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Could Kansas Become the First Abortionless State?

Rebecca Greenfield Jun 23, 2011

'Are You Ready for Marriage?': Couples Counseling From 1950

From Coronet Instructional Films, marriage advice for young lovers ...

Rebecca Greenfield Jun 16, 2011

'Hidden Alcatraz': The Past Lives of Our Most Infamous Prison

A new book takes you into the warden's home and mysterious tunnels, showing off the island's forgotten history

Rebecca Greenfield May 10, 2011

Real Fairytales: 6 Wedding Stories for the Rest of Us

ARLINGTON, Virginia—The media frenzy around the royal wedding continues unabated, but we think other couples deserve to have their stories told…

Rebecca Greenfield Apr 29, 2011

John Muir, the Original Environmentalist

On Earth Day 2011, a look back at 6 Atlantic essays by the father of American environmentalism

Rebecca Greenfield Apr 22, 2011

Our First Public Parks: The Forgotten History of Cemeteries

From tiny plots to wide-open "rural cemeteries" and modern "memorial parks," the evolving design of cities of the dead

Rebecca Greenfield Mar 16, 2011

Time Travel: Niagara Falls, 1883

Journeys in space and time with The Atlantic. Today: A couple returning to where they got married struggles to accept change and modernization.

Rebecca Greenfield Mar 9, 2011

'Are You Popular?': Social Guidance From 1947

From Coronet Instructional Films, friend making tips for teens ... "Popularity: What is it made of? How does a person get to be popular with lots…

Rebecca Greenfield Feb 21, 2011

'Dating Do's and Don'ts': Relationship Etiquette From 1949

From Coronet Instructional Films, dating advice for teens ...After Allan Woodrow, AKA "Woody," receives a ticket to the carnival for "one couple," he…

Rebecca Greenfield Feb 14, 2011

'Supervising Women Workers': Management Techniques From 1944

From Coronet Instructional Films, advice on how to handle the influx of women working in factories in the latter years of World War II ...The men are…

Rebecca Greenfield Feb 11, 2011