1. 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
  2. ‘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
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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
  7. 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
  8. 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
  9. 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
  10. 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
  11. 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
  12. 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
  13. 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
  14. 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
  15. 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
  16. Fox News and Alex Jones Are Being Sued For Conspiracy MongeringNot a good day to be a wingnut.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  17. 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
  18. 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
  19. 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
  20. 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
  21. 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
  22. 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
  23. 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
  24. 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
  25. 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
  26. 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
  27. President Trump Tells Piers Morgan That Polar Ice Caps Are Doing GreatAlso, did you hear the dodo is flourishing?
    By Benjamin Hart
  28. 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
  29. media
    Does Glenn Greenwald Know More Than Robert Mueller?The journalist’s war on the Russia investigation.
    By Simon van Zuylen-Wood
  30. 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
  31. select all
    Facebook Steps Away From the Public WebYour News Feed will now prioritize friends over brands.
    By Brian Feldman
  32. 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
  33. the national interest
    Why Conservatives Outsourced Environmental Policy to Lobbyists and KooksA revealingly credulous profile in conservatism’s flagship magazine.
    By Jonathan Chait
  34. 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
  35. 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
  36. 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
  37. 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
  38. 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
  39. France to Ban Oil and Gas Drilling by 2040Emmanuel Macron wants to “Make Our Planet Great Again.”
    By Adam K. Raymond
  40. Trump Administration Dropping Climate Change As National Security ThreatHurricanes, floods, and fires don’t count.
    By Benjamin Hart
  41. New York Politics Chat: Is Trump the Worst President of All Time?Five members of New York’s politics team try to figure what Trump has to do to take the (figurative) crown.
    By Jonathan Chait, Olivia Nuzzi, and Ezekiel Kweku
  42. Climate Change Has Come for Los AngelesWe are entering a new era where our cities are no longer safe.
    By David Wallace-Wells
  43. natural disasters
    California Governor on Wildfires: ‘This Is the New Normal’And, as if climate change wasn’t a big enough problem, the GOP tax cuts also pose a threat to disaster victims.
    By Chas Danner
  44. Trump (Predictably) Goes on Warpath Against CNN After WikiLeaks BlunderThe president’s least favorite news network made it easy this time around.
    By Benjamin Hart
  45. In ‘Experiment,’ New York Times Editorial Board Asks Readers to Oppose Tax BillLeaning in to the “liberal” media label.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  46. Trump Calls for NBC to Fire Joe Scarborough Over ‘Unsolved Mystery’He’s talking about a conspiracy theory related to a woman’s death in the former congressman’s district office.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  47. encounter
    Daniel Ellsberg Is Still Thinking About the Papers He Didn’t Get to LeakThe man who released the Pentagon Papers is back with a new book, The Doomsday Machine.
    By Andrew Rice
  48. Trump’s War on the Media Has Been Years in the Making“We have to fight the media! Constantly fighting the media.”
  49. media
    Meredith, Backed by Koch Brothers, Acquires Time Inc. for $2.8 BillionOne of America’s most storied magazine publishers is getting consolidated.
    By Chas Danner
  50. select all
    BuzzFeed’s Conyers Scoop Shows That Mike Cernovich Isn’t Going AwayIn normal times, someone like Mike Cernovich wouldn’t be allowed anywhere near “traditional” journalism. But these aren’t normal times.
    By Jesse Singal
  51. media
    Koch Brothers Back Meredith Corporation in Talks to Buy Time Inc.They’re reportedly putting up $500 million in equity to support Meredith’s effort to purchase the publisher of People and Sports Illustrated.
    By Margaret Hartmann
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