What did Barack Obama accomplish? And how much of it will survive in the age of Trump? Five historians and political observers weigh in.

A private contractor tossed U.S. military waste in Iraq and Afghanistan into giant pits and burned it. Now soldiers forced to breathe the toxic fumes are sick or dying—and the government is using faulty science to evade responsibility.

He appeared out of nowhere. He had no name, no memory, no past. He was the only person the FBI ever listed as missing even though they knew where he was. How could B.K. Doe remain anonymous in the modern age’s matrix of observation?

The Arctic is warming twice as fast as any place on the planet. Can native villages in northernmost Alaska survive climate change?

George Washington made his headquarters here. For more than 200 years, Liberty Street in Newburgh, New York, has suffered the swings of America’s fortune.

In an in-depth interview, Sanders offers a candid and passionate assessment of Trump, Clinton, and the future of his movement.

Policy wonk. Pragmatist. Truth-twister. There are many versions of Clinton—and we’ll need them all to navigate the political chaos unleashed by Trump.

Ava DuVernay made history with Selma. Now, in two new films, she’s taking on America’s prison system—and tesseracting through the universe.

Every year, nearly a thousand refugees from Africa, Asia, and the Middle East journey to Idaho to make a new life in America.

Sanders and Trump represent two different sides of American populism—and the uprisings they sparked could topple the established political order.

Why do people support Trump and the Tea Party? A native son and a sociologist search for answers.

Meet the worst political team ever assembled—an inner circle of outcasts, opportunists, and extremists with nowhere else to go.

How corruption and fraud created a failed state in Iraq—and led directly to the rise of ISIS.

Political machines were corrupt to the core—but they were also incredibly effective. Democrats should bring them back.

We’re under attack from climate change—and our only hope is to mobilize like we did in WWII.

Why did a handful of African American delegates travel to Cleveland to cast their votes for Donald Trump? We went to the Republican National Convention to find out.

Shotgun shells, used water bottles, and 670 miles of fencing provide the raw material for an American photographer and Mexican composer.

The internet was supposed to be democratic and open to all. Then Facebook and the NSA got their hands on it. Is it too late to reclaim our digital future?

It’s been five years since the meltdown forced them to abandon their village. Now they’re going home. Can a town devastated by nuclear disaster be brought back to life?