dark tourism Foreign tourists paid $4500 a person for a safari-like "U.S. Election Tour" Thom Dunn

Patriotic MRE mystery: What are these 'patriotic' sugar cookie shapes? Rusty Blazenhoff

July 4 Google "July 4" and a fireworks animation plays over breaking news of a mass shooting Rob Beschizza

anti-racism Today is the birthday of abolitionist John Brown Devin Nealy

America Is it possible for America to thrive without Chinese manufacturing? Devin Nealy

patriots Watch Star-Spangled Banner singer at Saturday's "Awaken America" conference in Dallas get the words wrong David Pescovitz

America Searches are far more urgent for missing women when they are white Jason Weisberger

phones The "Freedom Phone" that has Trumpers all excited is actually made in China David Pescovitz

America U.S. church membership plummets Rob Beschizza

exceptionalism David Cross on how much America actually sucks Gareth Branwyn

commercialism Tracking the Rise and Fall of the American middle class with shopping malls Thom Dunn

freeway Tour of America's loneliest road Andrea James

America First-time buyers send gun sales through the roof Rob Beschizza

houses Real-estate listing takes sinister turn on slide 30 Rob Beschizza

john lewis Read this final essay by Rep. John Lewis on the day of his funeral Xeni Jardin

i have a dream "Promissory Note" marries MLK's moving words with music and imagery Andrea James

second-class americans How the United States re-branded as "America" Thom Dunn

disappointing FCC received 1300 complaints about the suggestive nature of the Superbowl halftime show Jason Weisberger

Dollyverse New podcast: Dolly Parton's America Rusty Blazenhoff

I'm gonna pop some tags Apple tech, jewelry, guns: Dataviz of what Americans pawn Clive Thompson