1. urban planning
    Nashville Is Supposed to Be the Model Walkable 21st-Century City. Not Quite.A walkable downtown that’s still pretty car-dependent.
    By Justin Davidson
  2. The New Yorker Staff Has UnionizedToday, they’re asking editor David Remnick and Condé Nast to voluntarily recognize them as a collective bargaining unit.
    By Noreen Malone
  3. imperial presidency
    A Progressive President Could Accomplish a Lot by Following Trump’s ExampleTrump is using creative interpretations of old laws to authorize radical interventions in the economy. That should worry conservatives.
    By Eric Levitz
  4. Trump Plans to Prop Up Unprofitable Coal Plants With ‘Emergency’ AidThe administration is finalizing a plan to exacerbate climate change — and increase the cost of energy — in the name of “national security.”
    By Eric Levitz
  5. the national interest
    Trump Wishes He Could Destroy Obama’s Legacy. He Hasn’t. And Won’t.A response to the pessimism of my colleague Andrew Sullivan.
    By Jonathan Chait
  7. the national interest
    GOP Congressman: Rising Sea Level Caused by More Dirt on Ocean FloorA bold new scientific theory by Rep. Mo Brooks catches a scientist off guard at a congressional hearing.
    By Jonathan Chait
  8. The Newspaper That Tries to Re-create the Feeling of Walking Around New YorkA co-founder of Civilization explains why he launched a text-heavy, alt-weekly-style publication in 2018.
    By Benjamin Hart
  9. power
    Why Washington Insiders Decide to LeakInside the national-security press offensive against the president.
    By Nicholas Zimmerman
  10. the national interest
    Trump’s Environmental Plan: Bigger Government, More PollutionThe Republican Party has forgotten the ideological reason it fell in love with coal in the first place.
    By Jonathan Chait
  11. behind the scenes
    The Strange Cocoon of Trump and Hannity, Two Friends Who Like to Talk Before BedLife inside the bunker of Fox News’ resident Trumplegänger.
    By Olivia Nuzzi
  12. Trump Admin. Scraps NASA’s Greenhouse Gas Monitoring ProgramA NASA spokesperson said the program was a casualty of “budget constraints and higher priorities.”
    By Adam K. Raymond
  13. history
    Africatown and the 21st-Century Stain of SlaveryThe descendants of Cudjo Lewis, the final survivor of the last slave ship to land in America, fight for respect and environmental justice.
    By Nick Tabor
  14. ‘Baby Breitbarts’ Might Be the Future of Local NewspapersThe Tennessee Star is a far-right outlet disguised as a traditional paper. And it’s influencing local politics while staying in the black.
    By Eric Levitz
  15. awful things
    Twin Suicide Bombings in Afghanistan Kill 29, Including JournalistsThe second bomber targeted people rushing to cover the first blast. AFP’s chief photographer in Afghanistan was among the seven journalists killed.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  16. media
    Time Inc. Saw a Hopeful Future With Meredith. Now They’re Seeking a New Savior.Even as Meredith basks in the celebrity glow of its first Time 100 Gala on Tuesday, the company will be courting buyers for Time and other titles.
    By David Freedlander
  17. media
    Why Should Hannity Have to Disclose His HUD-Backed Real Estate Empire?Do viewers have a right to know he benefitted from a HUD program and guest Ben Carson is now in a position to help him financially? Nah.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  18. Bernie Sanders Is Quietly Building a Digital Media EmpireHis live videos now regularly draw more viewers than CNN. So is this a 2020 strategy? It sure could be.
    By Gabriel Debenedetti
  19. the national interest
    The Urban Housing Crisis Is a Test for Progressive PoliticsThe failure of S.B. 827 in California shows Democrats haven’t figured out how to unlock the cities they control.
    By Jonathan Chait
  20. media
    Hannity Fails to Disclose Cohen Link, Blames Media for Ensuing ControversyIn lieu of an apology, Hannity’s prime-time show featured criticism of the mainstream media, and an unexpected scolding from Alan Dershowitz.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  21. new york 50th anniversary
    The Birth of New York Magazine, Told by the People Who Made ItGloria Steinem, Tom Wolfe, Milton Glaser, Gail Sheehy, and more tell the story of the magazine’s early days.
    By Christopher Bonanos
  22. DI Politics Chat: What Do We Forget About MLK?Four Daily Intelligencer staffers discuss the mission and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr., and what gets left out of the public memory of him.
    By Jonathan Chait, Ed Kilgore, and Margaret Hartmann
  23. Roseanne Barr and Mark Penn Stand Up for Poor Persecuted ConservativesApparently, conservatives have to run absolutely everything before they no longer fear to express their love for POTUS.
    By Ed Kilgore
  24. Sinclair Chairman Claims Entire Print Media Has ‘No Credibility’David Smith, whose anchors recite right-wing scripts, said newspapers and magazines are “so left wing as to be meaningless dribble.”
