27 More Graves May Have Been Found at a Notorious Florida Boys School
The latest discovery adds to 55 graves already uncovered at a reform school that was infamous for beatings, abuse, forced labor and neglect.
Murders by Intimate Partners Are on the Rise, Study Finds
Killings at the hand of a partner rose by 19 percent from 2014 to 2017, with gun violence a driving factor, researchers at Northeastern University found.
U.S. Retail Stores’ Planned Closings Already Exceed 2018 Total
Less than halfway through April, companies have announced plans to close 5,994 stores, above the 5,854 that shut last year.
Lobbyist Gets Probation for Failing to Disclose Work for Pro-Russia Forces in Ukraine
Samuel Patten had pleaded guilty in a case that grew out of the Mueller investigation. He helped a Ukrainian billionaire illegally buy tickets to President Trump’s inauguration.
Native American Women Are Facing a Crisis
Three senators are hoping to combat what they see as an overlooked epidemic: missing, murdered and trafficked women.
Over 3 A.M. Dissent, Supreme Court Says Alabama Execution May Proceed
The 5-to-4 ruling, issued in the middle of the night, provided a rare glimpse of the inner workings of a court bitterly divided on the death penalty.
Georgetown Students Agree to Create Reparations Fund
Students voted to pay a bit more tuition each semester to create a fund to benefit the descendants of slaves that were sold to keep the school afloat.
At War: The Men Who Went Down With a Lost World War II Aircraft Carrier
After publishing our story about the hunt for the sunken U.S.S. Wasp, dozens of readers shared the experiences of husbands, brothers, fathers, uncles, grandfathers and great-uncles who had served on board.
California Today: What a Trash Picker and U.S.C. Students Tell Us About Inequality
Friday: Stories about the uneasy coexistence of rich and poor provoke reactions; Tax Day is coming; and our critic cooks a Mexico City-style feast
Critic’s Notebook: In ‘Us,’ the Tethered Lives That Prisoners Would Recognize
The film’s underground characters and those behind bars share many conditions; the film in effect dramatizes the issues surrounding mass incarceration.
Georgetown Students Agree to Create Reparations Fund
The university’s students voted to pay a bit more tuition each semester to create a fund to benefit the descendants of slaves the school once owned.
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