New York magazine
“My Dad Wasn't Just A Nobody”
Fifteen people at Rikers died in 2021. These are their stories.
10+ min |
January 3-16, 2022
Mother Jones
The Purity Trap
These women went to Bible college to deepen their faith. Then they were assaulted— and blamed for it.
10+ min |
January/February 2022
Archaeology
THE ROOTS OF VIOLENCE
In the early 1960s, archaeologists from around the world descended on the Upper Nile Valley.
3 min |
January/February 2022
Archaeology
Under the Holy City
A long-running excavation in Jerusalem unearths evidence for two of the city’s least-known eras
10+ min |
January/February 2022
Archaeology
TURNING SALT INTO GOLD
In the Austrian Alps, generations of miners toiled to extract the ancient world’s most valuable resource
10+ min |
January/February 2022
Archaeology
OFF THE GRID
OPLONTIS, ITALY
2 min |
January/February 2022
Archaeology
AT FACE VALUE
Researchers are using new scientific methods to investigate how artists in Roman Egypt customized portraits for the dead
10+ min |
January/February 2022
Archaeology
A Brush With Genius
An unprecedented find in central China brings to life the early years of a master calligrapher
10+ min |
January/February 2022
Archaeology
Archaeology's Top 10 Discoveries of 2021
Discoveries
10+ min |
January/February 2022
Archaeology
ITALIAN MASTER BUILDERS
A 3,500-year-old ritual pool reflects a little-known culture’s agrarian prowess
7 min |
November/December 2021
Archaeology
Piecing Together Maya Creation Stories
Thousands of mural fragments from the city of San Bartolo illustrate how the Maya envisioned their place in the universe
10+ min |
November/December 2021
Archaeology
GHOST TRACKS OF WHITE SANDS
Scientists are uncovering fossilized footprints in the New Mexico desert that show how humans and Ice Age animals shared the landscape
10+ min |
November/December 2021
Archaeology
GAUL'S UNIVERSITY TOWN
New excavations have revealed the wealth and prestige of an ancient center of learning
9 min |
November/December 2021
Mother Jones
Distant Learning
New immigrant students had the most to gain at Virginia’s Justice High—and the most to lose once the pandemic hit.
10+ min |
November/December 2021
Mother Jones
Up Rooted
Forests have always migrated to survive. But now they need our help to outrun climate catastrophe.
10+ min |
November/December 2021
Reader's Digest US
Delete Your Internet Footprint
With spies lurking everywhere, how can you keep yourself safe? Here are 25 smart steps, from the editor of HowtoGeek.com.
10+ min |
November 2021
Bloomberg Businessweek
A Chance to Build a More Inclusive Fed
Recent departures increase pressure to appoint more outsiders and minorities
4 min |
October 04, 2021
AppleMagazine
Are Honeybees Dying Off? It Depends On Whom You Ask
Talk to a local beekeeper, and the potential consequences of the decline of the honeybee population are alarming, causing problems for pollination and sending ripple effects through the food supply chain and the entire ecosystem.
10 min |
August 20, 2021
Archaeology
SECRET RITES OF SAMOTHRACE
Reimagining the experience of initiation into an ancient Greek mystery cult
10+ min |
September/October 2021
Archaeology
LAND OF THE PICTS
New excavations reveal the truth behind the legend of these fearsome northern warriors
10+ min |
September/October 2021
Archaeology
The Pursuit of Wellness
How the ancients attended to mind, body, and soul
10+ min |
September/October 2021
Archaeology
THE EQUESTRIAN'S CAVE
Recent discoveries in western Mongolia suggest that nomadic horsemen may have invented a revolutionary technology
7 min |
September/October 2021
Archaeology
Digs & Discoveries
Roman marble cutters, anglo-saxon giant, neanderthal hearing… and much more
10+ min |
September/October 2021
Archaeology
Who Were The Samaritans?
Investigating a once-powerful sect that has preserved its sacred traditions for millennia
10 min |
September/October 2021
The Atlantic
The Would-Be Savior of Patagonia
Are environmental crusaders like Douglas Tompkins good for the planet?
10 min |
September 2021
The Atlantic
Emmett Till – The Barn
In the Mississippi Delta, an unmarked building sits 100 yards from a gravel road. Sixty-six years ago, just past daybreak, a Chevrolet truck pulled up. Four white men rode in the cab. A 14-year-old child was in the back. His name was Emmett Till.
10+ min |
September 2021
The Atlantic
This Is The End Of Affirmative Action
We have to face the reality that our education system is, and always has been, separate and unequal.
9 min |
September 2021
Guideposts
The Legacy of Flight 93
An Army officer remembers his cousin Rich Guadagno and the other 39 heroes who died in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, on September 11
5 min |
August/September 2021
Girls' Life magazine
12 Underrated Reasons To Love School
Early alarms and pop quizzes aside, the truth is that school *is* actually pretty awesome. Here are 12 reasons why…
1 min |
August/September 2021
Backpacker
Smoke Eaters On The Front Lines
The new era of wildland firefighting is a war with no end in sight.
10+ min |