Annals of Media
The Growth of Sinclair’s Conservative Media Empire
The company has achieved formidable reach by focussing on small markets where its TV stations can have a big influence.
by Sheelah Kolhatkar
Annals of Education
The Rise and Fall of Affirmative Action
With a lawsuit against Harvard, Asian-American activists have formed an alliance with a white conservative to change higher education.
by Hua Hsu
Annals of the Mind
The Mystery of People Who Speak Dozens of Languages
What can hyperpolyglots teach the rest of us?
by Judith Thurman
Annals of Law Enforcement
The Renegade Sheriffs
A law-enforcement movement that claims to answer only to the Constitution.
by Ashley Powers
Annals of Technology
Christopher Reddit and the Struggle to Detoxify the Internet
How do we fix life online without limiting free speech?
by Andrew Marantz
Annals of Education
Success Academy’s Radical Educational Experiment
Inside Eva Moskowitz’s quest to combine rigid discipline with a progressive curriculum.
by Rebecca Mead
Annals of Law Enforcement
Conflicting Convictions
In dozens of criminal trials, prosecutors have put the same gun in the hands of more than one defendant.
by Ken Armstrong
Annals of Agriculture
Strawberry Valley
How Driscoll’s turned produce into a beauty contest, and won.
by Dana Goodyear
Annals of Immigration
Neighborhood Watched
The Brooklyn neighborhood persevered after 9/11. Can it survive in the age of Trump?
by Jennifer Gonnerman
Annals of Diplomacy
Active Measures
What lay behind Russia’s interference in the 2016 election—and what lies ahead?
by Evan Osnos, David Remnick, and Joshua Yaffa