Leaving the Island
More than 13 million Americans may be displaced due to climate change by the end of this century. What happens when you have to leave the only home you’ve ever known in order to survive?
How Wisconsin’s investigations into police shootings protect officers
Cops under investigation get special privileges, can change their stories and are rarely charged
Trump’s Greenland Problem
As the president-elect’s call to buy—or take—a sovereign country moves from punchline to possibility, a look at the real stakes of the Arctic’s mounting cold war.
“Essentially Cages”: ICE Is Using Courthouse Cells for Lengthy Detentions
Detainees report not having access to private toilets, showers, hygiene products, and lifesaving HIV and diabetes medication.
The Forever Cure
Is civil commitment rehabilitating sex offenders—or punishing them?
How the Renewable Energy Boom Is Remaking the American West
In Nevada, plans are moving ahead for transmission lines, solar farms, geothermal plants and more in the name of fighting climate change. Yet even among environmental groups and government officials, the projects are controversial.
A Slippery Slope
Oil giants and the incoming Trump administration are ready to spark a new drilling boom on Alaska’s North Slope
The history and experience at Kentucky’s only independent arts school
The Kentucky College of Art and Design has received support from local artists, philanthropists and politicians — but some critics paint a different portrait of life at the school.
