In the Land of the Mammoth Eaters
One archaeological site in Texas has yielded an astonishing amount of evidence that people have been in North America for over 15,000 years.
In the Land of the Mammoth Eaters
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How Fracking’s Appetite for Sand Is Devouring Rural Communities
Small towns in western Wisconsin are being divided by a little-known mining boom. An anthropologist who lives in the region set out to understand why.
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Why the “Big, Beautiful Wall” Is Doomed to Fail
The existing wall in Ambos Nogales tells us a great deal about President Trump’s ill-conceived plan to fortify the entire U.S.-Mexico border.
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The Transformation of One of New York City’s Most Famous Squats
The notorious C-squat has become a kind of “house society” in which people are tied together by their connection to shared property and communal history. But can it survive going legit?
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Gold Glimmers in the Amazon
Daily life in the remote gold-mining camps of the Amazonian rainforest is difficult, dirty, and sometimes treacherous. But that’s only part of the story.
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Trump and the Echo of Amache
Donald Trump’s disturbing anti-Muslim rhetoric echoes an ugly chapter in U.S. history: the time leading up to the incarceration of Japanese-Americans during World War II.