Brian Resnick

Brian Resnick is an online editor at National Journal and a former producer of The Atlantic's National channel.

Start-Up Nation: Reading our Map of U.S. Innovation Hubs

Start-Up Nation: Reading our Map of U.S. Innovation Hubs

Here's how we're comparing the innovation dynamism of 35 metropolitan areas across the country More »

Recession as a Catalyst for Innovation

Recession as a Catalyst for Innovation

Periods of economic decline also bring about increases in creative and technological growth More »

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Perry Administration Accused of Censoring Science

Breaking the Drought-Denial Cycle

Breaking the Drought-Denial Cycle

Like climate change, long-term water shortages are an abstract problem, which makes them difficult for communities to face head-on More »

Local Newspapers Still Matter

Local Newspapers Still Matter

When it comes to reporting on community issues, a new study finds that print publications are irreplaceable More »

Why the Supreme Court Couldn't Save Troy Davis

Why the Supreme Court Couldn't Save Troy Davis

It's the justices' job to rule on constitutionality of the trial, not the guilt of the prisoner More »

1940s Color Photos of the Ringling Brothers, Barnum and Bailey Circus

1940s Color Photos of the Ringling Brothers, Barnum and Bailey Circus

A collection of historic images shows the community, pageantry, and backstage grit of the Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus More »

How to Protect the UN General Assembly

How to Protect the UN General Assembly

Once a year, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad receives escort and protection from the U.S. Secret Service More »

Falling SAT Scores, Widening Achievement Gap

Falling SAT Scores, Widening Achievement Gap

The College Board says this year's low scores are due to increased participation, but that's not the whole story More »

2011: The Year of the Disaster

2011: The Year of the Disaster

With historic floods, droughts, and tornadoes, this year has broken the record for the number of billion-dollar calamities More »

FEMA's Craig Fugate Reflects on a Year of Disasters

FEMA's Craig Fugate Reflects on a Year of Disasters

FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate is having a busy year with epic flooding, tornadoes, and drought striking the country. Recently, he spoke with The Atlantic More »

See How Fast the Texas Wildfires Spread

See How Fast the Texas Wildfires Spread

This video from the Texas Department of Parks and Wildlife shows how quickly forest fires can spread across bone-dry land on a windy day More »

Why Irene Is a Remarkable Storm

Why Irene Is a Remarkable Storm

Its path, its timing, and its sheer size make this hurricane a perfect storm More »

From the Archives, 'The Japanese in Our Midst'

From the Archives, 'The Japanese in Our Midst'

It's hard to imagine a time when the U.S. government singled out a racial group, rounded-up more than 100,000 of its members (most of whom were American citizens), and imprisoned them in some of the harshest climates in the country. More »

Photos of Underground Construction on the NYC Subway

Photos of Underground Construction on the NYC Subway

Wall Street may be having a rough week, but there's expansion and progress happening underneath New York City's financial institutions More »

From the Archives: Debating the Second Amendment

From the Archives: Debating the Second Amendment

From satires to investigative reports, four decades of Atlantic authors weigh in on gun control More »

Protest Posters From the Vietnam Era

Protest Posters From the Vietnam Era

During the 1960s and 70s, protest posters served as rallying cries for peace, as defamations of the federal government, and as tributes to the martyrs of the civil rights movement. More »

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Hoping for a Hurricane: July Breaks Record for 'Exceptional' Drought

War Posters of the 20th Century

War Posters of the 20th Century

During WWI and WWII, it was commonplace for the U.S. government to ask its citizens for money More »

From the Archives: The 'Hopeless Burden' of Immigration

From the Archives: The 'Hopeless Burden' of Immigration

An 1896 lament about Italians and Eastern Europeans sounds eerily familiar today More »

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