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    • AP

      Between ISIS and Airstrikes

      Mosul's civilians amid the battle

      • Krishnadev Calamur
      • Oct 17, 2016
  • More Top Stories
    • Lucas Jackson / Reuters
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      In Ferguson, the Seeds of Trump's Defeat

      Trump may have risen on the wings of white backlash. But black Americans' fierce resistance to a candidate they see as racist could spell his defeat.

      • Molly Ball
      • Oct 17, 2016
    • Gary Cameron / Reuters
      More Top Stories

      How a Hillary Clinton Presidency Would Affect the Supreme Court

      Conservatives would suffer losses, but the notion that she would permanently vanquish originalism doesn’t withstand scrutiny.

      • Conor Friedersdorf
      • Oct 17, 2016
    • Michael Conroy / AP
      More Top Stories

      How the Internet Wrecked College Admissions

      The ease of applying to dozens of schools with just one click is problematic for students—and universities.

      • Anne Kim
      • Oct 17, 2016
    • Vladimir Voronin / AP
      More Top Stories

      The Limits of Chinese Isolationism

      Can a country doing business all over the world really avoid other peoples' politics?

      • Alice Su
      • Oct 17, 2016
    • Epix
      More Top Stories

      The Easy Political Escapism of Graves

      The new Epix comedy imagines a former Republican president deciding to atone for his sins in office.

      • David Sims
      • Oct 17, 2016
    • Rune Fisker
      More Top Stories

      Why Is Dating in the App Era Such Hard Work?

      Finding love in the postromantic, postmarital age

      • Judith Shulevitz
      • Oct 11, 2016
    • John Locher / AP
      More Top Stories

      Hillary Clinton’s Play for Arizona

      The Democratic nominee is pouring resources into a state that has traditionally been carried by Republicans.

      • Priscilla Alvarez
      • Oct 17, 2016
    • EyesWideOpen / Getty
      More Top Stories

      About Those 79 Cents

      The most frequently cited pay-gap statistic obscures the even wider gaps faced by people of color.

      • Adia Harvey Wingfield
      • Oct 17, 2016
  • Video
    • Video

      How to Raise Creative Children

      Three rules that might make your child a future Nobel Prize winner

      • Leah Varjacques
      • Oct 5, 2016
    • Video

      The Refugee Rapper

      A short film about a 19-year-old Syrian living in Greece and his hip-hop dreams

      • Nadine Ajaka
      • Oct 13, 2016
    • Video

      When a Husband Becomes a Wife

      The documentary From This Day Forward is a portrait of a family through transition.

      • Nadine Ajaka
      • Oct 4, 2016
    • Video

      The Value of Running Marathons in Prison

      A short film profiles the San Quentin 1000 Mile Running Club as members train for their annual race.

      • Nadine Ajaka
      • Oct 12, 2016
    • Video

      Is Anything That Trump Says About African American Communities True?

      Fact checking the candidate's presumptuous statements about the lives of black Americans

      • Daniel Lombroso and Andrew McGill
      • Oct 7, 2016
    • Video

      We Have Reached the End of White Christian America

      The decline of a once-powerful majority is going to have profound implications.

      • Daniel Lombroso and Caitlin Cadieux
      • Oct 13, 2016
  • Global
    • Dominic Ebenbichler / Reuters
      Global

      Austria to Tear Down the Home Where Hitler Was Born

      In July, the Austrian government approved legislation that would enable the government to seize the house from its owner

      • Yasmeen Serhan
    • Andrew Yates / Reuters
      Global

      Steven Woolfe's Condition: What We Know

      The contender for UKIP’s leadership resigned from the party weeks after he was hospitalized, saying there was “something rotten” in UKIP.

      • Krishnadev Calamur
      • Oct 17, 2016
    • Axel Schmidt / Reuters
      Global

      Has Julian Assange Lost His Internet Connection?

      WikiLeaks tweeted that “a state party” is responsible for cutting Assange’s internet access. 

