National
Last Week Right Now
Albin Quan recaps last week’s election news and tells us what to look for in the weeks ahead.
Donald Reaches Out
Adrianne Owings looks at whether The Donald’s recent attempt at minority outreach will succeed.
Park Politics: The U.S. National Park Service and the Myth of Untouched Wilderness
In the aftermath of the U.S. National Park Service’s centennial celebration, the organization is grappling with a history of exclusion.
The New Face of Immigrant America: Welcome to Jackson Heights
Director Frederick Wiseman’s portrait of a neighborhood reveals the new multiculturalism of the American immigrant experience.
Back from the Brink: The Quest to Save the Bald Eagle
Thanks to scientists and policymakers, the bald eagle is no longer an endangered species. Can its success be extended to other animals in danger?
Paul Manafort: Friend to Tyrants. Washington Insider. Nothing Unusual.
Paul Manafort resigned last Friday after new revelations about his connection to Viktor Yanukovych in Ukraine. But Yanukovych is not Manafort’s first dictator, and Manafort is not Washington’s first insider with dangerous international ties.
A First Lady Who Fits the Bill
If Hillary Clinton wins the presidency in November, the American people will have their first First Gentleman. But Hillary has made it clear that Bill won’t be picking out the china or floral arrangements. Anna Blech analyzes the fraught gender politics of presidential spouse-hood, and tells us how we got to a situation where the nation’s first female president can have it all—all the power and all the housework.
We’re Not Taking Her For Granted
Makayla Haussler rejects the idea that millennial women are taking the first female nominee for granted.