“The Whole Town Is Finished”
Multinational mining giant Vale S.A.'s dam near the Brazilian town of Brumadinho broke in January, flooding the area with toxic mudslides. These are the stories of those who survived.
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The Frightening Spread of Toxic Algae
Climate change is accelerating the spread of lethal algal blooms in American waterways—with devastating results for humans and animals alike.
The New American Homeless
Housing insecurity in the nation’s richest cities is far worse than government statistics claim. Just ask the Goodmans.
The New Ruins of the Melting Alps
Climate change has left a graveyard of abandoned ski resorts on the Italian Alps—and a dwindling population of gravekeepers.
River of No Return
How austerity and climate change put northeastern Nebraska underwater
Going Under at the Playboy Club
It's been a half-century since Gloria Steinem exposed the outrageous working conditions at Hugh Hefner's club. Playboy has changed—but have we?
Mitch McConnell, Young and . . . Moderate?
A blast from a now-unimaginable past
‘We Have to Show People What’s Going On’
Climate change is making weather more extreme, and these two veteran photojournalists were on the frontlines in 2018.
The Postcolonial Moment
Capturing a lost era in Sanlé Sory’s studio portraits in Burkina Faso
Photos: The Parkland Survivors Take a Stand
High school students became anti-gun activists overnight after last week's shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida.
Small Acts of Subversion
How modern women navigate Iran’s theocracy
Everyday Soviet Nostalgia
John Steinbeck and Robert Capa's 1947 trip through Eastern Europe introduced America to Soviet life. Last year, two journalists retraced their steps.
Capital Offenses
Under President Rodrigo Duterte, thousands have died at the hands of police or the masked vigilantes who roam Manila's vast slums.
Inhospitable
Today, immigrants threatened with deportation grapple with depression, anxiety, and PTSD.
Armageddon Averted
Buried beneath the Great Plains lies a decommissioned Air Force control center that was once powerful enough to lay waste to the Soviet Union.
The Return of Fascism
From Germany to Greece, far-right nationalists are attacking migrants, raiding mosques, and winning elections.
The Juggalos Come in Peace
Fans of the band Insane Clown Posse marched Saturday in the nation's capital to protest discrimination by law enforcement, while espousing a progressive commitment to equality.
Land of the Hermit King
Closed off from the world, North Korea weaves a highly militarized mind-set into the fabric of everyday life.
Onboard ICE Air
A look inside the massive immigration enforcement apparatus that Obama built up—and that Trump is now exploiting.
Charlottesville’s Faces of Hate
The white supremacists of the Trump era have no need to don the hood.
