Politics Nov 12 These 13 sentences led a professor to predict Trump’s win As many people in the country breathlessly checked the latest polling numbers ahead of Tuesday’s election, Allan Lichtman, a history professor at American University, had already predicted the outcome with an entirely different system. Lichtman uses a series of 13…
Arts Nov 11 Leonard Cohen, legendary singer-songwriter and poet, dies at 82 Leonard Cohen's songs on love, spirituality, human connection and mortality marked some of the most important moments in contemporary music.
Politics Nov 08 Hundreds of ‘I Voted’ stickers left at Susan B. Anthony’s grave Visitors flocked to Anthony's grave in Mount Hope Cemetery in Rochester, New York, on Tuesday, leaving hundreds of "I Voted" stickers behind in a tribute to the women's suffrage leader.
Arts Nov 06 In ‘Whitman’s Descendants,’ photographing some of America’s greatest living poets Photographer B.A. Van Sise, himself a descendant of Walt Whitman, has set out to create a portrait of his legacy.
Nation Oct 23 In California, non-binary activists pushing for ID options reach new frontier Recent legal victories have spurred people around the country who are now planning to change their legal gender to nonbinary.
Arts Oct 08 An intimate portrait of black fatherhood in East New York A photographer documented stories of fatherhood from East New York, Brooklyn, where about one-third of residents live below the poverty line.
Arts Oct 02 Video artist, MacArthur fellow Mary Reid Kelley on recovering history’s lost narratives To talk to Mary Reid Kelley, a newly-named MacArthur genius, is to walk with her through history.
Nation Oct 01 Police release video of El Cajon officer shooting unarmed black man The videos -- one from a cell phone, and another from a surveillance camera at a nearby taco shop -- show the encounter between Alfred Olango and El Cajon police.
Nation Sep 24 Police arrest suspect in Washington mall shooting The authorities arrested Arcan Cetin in Oak Harbor, Washington, on Saturday night, after Island County Sheriff's Lt. Mike Hawley recognized the suspect while on patrol.
Health Sep 18 Why do suicidal patients wait hours for a hospital bed? Psychiatric beds have been a disappearing resource for suicidal patients in recent years.