      • J. Weston Phippen
    • Eddie Keogh / Reuters
      Global

      London Cops Are Getting Body Cameras

      • marina Koren
    • Frank Augstein / AP
      Global

      Report Warns of 'Prolonged Weakness' After Brexit Vote

      A UK think tank has predicted economic uncertainty as Britain feels the impact of the vote to leave the European Union.

      • Krishnadev Calamur
    • Global

      U.K. Bank Freezes Accounts of Russia's State-Run News Organization

      National Westminster Bank will close all accounts held by RT within a month, the bank said in a letter to the Russian broadcaster.

      • J. Weston Phippen
    • Mohamed Abd El Ghany / Reuters
      Global

      Ranked: The Women Literally Running the Planet

      A celebration of outstanding leadership in a world that needs it

      • Matt Peterson
      • Oct 14, 2016
    • Reuters

      Small Donors Still Aren't as Important as Wealthy Ones

      Policy decisions, like the Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling, affect where campaign money comes from.

      • Ian Vandewalker and Lawrence Norden
      • 4:50 AM ET
    • Jonathan Ernst / Reuters

      How 'Unprecedented' Are Trump's Claims of a Rigged Election?

      Allegations of voter fraud have been used to delegitimize balloting—and especially black votes—for years, with nowhere near as much pushback.

      • David A. Graham
      • Oct 17, 2016
    • Reuters

      Democracy Depends on the Consent of the Losers

      What happens if Donald Trump is defeated?

      • Uri Friedman
      • Oct 17, 2016
    • Richard Drew / AP

      Melania Trump: 'I Believe My Husband'

      A number of women have stepped forward to claim that they were assaulted by the Republican nominee, who denies their accusations. Republican leaders, meanwhile, are struggling to respond.

      • The Editors
      • Oct 17, 2016
    • Vincent Kessler / Reuters

      Administering the SAT for 53 Years

      Robert Rorison, a retired history teacher and exam proctor, talks about what it took to make sure his students didn’t cheat.

      • Adrienne Green
      • Oct 17, 2016
    • Charlie Neibergall / AP

      The 'Quid Pro Quo' on Hillary Clinton's Emails

      An FBI official alleged that a senior State Department official offered up a shady deal to protect the former secretary, prompting a fresh outcry from Republicans and denials from the Obama administration.

      • Russell Berman
      • Oct 17, 2016
    • Video: The Chinese Activists Fighting for Sexual Abuse Accountability

      In the documentary Hooligan Sparrow, a group of women seek justice in the case of six girls who were allegedly raped by their principal.

      • Nadine Ajaka
      • Oct 17, 2016
  • In This Issue
    • Justin Sullivan / Getty
      In This Issue

      Against Donald Trump

      For the third time since The Atlantic’s founding, the editors endorse a candidate for president. The case for Hillary Clinton.

      • The Editors
      • Oct 5, 2016
    • Olaf Blecker
      In This Issue

      The Binge Breaker

      Tristan Harris believes Silicon Valley is addicting us to our phones. He’s determined to make it stop.

      • Bianca Bosker
      • Oct 8, 2016
  • Most Popular

    • Masters of Love

      Science says lasting relationships come down to—you guessed it—kindness and generosity.

      • Emily Esfahani Smith
      • Jun 12, 2014
    • The Binge Breaker

      Tristan Harris believes Silicon Valley is addicting us to our phones. He’s determined to make it stop.

      • Bianca Bosker
      • Oct 8, 2016
    • Trump Time Capsule #144: 'Animals'

      • James Fallows
      • Oct 16, 2016
    • How the Internet Wrecked College Admissions

      The ease of applying to dozens of schools with just one click is problematic for students—and universities.

      • Anne Kim
      • Oct 17, 2016
    • Women Who Hate Trump, but Aren’t With Her

      The misogyny of the 2016 campaign has stifled critiques of Clinton from progressive feminists and people of color.

