The Verge Homeland Anthology eBook
Homeland is an ambitious series of investigative features from The Verge, looking back on how the Department of Homeland Security rewrote the social contract between the government and its citizens through insidious policy and intractable bureaucracy for the past two decades. That reporting, along with its beautiful art and design, is now available for a limited time as a full-color anthology.
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From the somber and sobering reporting by Makena Kelly on the recent Afghan refugee experience and Gaby Del Valle’s dispatch from the surveillance apparatus of the border wall, to Darryl Campbell’s more lighthearted (and equally maddening) history of the TSA and Sarah Jeong’s character-driven tick tock of the Portland van abductions, this volume is packed with undertold stories. Josh Dzieza’s investigative piece on the post-Hurricane Maria power crisis remains the only major feature on the subject from an English-language publication; Amanda Chicago-Lewis asked the burning question, “Why does the DHS suck so much?” and found a rich vein of possible answers from over a dozen former Homeland Security officials.
If there’s a thematic throughline, it’s the enduring spirit of people that the US pushes to the margins: refugees, undocumented immigrants, and the LGBTQ community, to name a few. Journalism is often powerful at recognizing the current moment; but Homeland also proves that self-reflection can reveal powerful stories — to look back and see exactly how we got here, and what that says about us now.
Homeland highlights some of The Verge’s best reporting, and collects it in a gorgeous book that will sit pretty on any coffee table. The anthology is a softcover volume in a slipcase with 160 full-color pages in high-quality coated stock. Ten magazine-length stories are accompanied by original illustrations and photography.
Authors: Darryl Campbell, Amanda Chicago Lewis, Gaby Del Valle, Josh Dzieza, Sarah Jeong, Makena Kelly, Kevin Nguyen, Sergio Olmos, Nilay Patel, Nicole Wetsman
