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We often forget that the boundary between the United States and Mexico was not always where it is today. It used to be seven hundred miles farther north, following what…

Within Reach

by Nicole Pasulka,

The transgender community fights for health care

The Human Factor

by John R. MacArthur, Ludvík Vaculík,

How I learned the real meaning of dissent

The Future of Queer

by Fenton Johnson,

A manifesto

Swap Meet

by Andrew Cockburn,

Wall Street’s war on the Volcker Rule

The Newlyweds

by Mansi Choksi,

What’s at stake when you marry for love?

Body Politic

by Sarah Aziza,

Saudi women push for the right to exercise

“I am Here Only for Working”

by William T. Vollmann,

Conversations with the petroleum brotherhood in the UAE

Framing The Shadows

by Vince Passaro,

The luminary vision of W. Eugene Smith

Crossing Guards

by Matt Mossman,

When private ownership of a bridge gets old

Pushing the Limit

by Alexandra Starr,

What the U.S. Olympic Committee can — and can’t — do about sexual abuse

Monumental Error

by J. C. Hallman,

Will New York City finally tear down a statue?

Bumpy Ride

by Dale Maharidge,

Why America’s roads are in tatters

Flesh and Blood

by Vivian Gornick,

Three close encounters with Sons and Lovers

Star Search

by Lisa Rab,

The race to rebuild the Democratic Party

Everyman’s War

by Elisabeth Zerofsky,

The paramilitary fighters training to keep Russia out of the Baltics

Who’s Laughing Now?

by Tom Bissell,

The tragicomedy of Donald Trump on Saturday Night Live

Crime and Punishment

by Andrew Cockburn,

Will the 9/11 case finally go to trial?

States of Decay

by Ben Mauk,

A journey through America’s nuclear heartland

A Matter of Degrees

by Michael S. Collins,

America’s long struggle with affirmative action

The Rise of the Valkyries

by Seyward Darby,

In the alt-right, women are the future, and the problem

All the Last Wars

by Charles Glass, Don McCullin,

Around the world with the Goya of conflict photography

Bringing in the Beans

by Ted Genoways,

Harvest on an American family farm

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The Other Whisper Network

The Infinity of the Small

Out of Time

The Great Divide

If These Walls Could Talk

Before the Deluge

Notes to Self

Lines and Lineage