In the aftermath of a hurricane, the residents of western North Carolina are coming to terms with a new reality.

The party’s shindig in Chicago to nominate Kamala Harris and Tim Walz was a mostly raucous, celebratory affair. But there were somber moments, too.

This week’s Republican convention felt more like a religious gathering.

As Grants Pass, Oregon—and the nation—await a Supreme Court ruling on just how far cities can police the homeless, a volunteer mayor and her unhoused constituents try to weather the backlash.

The decline of printed newspapers has resulted in news deserts, “ghost” publications, and increased public mistrust of the media. Undeterred, local journalists soldier on.

The tsunami of images from the conflict between Israel and Hamas is blanketing our screens—and potentially fueling our desensitization to these horrors.

From conservation to importing water from the Pacific, Democrats say they have all the answers to historic drought. The one thing no one wants to talk about: stopping the sprawl.

The burgeoning group, which has scored hundreds of school board election victories, is busy drafting more “joyful warriors” to take control of the Republican agenda.

What’s alarming about this year’s bleaching event is just how quickly the corals died.

The passions of Pennsylvania were on full display in the last week of the campaign in the battleground state. Photographer Mark Peterson was there to capture the action.

Photographs illustrate the toll in lives and possessions of a desperate flight from war.

Esplanade Gardens was trumpeted as a way to build wealth for middle-class Black New Yorkers. But its crumbling infrastructure shows how the government gave up on affordable housing.

How Maxar Technologies, an American satellite company and key contractor for the Defense Department, became the media’s favorite photographer of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

Scenes from Europe’s worst refugee crisis since World War II.

How the Maryland representative became the man for this historical moment

Biographers get distracted by the photographer’s unusual life story—to the point of diminishing her work itself.

We’ve heard repeatedly from the country’s vaccine resisters. But what about the people who follow the rules? They’re ignored and forgotten—and they are in pain.

Ron Haviv, who once covered a coup attempt in Panama, followed rioters through a broken window into the seat of his own nation’s legislative branch.

Mark Peterson documents the longest election night that ever was.

Makeshift morgues and field hospitals are cropping up around the city as thousands die and tens of thousands fall ill from the coronavirus.