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California produces forty per cent of America’s food—and now a drought and a pandemic have put it on edge. Read More

Three years ago, college football was rocked by a domestic violence scandal that ended with Ohio State firing assistant coach Zach Smith and... Read More

A chaotic night at a Big Bend ranch captured the nation’s attention: first as an alleged ambush, then as a fear-mongering hoax. Read More

The long read: Around the turn of the millennium, hedge fund investors put an audacious bet on coal mining in the US. The bet failed – but... Read More

Cities must balance public services with public order to reduce homelessness. Read More

As South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg goes to trial, he has refused calls to step down over a fatal car accident that has... Read More

Outdated textbooks, not enough teachers, no ventilation — for millions of kids like Harvey Ellington, the public-education system has... Read More

Senior officials from the White House and the FDA say the CDC is withholding critical data needed to develop the booster plan. Read More

A decade of work helped limit the spread of dangerous pathogens in medical settings. Overcrowding from Covid care is allowing infections to... Read More

More than 900 pages of materials related to US.-funded coronavirus research in China were released following a FOIA lawsuit by The Intercept. Read More

The logistical dance required to make doses safe for children is among the challenges confronting researchers evaluating the vaccines in the... Read More

States recognized the need to reduce regulations for cooks who work out of their homes. Read More

Ask for a roast beef sandwich at an Arby’s drive-thru east of Los Angeles and you may be talking to Tori — an artificially intelligent... Read More

Pandemic-related product shortages — from computer chips to construction materials — were supposed to be resolved by now. Instead, the... Read More

Timothy Keiderling’s decision to enroll in the Princeton Theological Seminary reflected his commitment “to give my life to work for... Read More

Part 1 of a Series on 'Social Justice' Research The push to create “equity” and more “social justice” in public schools in America's... Read More

Part 2 of a Series on 'Social Justice' Research (Part 1 here) Ever since the most blatant forms of racism and discrimination in America... Read More

A new report shows an alarming 74% success rate for campaigns targeting collegiate scholars for their constitutionally protected speech. Read More

As an attorney, Derrick Bell worked on many civil-rights cases, but his doubts about their impact launched a groundbreaking school of thought. Read More

Four years after promising to address its internal “scourge” of sexual misconduct, the multinational institution remains in conflict with... Read More

Some say it inspired BLM and the growth of the US left. Others see it as an abject failure. A decade after the occupation of New York’s... Read More

A Google employee program claims that America is a “system of white supremacy” and that all Americans are “raised to be racist.” Read More

Employees raised alarms about how the site is used in developing countries, where its user base is already huge and expanding. In many... Read More

A big 2018 algorithm change was designed to encourage positive interaction with friends and family. Company documents show how it had the... Read More

Its own in-depth research shows a significant teen mental-health issue that Facebook plays down in public. Part 2 in a series offering an... Read More

An extensive array of research reports, online employee debates and drafts of presentations to senior management, reviewed by The Wall Street... Read More

The once-utopian accommodations site, now headed by a Palantir alum, has gone back on its always-free ethos. Read More

Some Beanie Babies are seemingly selling for thousands of dollars on eBay, others are selling for pennies. What gives? Read More

The long read: Last year, three cryptocurrency enthusiasts bought a cruise ship. They named it the Satoshi, and dreamed of starting a... Read More

Many in the political and media establishment have cast the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol as one of the darkest episodes in American... Read More

Many in the political and media establishment consider the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot to be one of America’s darkest episodes. Others say the... Read More

The grand jury indictment charges attorney Michael Sussmann, who spoke to a senior FBI official in 2016 about potential links between a... Read More

The defendant, Michael Sussmann, is accused of lying to the F.B.I. in a meeting about Trump and Russia. He denies wrongdoing. Read More

As a percentage of GDP, the arms left in Afghanistan represent the largest international weapons transfer in decades. Read More

New York Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez got a lot of buzz for the dress she wore at the 2021 Met Gala Monday evening. Many have... Read More

"Peril," by Bob Woodward and Robert Costa, reveals how Gen. Mark A. Milley, the Joint Chiefs chairman, called his Chinese counterpart before... Read More

Many in Russia say they are fed up with corruption, stagnant wages and rising prices. But they worry, as one man said, that “if things... Read More

The long read: I first encountered TB Joshua as a teenager, when his preaching captivated my evangelical Christian community in Hampshire.... Read More

As the economy slows, China's crackdown on the rich and famous may be an attempt to distract from ordinary families' anxiety over their... Read More

Billed as the most secure phone on the planet, An0m became a viral sensation in the underworld. There was just one problem for anyone using... Read More

In the bloody civil war, Khaled al-Halabi switched sides. But what country does he really serve? Read More

A small Hong Kong newspaper illustrates how Beijing uses the tools of a free society to suppress freedom itself. Read More

Since taking power, Taliban officials have sprouted in all major Afghan ministries, embedding themselves in the bureaucracy they have... Read More

Four of five former Guantanamo detainees whom former President Barack Obama released in exchange for Bowe Bergdahl in 2014 now hold senior... Read More

The Pacific Northwest was hit with a record-shattering heat wave in June, with temperatures over 35 degrees higher than normal in some... Read More

Engineers at the University of Texas at Austin have designed a pioneering project to capture carbon dioxide emissions from the existing... Read More

Investigators looked into Mark Forkner’s role in alleged efforts to mislead air-safety regulators. Read More

A culture of acquiescing to Beijing’s censors is now the norm, and there’s little sign of it changing. Read More

At least 21 percent of nursing home residents are on antipsychotic drugs, a Times investigation found. Read More

Fund companies are rebranding their out-of-fashion investment offerings as green, hoping to grab a portion of the cash pouring into... Read More

The chef Tsang Chiu King is preparing a subtle-but-significant change to his menu: He’s replacing the fish in some dishes Read More

The number of men enrolled at two- and four-year colleges has fallen behind women by record levels, in a widening education gap across the... Read More

An unprecedented leak of more than 50,000 phone numbers selected for surveillance by the customers of the israeli company NSO Group shows how... Read More

This series from the Guardian will investigate environmental inequalities in the US and beyond, and America’s broken food system Read More

They can’t get over the wall. It’s 6-feet tall, made of smooth wood. Nothing to hold or stand on. Even the tallest men are struggling.... Read More

From #UKnowUrBlackWhen to #BlackLivesMatter, how a loose online network became a pop culture juggernaut, an engine of social justice, and a... Read More

She went undercover to catch a rapist. Two decades later, she finally got her chance. Read More

More than 1,000 prisoners at the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility in Otay Mesa have tested positive for COVID-19 since the pandemic... Read More