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California’s Battle Against Climate Change Is Going Up in Smoke

The state’s 2018 wildfire season released emissions equal to a year of power use.

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Trump and the gun group used the same consultants to spearhead TV ad blitzes at the height of the 2016 election, likely in violation of federal law.

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“The United States Astonishes and Scares Me”: Members of the Migrant Caravan Share Their Stories

Allowing Brett Gundlock to take moving portraits, the men and women traveling north reveal their hopes and fears.

Photographs by Brett Gundlock