of politically engaged Okies.
Rivka Galchen New Yorker May 2018 20min Permalink
After school shootings, a teenager challenges the gun culture in her conservative Wyoming town.
Eli Saslow Washington Post May 2018 20min Permalink
Inside the cases for—and against—his removal from office.
Jeffrey Toobin New Yorker May 2018 30min Permalink
On the front lines of the labor movement.
Paul Blest, Nick Martin Splinter May 2018 10min Permalink