Don’t Cancel John Muir
But don’t excuse him either.
Features
The Pandemic Is Undoing Field Researchers’ Oldest Assumption
With the right partners, scientists don’t have to visit their study sites to get good data.
You Won’t Remember the Pandemic the Way You Think You Will
The stories you hold on to will be colored by your own experience—but also by the experiences of those around you.
A Black Army Rises to Fight the Racist Right
A man calling himself Grandmaster Jay has raised a disciplined, heavily armed militia. It has yet to fire a shot at its enemies, but it’s prepared for war.
An Entire Group of Whales Has Somehow Escaped Human Attention
The only way to give them the space they need might be to seek them out.
America’s Rural-Jail-Death Problem
Every day, in small towns and cities across the country, thousands of people are booked into local jails, many for minor crimes. Some never come home.
Where Science and Miracles Meet
Recent speculations in physics reveal that believers and nonbelievers may have more in common than they think.
The Biden Agenda Doesn’t Run Through Washington
How the president can partner directly with America’s biggest cities and suburbs—even in the reddest states
The Identity Hoaxers
What if people don’t just invent medical symptoms to get attention—what if they feign oppression, too?
The Dark Side of America’s Gleaming Skyscrapers
Immigrant laborers have been dying tragic, sometimes grisly deaths on construction sites across the country. These deaths rarely make news, but they tell the story of an industry indifferent to the lives of its workers.