      • Emma Green
      • Oct 16, 2016
  • Politics & Policy
    • John Locher / AP
      Politics & Policy

      Hillary Clinton’s Play for Arizona

      The Democratic nominee is pouring resources into a state that has traditionally been carried by Republicans.

      • Priscilla Alvarez
      • Oct 17, 2016
    • Jonathan Bachman / Reuters
      Politics & Policy

      The Delayed Gratification of Obamacare

      Why hasn’t public opinion of the Affordable Care Act matched up with its successes?

      • Vann R. Newkirk II
      • Oct 17, 2016
    • Wayne Parry / AP
      Politics & Policy

      Trump's Rigged Game

      Two ways the candidate charges this election is “rigged” are absurd. The third is absurdly dangerous.

      • Yoni Appelbaum
      • Oct 16, 2016
    • Paul Spella / The Atlantic
      Politics & Policy

      Women Who Hate Trump, but Aren’t With Her

      The misogyny of the 2016 campaign has stifled critiques of Clinton from progressive feminists and people of color.

      • Emma Green
      • Oct 16, 2016
    • Reuters
      Politics & Policy

      Donald Trump's 'Rigged' Rhetoric Is Damaging Even If He Loses 

      America's fabric of peaceful-transfer-of-power is more fragile than it seems.

      • James Fallows
      • Oct 16, 2016
    • Jim Cole / AP
      Politics & Policy

      Michelle Obama: 'Going High' Means Remaining Outraged

      The first lady attacks Donald Trump by measuring him against the principles and ideals he fails to uphold.

      • Adrienne LaFrance
      • Oct 14, 2016
    • Mike Segar / Reuters
      Politics & Policy

      Trump Goes to War

      As the campaign descends into chaos, the Republican nominee lashes out in all directions, consequences be damned.

      • Molly Ball
      • Oct 14, 2016
  • Technology
    • Detroit Photographic Co. / Library of Congress
      Technology

      That Time the Statue of Liberty Almost Got a Glowing Wrist Watch

      The copper goddess is an artistic masterpiece—but also a longstanding symbol of technological progress.

      • Adrienne LaFrance
      • Oct 14, 2016
    • Chris Keane / Reuters
      Technology

      Could Self-Driving Cars Speed Hurricane Evacuations?

      The case for a fully autonomous escape plan

      • Laura Bliss
      • Oct 14, 2016
    • Andrew Kelly / Reuters
      Technology

      How to Turn Your Self-Driving Car Into a Time Machine

      The vehicles of the future might be able to transport passengers to the distant past.

      • Adrienne LaFrance
      • Oct 13, 2016
    • Edel Rodriguez
      Technology

      War Goes Viral

      How social media is being weaponized across the world

      • Emerson T. Brooking and P. W. Singer
      • Oct 11, 2016
    • Bill Hinton Photography / Getty
      Technology

      Tech Billionaires Want to Destroy the Universe

      Seriously.

      • Sam Kriss
      • Oct 13, 2016
    • Brendan McDermid / Reuters
      Technology

      Is Silicon Valley a Meritocracy?

      Obviously not. But maaaybe? (Still no.)

      • Adrienne LaFrance
      • Oct 13, 2016
    • University of Washington / Flickr
      Technology

      How to Send a Password Through Your Body

      A group of engineers found a way to use everyday devices to transfer small amounts of data through skin.

      • Kaveh Waddell
      • Oct 13, 2016
  • Features
    • Alessia Pierdomenico / Reuters
      Features

      Galileo Fought Dirty With His Fellow Scientists

      The Italian astronomer had critics inside and outside the Church.

      • Christopher Graney
      • Oct 17, 2016
    • Jose Luis Magana / AP
      Features

      Why Same-Sex Marriage Bans Risk Native American Sovereignty

      When tribes don’t allow gay couples to marry their chosen partners, they invite negative perceptions about their unique legal status.