    By Olivia Nuzzi
  25. select all
    When Facebook ‘Disrupts’ Journalism, It Degrades Our DemocracyJournalists don’t cover Facebook harshly because it threatens their jobs — they do so because it threatens our republic (and, also, their jobs).
    By Eric Levitz
  26. The EPA Is Instructing Its Staff to Cast Doubt on Climate ScienceA leaked memo asks officials to say that there are “clear gaps” in “our understanding of the role of human activity” in climate change.
    By Eric Levitz
  27. Fox News and Alex Jones Are Being Sued For Conspiracy MongeringNot a good day to be a wingnut.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  28. Why This Key Trump Adviser Strikes Fear Into GOP HeartsThe possibility that Gary Cohn will be replaced by Trump’s nationalist trade guru Peter Navarro has many mainstream conservatives nervous.
    By Ed Kilgore
  29. Local News Anchors Are Being Forced to Deliver Pro-Trump PropagandaA pro-Trump media giant is requiring local news stations to report that the national media is full of “bias” and “false news.”
    By Eric Levitz
  30. the national interest
    Trump’s Climate Science-Disputing EPA Head Also Disputes EvolutionThe good news is that Scott Pruitt doesn’t only hate scientific theories that are bad for oil companies.
    By Jonathan Chait
  31. It’s the One-Year Anniversary of Trump’s First and Only Press ConferenceNot since LBJ has a president gone this long without opening himself up to reporters.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  32. urbanism
    A Stage Full of Starchitects Debates the State of the IndustryBillie Tsien, Robert A.M. Stern, and Daniel Libeskind talk about museums as malls, architecture as performance, and who will design the Trump library.
    By Carl Swanson
  33. Prankster Dupes Boston Herald Columnist With Bogus Tom Brady StoryThe story said Brady was demanding a raise, which isn’t true.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  34. Study: Climate Change Probably Won’t Kill All of UsThe worst-case scenario for climate catastrophe is based on dubious premises, new research suggests.
    By Eric Levitz
  35. the national interest
    Trump’s EPA Director Says Climate Change Will Be Good for UsSome like it hot. Unfortunately, one of them runs the EPA.
    By Jonathan Chait
  36. foreign affairs
    Cape Town’s Water Crisis Should Be a Warning to the WorldMajor cities running dry are a predictable consequence of climate change, population growth, and poor water management.
    By Jonah Shepp
  37. foreign affairs
    Poland’s Holocaust Law and the Right-Wing Desire to Rewrite HistoryNew restrictions on speech reflect right-wing nationalists’ obsession with whitewashing the crimes of the past.
    By Jonah Shepp
  38. President Trump Tells Piers Morgan That Polar Ice Caps Are Doing GreatAlso, did you hear the dodo is flourishing?
    By Benjamin Hart
  39. the national interest
    Trump’s Solar Tax Will Hurt Trump More Than SolarThe administration has a new tariff on something people really like.
    By Jonathan Chait
  40. media
    Does Glenn Greenwald Know More Than Robert Mueller?The journalist’s war on the Russia investigation.
    By Simon van Zuylen-Wood
  41. Most of the National Park Service Advisory Board Just Quit in ProtestMembers said Interior secretary Ryan Zinke refused to meet with them, and they’re concerned about Trump administration policies that ignore science.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  42. select all
    Facebook Steps Away From the Public WebYour News Feed will now prioritize friends over brands.
    By Brian Feldman
  43. These Are the Stories That Make Trump Want to Change Libel LawsAccusations of sexual assault, an official insulting his intelligence, and Fire and Fury have all made Trump question current U.S. libel law.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  44. the national interest
    Why Conservatives Outsourced Environmental Policy to Lobbyists and KooksA revealingly credulous profile in conservatism’s flagship magazine.
    By Jonathan Chait
  45. Stephen Miller Attacks CNN’s Journalism During Softball Fox News InterviewHe said he’s glad his off-air jabs at Jake Tapper were made public, but denied he had to be escorted off set.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  46. climate change
    The Rockefellers vs. Exxon, the Company That Made Them the RockefellersThe family that pioneered the oil industry in America wants to expose what Exxon hid from the public about climate change.
    By Reeves Wiedeman
  47. hurricane maria
    Las Secuelas de María son la Verdadera Tragedia HumanitariaEl saldo de muertes del huracán en Puerto Rico amenaza con eclipsar el de Katrina.
    By Mattathias Schwartz
  48. What the New York Times UFO Report Actually RevealsThe takeaway appeared to be “flying saucers are real.” But a closer reading suggests a murkier proposition.
    By Jeff Wise
  49. hurricane maria
    Hurricane Maria Was a Natural Catastrophe. The Aftermath Is a Man-Made Disaster.The death toll from the storm in Puerto Rico is threatening to eclipse Katrina’s.
    By Mattathias Schwartz
  50. France to Ban Oil and Gas Drilling by 2040Emmanuel Macron wants to “Make Our Planet Great Again.”
    By Adam K. Raymond
  51. Trump Administration Dropping Climate Change As National Security ThreatHurricanes, floods, and fires don’t count.
    By Benjamin Hart
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