It was was one of ancient Greece’s worst punishments. In cases of political assassinations or high treason, the citizens’ assembly could deliver a sentence of kataskaphê, the destruction of the ...

We are living in a very unsettled and troubled time, one that appears to be marked more by division than unity. Good intentions notwithstanding, it is becoming increasingly apparent that polarizing ...

Germans call it die unbewältigte Vergangenheit — the undigested past. By that, they mean the national burden of collective guilt from the Hitler years, which saw Germany start the largest war and ...

The Internet is a tricky beast. Sitting alone, cozy in ragged sweatpants, writing while curled on the couch, it’s easy to believe that you’re cloaked in isolation, even as you spill on that most ...

What are records? Since 2014, The Marshall Project has been curating some of the best criminal justice reporting from around the web. In these records you will find the most recent and the most ...