18 5 / 2013
May 2013
After impressively winning the Kentucky Derby, Orb is trying to become the first horse to conquer the Triple Crown in 35 years.
27 4 / 2013
April 2013
The United States cattle herd is at its lowest level in 60 years, largely because of the drought. Many ranchers are struggling to hang on.
27 4 / 2013
February 2013
From the Museum of Modern Art, A. O. Scott and David Carr “go rogue” and examine some of the more interesting works on view.
27 4 / 2013
December 2012
New York City’s biggest basketball stars have come mostly from Brooklyn.
27 4 / 2013
December 2012
Records show horses competing at equestrian events have tested positive since 2010 for substances like cocaine, antipsychotics and depressants.
27 4 / 2013
October 2012
With less than two weeks left until Election Day, Representative Todd Akin is spending a lot of time traveling across Missouri and shaking hands with voters.
27 4 / 2013
October 2012
Redistricting has left Representatives Tom Latham and Leonard L. Boswell, both entrenched incumbents, in an unusual face-off for a seat in Iowa’s Third Congressional District.
27 4 / 2013
October 2012
David Blaine performed a final rehearsal before he plans to subject himself to one million volts of electricity for 72 straight hours.
27 4 / 2013
September 2012
At a time when the racing industry is in crisis over the widespread doping of racehorses, testing laboratories play a vital role in cleaning up the sport.
27 4 / 2013
August 2012
Mark Neis, a Kansas farmer, is struggling to maintain his crops during the worst American drought in half a century.
27 4 / 2013
August 2012
The U.S. women’s eight Olympic rowing team won gold in Beijing in 2008. They trained for London with an eye to doing it again.
27 4 / 2013
Millions of dollars have been spent to clean up the waterways around Kunming, the largest city in Yunnan Province. But hurdles remain.
This story was part of a series I supervised while working with UC Berkeley graduate students in Kunming, China in June 2012.
27 4 / 2013
Advocates of legal and political reform in China are pushing for an independent judiciary. A railway worker in Kunming is throwing a spotlight on the issue.
This story was part of a series I supervised while working with UC Berkeley graduate students in Kunming, China in June 2012.
27 4 / 2013
Nine million students took China’s college entrance exam this year, competing for fewer than 7 million university spots.
This story was part of a series I supervised while working with UC Berkeley graduate students in Kunming, China in June 2012.
01 5 / 2012
April 2012
As popularity in horse racing has diminished in recent years, racetracks like Aqueduct in New York turn to casinos for additional revenue.