      • Marcia Zug
      • Oct 15, 2016
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  • Business
    • Bryan Woolston / Reuters
      Business

      The Tax Code for the Ultra-Rich vs. the One for Everyone Else

      It’s as though there’s a separate set of laws for people with extreme amounts of wealth.

      • James Kwak
      • Oct 15, 2016
    • Thomas Peter / Reuters
      Business

      What a Pizza Delivery Driver Sees

      Angela Nguyen talks about how her job at Domino’s in Ham Lake, Minnesota, has shown her the inner life of her community.

      • Adrienne Green
      • Oct 13, 2016
    • Matthew Mead / AP
      Business

      The Return of the Avocado as a Luxury Item

      Throttled by climate change and wild demand, the now ubiquitous fruit is about to become even more expensive.

      • Adam Chandler
      • Oct 17, 2016
    • Paul Sakuma / AP
      Business

      What's 'Healthy'? What's 'Natural'?

      Consumers, food companies, and lawyers are curious.

      • Adam Chandler
      • Oct 13, 2016
    • AP
      Business

      What a Bartender Wants to Drink

      Something simple, says Juyoung Kang, the lead mixologist at Emeril Lagasse's Delmonico Steakhouse.

      • Adrienne Green
      • Oct 14, 2016
    • Alexia Fernández Campbell
      Business

      How America's Past Shapes Native Americans’ Present

      A Minneapolis community seeks to counteract centuries of federal policies that have put its people at a disadvantage.

      • Alexia Fernández Campbell
      • Oct 12, 2016
    • John Locher / AP
      Business

      No, Most Black People Don’t Live in Poverty—or Inner Cities

      In his debates and speeches, Trump implies that the black population is concentrated in urban cores. They’re not.

      • Alana Semuels
      • Oct 12, 2016
  • Projects

    Next America

    • Gerald Herbert / AP

      The Unlikely Union Between a Trump Supporter and Historically Black Colleges

      Paris Dennard is the new head of strategic communications for the Thurgood Marshall College Fund.

      • Emily DeRuy
      • Oct 17, 2016
  • Health
    • Brennan Linsley / AP
      Health

      Why Doctors Without Borders Refused a Million Free Vaccines

      The climax of a standoff with the pharmaceutical industry over high prices

      • James Hamblin
      • Oct 14, 2016
    • Mike Segar / Reuters
      Health

      Why People Fall for Charismatic Leaders and Conspiracies

      A new book explores how fear, uncertainty, and group psychology lead people to believe leaders who say false things.

      • Olga Khazan
      • Oct 13, 2016
    • Rick Dove, Waterkeeper Alliance
      Health

      North Carolina's Floods Threaten to Unleash Lagoons of Pig Poop

      Floodwaters from Hurricane Matthew are still rising, and the worst is yet to come.

      • Sarah Zhang
      • Oct 12, 2016
    • Laura Breiling / Mosaic
      Health

      The Superhero in the Vagina

      Can researchers harness the power of protective bacteria to guard against a common infection?

      • Kendall Powell
      • Oct 12, 2016
    • Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
      Health

      When Poison Was Everywhere

      A new book explores how and why arsenic found its way into wallpaper, bread, and baby carriages in Victorian times.

      • Haniya Rae
      • Oct 11, 2016
    • Jason Reed / Reuters
      Health

      Sports Stats May Be an Ideal Measure of Mental Health

      Tracking athletes’ performances could shed light on psychological conditions that are notoriously difficult to quantify.

      • B. David Zarley
      • Oct 7, 2016
    • Kim Hong-Ji / Reuters
      Health

      Our Pets, Ourselves

      The surprising similarities between America’s human and animal health-care systems

      • Vann R. Newkirk II
      • Oct 7, 2016
  • Science
    • Cathal McNaughton / Reuters
      Science

      Tracking the World's Emotions, in Real Time

      A new app is collecting data to create a snapshot of global mental health.

