How a Bay Area Explosion Pushed the Military to Desegregate
Wednesday: A look back at the Port Chicago disaster, 75 years later. Also: Another Elon Musk venture, and California State Fair food.
One Small Step for Experimental Space Gear. Many Giant Leaps of Imagination.
A gallery of scenes from when the space age was young and extraterrestrial travel looked fun.
To Make It to the Moon, Women Have to Escape Earth’s Gender Bias
The Apollo program was designed by men, for men. But NASA can learn from its failures as it aims to send women to the moon and beyond.
Welcome to America’s Newest National Park. Don’t Mind the Power Plant.
Indiana Dunes National Park offers hiking, bird-watching, sing-alongs and the chance to dine on prepackaged camp meals, within 40 miles of Chicago.
With Name-Calling and Twitter Battles, House Republican Campaign Arm Copies Trump’s Playbook
House Republicans’ campaign arm, waging a no-holds-barred battle to reclaim the majority, has adopted an antagonistic strategy that includes calling lawmakers names.
At a Missouri Jail, Bras Set Off the Metal Detector (and a Heated Debate)
Some lawyers said they could not enter the Jackson County Detention Center without removing their bras. County officials say it’s for security’s sake.
I Wanted to Know What White Men Thought About Their Privilege. So I Asked.
My college class asks what it means to be white in America — but interrogating that question as a black woman in the real world is much harder to do.
Do Service Dogs Help Treat PTSD? After Years of Research, the V.A. Still Doesn’t Know
The V.A. was mandated to study the use of service dogs as a mental-health treatment for veterans almost a decade ago. But repeated setbacks have held up the results.
On Politics: House Condemns Trump’s Attacks as Racist
It was the first time in more than 100 years that the House has approved a measure aimed at rebuking the president.
John Paul Stevens Praised for Legal Prowess and Humble Approach
Justice Stevens, who retired from the United States Supreme Court in 2010, was a Republican former antitrust lawyer who eventually became the leader of the court’s liberal wing.
John Paul Stevens: Canny Strategist and the ‘Finest Legal Mind’ Ford Could Find
Justice Stevens’s confirmation hearings in 1975 were the last not to be broadcast live on television. He was confirmed by unanimous vote.
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