Medicaid Expansion's Troubled Future
The Affordable Care Act’s extension of public insurance to poor adults might finally make its way into every state. But those inroads could come with a cost.
How the Great Recession Hurt Americans' Health
As jobs evaporated, blood pressure skyrocketed.
Who's Running NASA?
An interim administrator has been overseeing the space agency for more than 13 months—and now he’s leaving, too.
How Trump Is Remaking Evangelicalism
A new book shows the fracture lines the 45th U.S. president has created within American Christianity.
The Last Temptation
How evangelicals, once culturally confident, became an anxious minority seeking political protection from the least traditionally religious president in living memory
The NFL Offseason Is Full of Quarterbacks
The next two months are shaping up to be a rare opportunity for teams in search of a steady hand under center.
Commander v. Chief
The lessons of Eisenhower’s civil-rights struggle with his chief justice Earl Warren
The Second Amendment Does Not Transcend All Others
Its text and context don’t ensure an unlimited individual right to bear any kind and number of weapons by anyone.
The Health-Care Gap Between Red and Blue America
States have a surprising degree of autonomy to block President Trump’s changes to Obamacare—and liberal-leaning states are already making their move.
The Ripple Effect of the West Virginia Teachers' Victory
The success of the statewide strike has intensified education unrest nationally—and could have lasting implications for the country’s schools.
Rich People Are Ruining Wine
… and Napa Valley is forever changing as a result.
America's Gun-Culture Problem
Since the September 11 attacks, attitudes around weaponry have transformed into something unhealthy.
Martin Luther King Jr. Changed a Nation in Only 13 Years
A timeline
The Young Man Who Became a Civil-Rights Icon
Before he led the Montgomery bus boycott or marched on Washington, Martin Luther King Jr. was a chain-smoking, pool-playing student at Crozer Theological College just discovering his passion for social justice.
How Kara Walker Recasts Racism’s Bitter Legacy
The artist’s works turn the brutality of history inside out.
Martin Luther King Jr.’s Daughter Embraces His Hope for the Future
During another polarizing period in America’s history, Bernice A. King lays out three actions that she thinks her father would offer today.
Racism Is ‘Built into the Very Bones’ of Mississippi
Jesmyn Ward reflects on choosing to raise her children in her home state.
Martin Luther King Jr. Mourns Trayvon Martin
A poem
A Case Against Gun Control
The Parkland Students Aren't Going Away
American teens are shaping a new kind of debate about gun violence—but why now?