When Trump’s Immigration Crackdown Came to Chicago
Ever since Trump’s new “border czar” announced mass deportations would kick off in Chicago, a bubble of anxiety has been ...
A time and a presidency that would try Thomas Paine's soul
“Common Sense” wasn’t simply a call for independence but also a denunciation of monarchies. Paine would be outraged that an ...
Trick clock: On the job with a seasonal migrant worker
Near a row of plastic domes, a group of other migrant workers was setting the stage for replanting. A pickup truck emerged ...
Worst mass shooting in Swedish history claims 11 lives
The 35-year-old lone gunman shot and killed 10 people before turning one of his weapons on himself. The mass shooting ...
‘Built to burn.’ L.A. let hillside homes multiply without learning from past mistakes
Los Angeles County keeps building in hillsides and canyons even as the fire risk worsen. For a century, the lure of ...
How, when and why Seattle started to shift into a bike-friendlier city
This excerpt from "Biking Uphill in the Rain" explores Seattle's resurgence in bicycle use in the 1970s, and the influences behind it (including an old railroad line).
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From pepper to cardamom to milk, what gives coffee its sense of place?
Alahdal's research also revealed how coffee rituals have evolved differently across cultures. “In Morocco, they add thyme or ...
Yesterday, Tomorrow, and Banished Forever
After waiting over a decade to get in, the Andersons were kicked out of Disneyland’s most exclusive club. They would not go ...
‘People are hiding.’ Chicago immigrants stay home from work to avoid potential ICE arrests.
Amid President Donald Trump’s threats of sweeping arrests and mass deportations, undocumented workers in Chicago skipped work in order to avoid being caught by ICE agents.
Bill Gates: We've given away $100bn, but my children won't be poor when I'm gone
His Foundation's 25th anniversary is in May & Gates exclusively revealed the $100bn figure to the BBC. He tells me, for his ...
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In Taiwan, Tracing a Travel Writer’s Legacy—Alongside My Mother's Own
On a research trip to Taiwan, writer Kat Chen studies late Taiwanese memoirist Sanmao and gains a new understanding of her ...