      • Eillie Anzilotti
      • Oct 17, 2016
    • The Atlantic
      Science

      A Google Maps for the Human Body

      A group of scientists has taken the first important steps towards creating the Human Cell Atlas—a complete inventory of our staggeringly diverse cells.

      • Ed Yong
      • Oct 14, 2016
    • NASA, ESA, and J. Lotz (STScI)
      Science

      The Universe Just Got 10 Times More Interesting

      New research estimates there are 2 trillion galaxies in the observable region of the cosmos, an order of magnitude more than previously thought.

      • Marina Koren
      • Oct 14, 2016
    • Jack Taylor / Getty
      Science

      Are Wet Wipes Wrecking the World's Sewers?

      The battle over what it means to be “flushable”

      • Matt Kessler
      • Oct 14, 2016
    • Jim Young / Reuters
      Science

      Obama’s Cognitive Dissonance About Mars

      The president wants to send humans to Mars by the 2030s, but his administration has done little to achieve that goal.

      • Marina Koren
      • Oct 13, 2016
    • Guillermo Granja / Reuters
      Science

      How Sharing Leads to Death

      If you’re a spider, that is.

      • Veronique Greenwood
      • Oct 12, 2016
    • Vuk Kostic / Shutterstock
      Science

      Did Plant-Eating Dinosaurs Really Only Eat Plants?

      A newly discovered ankylosaur fossil with fish in its belly provides ancient evidence that herbivore diets are more flexible than they’re assumed to be.

      • Asher Elbein
      • Oct 12, 2016
    • China Stringer Network / Reut / REUTERS

      Animals in the News

      It’s time once again for a look at the animal kingdom and our interactions with the countless species that share our planet.

      • Alan Taylor
      • Oct 17, 2016
  • Culture
    • Doug McLean
      Culture

      When Novels Frustrate, and Enthrall

      Franz Kafka’s work taught the writer Jonathan Lethem about how to incorporate chaos into narratives.

      • Joe Fassler
      • 7:00 AM ET
    • The Atlantic
      Culture

      Come Watch Wag the Dog With Us

      The 1997 dark comedy explores the tragic distractibility of the American electorate. 

      • Megan Garber
      • Oct 17, 2016
    • Dennis Van Tine / STAR MAX / AP
      Culture

      Amy Schumer: The Comical Is Political

      Some 200 people walked out of the comedian’s Tampa arena show after she made jokes about Donald Trump. It’s unclear why, exactly, they were surprised by her partisanship.

      • Megan Garber
      • Oct 17, 2016
    • SNL
      Culture

      Sympathy for the Melania

      SNL and pop culture pay loving disrespect to Donald Trump’s wife.

      • Spencer Kornhaber
      • Oct 17, 2016
    • Epix
      Culture

      The Easy Political Escapism of Graves

      The new Epix comedy imagines a former Republican president deciding to atone for his sins in office.

      • David Sims
      • Oct 17, 2016
    • Erez Avissar / Customs
      Culture

      The Charged Protest of the Swet Shop Boys

      The debut album by the rap group uses satire to voice anxieties about racism, prejudice, and cultural appropriation.

      • Arnav Adhikari
      • Oct 15, 2016
    • Logo TV
      Culture

      The Battle for the Soul of RuPaul's Drag Race

      All Stars 2 crowned the show’s ultimate fan as its winner—but plenty of fans aren’t thrilled about it.

      • Spencer Kornhaber
      • Oct 14, 2016
  • Education
    • Ted S. Warren / AP
      Education

      The New Focus on Children's Mental Health

      Most teachers don’t feel equipped to meet their students’ emotional needs, but some programs are working to change that.

      • Emily Goldberg
      • Oct 17, 2016
    • Education

      More High School Students Are Graduating Than Ever Before 

      Graduation rates rose among students who are black, white, Latino, Native American, disabled, and low income.

      • J. Weston phippen
    • Vincent Kessler / Reuters
      Education

      Administering the SAT for 53 Years

      Robert Rorison, a retired history teacher and exam proctor, talks about what it took to make sure his students didn’t cheat.

