Marjorie Namara Rugunda / Africa Is A CountryWestern donors cut aid, but the model they built — rooted in control, dependency and depoliticization — still shapes Africa’s development.
Ari Paul / FAIRThe online encyclopedia is being targeted by an administration that clearly wants to bring all major online media under its ideological watch.Politics
Mark Kreidler / Capital & MainThe president has gone nuclear against federal union jobs — historically African Americans’ ladder to economic equality.Health & Wellness
Natasha Gilbert / U.S. Right to KnowVeterinarians were working on guidelines to help stem excessive use of the drugs on farms, which can lead to a fatal resistance in humans.TD Column
Paul R. Pillar / Responsible StatecraftWednesday is the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon, marking the beginning of decades of repairing relations and national reflection.
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Émile P. Torres / TruthdigPowerful figures in Silicon Valley advocate a new-age religion that sees humanity as a transitional species — one whose time is almost up.
Anita Hofschneider / GristThe move gives companies that want to scrape the ocean floor a way to bypass waiting for permission from international bodies.TD Original
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Activism
A visit to the Louisiana prison holding Mahmoud Khali, the first of the ongoing spate of extrajudicial ICE kidnappings.
Opinion
The U.S. nuclear program is siphoning resources from more pressing human needs.
Film
A documentary about zoning politics stars the everyday people of a storied Brooklyn neighborhood.
Africa
Western donors cut aid, but the model they built — rooted in control, dependency and depoliticization — still shapes Africa’s development.
Race
The president has gone nuclear against federal union jobs — historically African Americans’ ladder to economic equality.
Health & Wellness
Veterinarians were working on guidelines to help stem excessive use of the drugs on farms, which can lead to a fatal resistance in humans.
TD Column
If you think Trump’s tariffs will bring China to its knees, I have a large wall to sell you.
Wounds of War
Wednesday is the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon, marking the beginning of decades of repairing relations and national reflection.
TD Column
Powerful figures in Silicon Valley advocate a new-age religion that sees humanity as a transitional species — one whose time is almost up.
Environment
The move gives companies that want to scrape the ocean floor a way to bypass waiting for permission from international bodies.
TD Original
ICE’s mass deportation tech is undergoing an upgrade.