Life in China During the Coronavirus Lockdown
Scenes from Zhengzhou, where people’s movements were restricted to contain the virus
Photography
An Animal’s-Eye View of Mass Extinction in Progress
Bil Zelman's photos confront viewers with the unvarnished, immediate reality of climate and habitat disruption.
The Vainglorious Eternals Go Golfing
What a 2008 photo tells us about American political life in 2019
Inside the “Most Incarcerated” Zip Code in the Country
53206, a heavily African American neighborhood north of downtown Milwaukee, suffers from all manner of ills—not least of which are the myths of criminality that continue to surround it.
“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.
We Didn’t Stand a Chance Against Opioids
Alaska’s health clinics were founded to help indigenous people like my family. Thanks to the FDA and Big Pharma, the clinics unwittingly enabled a crisis instead.
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.
Asylum Seekers Struggle to Navigate Trump’s Broken Border Policy
In Tijuana, thousands face danger, disease, and uncertainty under the administration’s Migrant Protection Protocols.
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.