      • Adrienne Green
      • Oct 17, 2016
    • Jonathan Ernst / Reuters
      Education

      The Cost of Being First

      Conflating “first-generation” and “low-income” students is inaccurate and isolating.

      • Melissa Scholes Young
      • Oct 16, 2016
    • Robert Nickelsberg / Getty
      Education

      Colleges Aren't Very Kid-Friendly

      The childcare offered to student parents varies widely in quality, accessibility, and consistency.

      • Amanda Freeman
      • Oct 13, 2016
    • Audrey Cleo Yap
      Education

      A New Generation of All-Girls Schools

      They’re focusing on STEM in an effort to close the achievement gap.

      • Audrey Cleo Yap
      • Oct 14, 2016
    • John David Mercer / AP
      Education

      There's No Erasing the Chalkboard

      Blackboards will endure as symbols of learning long after they’ve disappeared from schools. An Object Lesson.

      • Kim Kankiewicz
      • Oct 13, 2016
    • NIAID/NIH / Wikimedia Commons / Zak Bickel / The Atlantic

      A Google Maps for the Human Body

      “It was as if we thought that everyone in a city wore green shirts, and it turned out that some wore blue and some wore yellow.”

      • Ed Yong
      • Oct 14, 2016
  • U.S.
    • Eric Gay / AP
      U.S.

      The Thwarted Domestic Terrorist Attack on Somali Refugees

      Federal prosecutors charged three Kansas men who were planning to detonate bombs that targeted Muslims.

      • Matt Vasilogambros
      • Oct 14, 2016
    • James Fallows
      U.S.

      A Pre-Election Reminder: Don't Despair!

      In Erie, Pennsylvania, there are plenty of reasons to believe the nation's on the right track. 

      • James Fallows
      • Oct 12, 2016
    • Michelle McLoughlin / Reuters
      U.S.

      Why a Connecticut Judge Tossed the Sandy Hook Lawsuit

      The families of the 2012 massacre victims were suing the gun manufacturer who made the rifle used by Adam Lanza.

      • Matt Vasilogambros
      • Oct 14, 2016
    • Courtesy of the Douglas County Museum
      U.S.

      'We Can’t Do Much Worse Than the Men'

      In 1920, the Yoncalla, Oregon, city councilmen proved they weren’t up to the task of governing. So an all-female government took over, spurring national headlines that warned of the coming feminist revolution.

      • Kate Torgovnick May
      • Oct 9, 2016
    • Adam Rhew / Reuters
      U.S.

      The Justice Department's New Police Shooting Database

      The gap in data has been an embarrassment for the federal government.

      • Matt Vasilogambros
      • Oct 13, 2016
    • John Sommers II / Reuters
      U.S.

      The U.S. Army Equipment That Ended Up on eBay

      Eight people, including six soldiers, have been charged with conspiring to steal and sell sensitive military equipment on the website.

      • Yasmeen Serhan
      • Oct 6, 2016
    • Carlo Allegri / Reuters
      U.S.

      Why Was NJ Transit Going Too Fast in Hoboken?

      In the last minute before a fatal crash last week, a commuter train sped up to twice the limit, the NTSB says.

      • David A. Graham
      • Oct 6, 2016
  • Video
    • Video

      The Pain of Having Your Dog Shot and Killed by Police

      Another consequence of an increasingly militarized police force has been the death of beloved pets.

      • Nadine Ajaka
      • Oct 6, 2016
    • Video

      Using Technology to Reverse Extinction

      Taking the first steps to undo climate change could begin with bringing back the passenger pigeon.

      • Erica Moriarty
      • Oct 14, 2016
  • Events
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      • October 23 – 25, 2016
      • Miami

      CityLab gathers the world’s most creative mayors and city practitioners with artists, academics, funders, and other public and private sector leaders to focus on improving cities and spreading urban strategies that work.

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