Emily Chertoff

Emily Chertoff writes for and produces The Atlantic's National channel.

Angry Young Men (and Women): The Boston Bombing and a Lost Generation

Angry Young Men (and Women): The Boston Bombing and a Lost Generation

Any attempt to understand the Tsarnaevs's terrorism will fail unless it considers the simmering despair of America's twentysomethings. More »

Why Google Ran a Cesar Chavez Doodle: An Alternative Theory

Why Google Ran a Cesar Chavez Doodle: An Alternative Theory

Google benefits if we associate it with a certain type of progressive politics. More »

Is the New Pope More Liberal Than the Last Two? Why It's Hard to Tell

Is the New Pope More Liberal Than the Last Two? Why It's Hard to Tell

Conservative? Progressive? Liberation theologist? These terms mean different things to Latin Americans than they do to people in the U.S. More »

Cracker Barrel's Oddly Authentic Version of American History

Cracker Barrel's Oddly Authentic Version of American History

The casual dining chain uses thousands of real antiques and preserves a genuine part of U.S. culture. More »

It's More Dangerous Than Ever to Be a Female War Reporter

It's More Dangerous Than Ever to Be a Female War Reporter

"Women are targets": an interview with former foreign reporter Anne Sebba, author of a book on women journalists More »

How Live Video Could Ruin Fashion Week and Leave Us With Ugly Clothes

How Live Video Could Ruin Fashion Week and Leave Us With Ugly Clothes

Critics are worried streaming runway shows will change the entire fashion system, from production to sales. More »

Will Brazil Cancel Its Carnival?

Will Brazil Cancel Its Carnival?

A lethal nightclub fire in the state of Rio Grande do Sul prompts a cycle of mourning and self-criticism familiar to Americans. More »

Deport the Interlopers? But They've Been Here All Along

Deport the Interlopers? But They've Been Here All Along

There may be some real objections to immigration reform. But the idea that it would violate national sovereignty shouldn't be one of them. More »

Reggio Emilia: From Postwar Italy to NYC's Toniest Preschools

Reggio Emilia: From Postwar Italy to NYC's Toniest Preschools

A teaching approach meant to perk up the children of war is popular at a handful of posh American schools. But wouldn't it make more sense to use it with underprivileged kids? More »

The Strange Story of New York's Anarchist School

The Strange Story of New York's Anarchist School

A fatal bomb blast in 1914 raised questions about education that still reverberate today. More »

After Chavez: The One Sentence in Venezuela's Constitution That Explains the Country's Succession Crisis

After Chavez: The One Sentence in Venezuela's Constitution That Explains the Country's Succession Crisis

How a possible power struggle in Caracas gets resolved may come down to a very few words. More »

How Rich People Celebrated New Year's Eve in the Gilded Age

How Rich People Celebrated New Year's Eve in the Gilded Age

Why we drink champagne on the holiday, and other curiosities More »

The Great Montessori Schism

The Great Montessori Schism

The divisive history of the popular school system, and what it teaches us about education and change More »

Regulating U.S.-Made Assault Weapons: The International Case

Regulating U.S.-Made Assault Weapons: The International Case

How to bring down casualty counts from the traffic in countries like Brazil and Mexico? Some activists say: stop manufacturing assault weapons in the U.S. But would that help? A look at the evidence More »

Has There Ever Been a Fatal Shooting at a Public Elementary School?

Has There Ever Been a Fatal Shooting at a Public Elementary School?

A look at the historical record, and the Atlantic archives, on gun violence More »

No Teachers, No Class, No Homework; Would You Send Your Kids Here?

No Teachers, No Class, No Homework; Would You Send Your Kids Here?

Democratic schooling may be the most radical experiment in education of the past 100 years. More »

Is This Grade School a 'Cult'? (And Do Parents Care?)

Is This Grade School a 'Cult'? (And Do Parents Care?)

Waldorf schools are popular with progressive parents. But how do you feel about a dose of spiritualism with your child's reading and math? More »

Charter Schools, the Cliffhanger Issue of the 2012 Election

Charter Schools, the Cliffhanger Issue of the 2012 Election

The presidential election, gay marriage, and marijuana legalization all had clear outcomes. So why is the Washington state charter school vote still too close to call? More »

Sordid Casino Battle Ends, Inevitably, in Victory of Casinos

Sordid Casino Battle Ends, Inevitably, in Victory of Casinos

Maryland's highest-spending political campaign ever? This election's battle between casino operators in that state and in West Virginia. More »

Who Will Correctly Predict the Election, the Redskins or Young Kids?

Who Will Correctly Predict the Election, the Redskins or Young Kids?

If you're too impatient to wait until Tuesday night and don't put much stock in either polls or pundits, here are five ways to know how things will shake out. More »

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