Reporter Reads

Republicans may be backing away from abortion, but these activists have a strategy, with or without Trump.

By Elizabeth Dias

After decades raising hogs in Iowa, they wanted a way out of factory farming. Their solution was a return to nature, and a lot of mushrooms.

By Cara Buckley

Early in her husband’s political career, she stepped in to help. Some wondered: Why isn’t she running?

By Joseph Bernstein

County clerks and secretaries of state are overwhelmed this year, as they stare down a “perpetual moving target” of new conspiracy theories, political pressure and threats.

By Tiffany Hsu

The former estate of Joseph Goebbels, the Nazi propaganda minister, is too expensive to keep and perilous to sell. No one knows quite what to do with it.

By Sarah Maslin Nir

The vice-presidential candidate Tim Walz, and his online fans, have elevated Midwestern dad vibes into nostalgic art.

By Amanda Hess

The citrusy soft drink was briefly a political hot button, but it turns out both parties have prominent devotees — and the heartland is the key.

By Brian Gallagher

Mental health professionals and educators say the movies are remarkably helpful in providing a common language they can use with children and parents.

By Melena Ryzik

A proposed “Muslim-friendly” community near Minneapolis was called segregationist. The backlash was called Islamophobic. Who gets to define inclusion?

By Dan Barry and Jenn Ackerman

In “Telltale Hearts,” a new memoir, Dr. Dean-David Schillinger traces the links between narrative and well-being.

By Roni Caryn Rabin