The Struggle to Vaccinate Springfield, Missouri
COVID cases continue to rise, but many residents remain reluctant to get the vaccine.
August 6, 2021
A Year of Avoiding Eviction in Tennessee
For one family, the C.D.C. moratorium has been essential. It’s about to expire.
July 30, 2021
Who Owns Mike Disfarmer’s Photographs?
Strangers made his small-town portraits famous in the art world. Decades later, his heirs want control of the estate.
July 13, 2021
Why Did the Police Shoot Matthew Zadok Williams?
Outside Atlanta, a mother and five sisters look for answers.
July 6, 2021
Can Infrastructure Spending Save Ogdensburg, New York?
In much of the country, federal and state funding decide which communities succeed and which ones disappear.
July 1, 2021
Lina Hidalgo’s Political Rise
The thirty-year-old Houston chief executive is creating a model for how progressives can govern effectively.
June 28, 2021
The Women Who Preserved the Story of the Tulsa Race Massacre
Two pioneering Black writers have not received the recognition they deserve for chronicling one of the country’s gravest crimes.
May 28, 2021
California’s Novel Attempt at Land Reparations
Property seized from a Black family a century ago is being returned to their descendants.
May 27, 2021
How Violent Cops Stay in Law Enforcement
Derek Colling was fired from one police department after two fatal shootings and allegations of brutality. Less than a year later, he had a new badge.
May 21, 2021
The Sorrow and Relief in Minneapolis
After Derek Chauvin was convicted of George Floyd’s murder, people hugged and wept. But it was not a joyful scene; it was something else.
April 21, 2021
