How the Senate's Health-Care Bill Would Cause Financial Ruin for People With Preexisting Conditions
Republicans are going to insist otherwise, but that’s simply not the case.
Latest
-
![]()
PoliticsWhat Happens When a Presidency Loses Its Legitimacy?
Mounting evidence that Trump’s election was aided by Russian interference presents a challenge to the American system of government—with lasting consequences for democracy.
-
![]()
CulturePoem of the Week: ‘The Cellist’ by Galway Kinnell
The late Pulitzer Prize- and National Book Award-winning poet Galway Kinnell excelled at creating immersive moments. The stanzas and scenes…
-
![]()
HealthNature Therapy Is a Privilege
Science is learning more about the health benefits of going outside—at a time when access to wild spaces is ever-more unequal.
-
-
![]()
GlobalPhotos of the Week: 6/17–6/23
A heatwave in Europe, floating solar farms in China, the America’s Cup in Bermuda, the Royal Highland Show in Scotland, and much more
-
![Al Jazeera Media Network’s headquarters building in Doha, Qatar on June 8, 2017.]()
NewsThe Saudi-Led Bloc's List of Demands to End Qatar Crisis
The 13 demands include curbing ties with Iran and shuttering Al Jazeera.
-
![]()
PoliticsWhy Do Democrats Keep Losing in 2017?
The party has made gains in special elections, but continues to fall short of outright victory.
-
![]()
ScienceThe EPA Quietly Approved Monsanto's New Genetic-Engineering Technology
It’s the first time RNA interference will be used to kill insect pests.
-
![]()
CultureVince Staples, Enemy of Groupthink
The talented young rapper overhauls his sound on Big Fish Theory to criticize both the rap world and racism.
-
![Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell]()
BusinessHow the Senate's Health-Care Bill Would Cause Financial Ruin for People With Preexisting Conditions
Republicans are going to insist otherwise, but that’s simply not the case.
-
![People cross a road during a power outage in the Crimean city of Simferopol on November 24, 2015.]()
GlobalRussia’s Cyberwar Lab and Haiti’s Portable Pharmacies: The Week in Global-Affairs Writing
The highlights from seven days of reading about the world
-
-
![]()
ScienceThe Peril and Promise of Peanut Butter
The spread that’s poisonous to a growing number of people also is the basis of a medical therapy that saves the lives of millions of children.
-
![]()
TechnologyThe Mars Robot Making Decisions on Its Own
Thanks to artificial-intelligence software, the Curiosity rover can target rocks without human input.
-
![]()
CultureGLOW Is a Total Delight
The Netflix show about a short-lived ’80s wrestling league for women is smart, funny, and subversive.
-
![]()
HealthTestosterone Wars
A seller of dietary supplements is succeeding by promising power to the aggrieved.
-
-
![]()
ScienceWhat Mormon Family Trees Tell Us About Cancer
By searching the church's famed family trees, scientists have tracked down a cancer-causing mutation that came west with a pioneer couple—just in time to save the lives of their great-great-great-great grandchildren.
-
![]()
CultureWill Years of Losing Make the Philadelphia 76ers Winners?
The team’s notorious “Process,” founded on tanking games, inched closer to paying off with this year’s NBA draft.
-
![Broken keyboards]()
EducationPresidential Searches and Cyber Hacks: This Week's Top 7 Education Stories
The best recent writing about school
-
![]()
CultureThe Beguiled Is a Steamy but Restrained Thriller
Sofia Coppola’s new film deploys stars Nicole Kidman and Colin Farrell perfectly in a Civil War-era battle of wits.
-
![]()
ScienceWildfires May Be More Toxic Than Scientists Thought
Researchers had to fly a plane through a smoke plume to realize this.
-
![]()
PoliticsWisconsin Republicans Consider Cracking Down on Campus Protests
The Badger State is debating a law that would suspend or expel students who shut down speakers or interfere with their free expression. Does it go too far?
-
![]()
EventsAspen Ideas Festival Spotlight Health 2017
Spotlight Health features some of the world’s leading doers and thinkers discussing the biggest issues involving health and medicine.
Popular
See all-
1
How the Senate's Health-Care Bill Would Cause Financial Ruin for People With Preexisting Conditions -
2
What Mormon Family Trees Tell Us About Cancer -
3
Watergate Lawyer: I Witnessed Nixon's Downfall—and I've Got a Warning for Trump -
4
Why Do Democrats Keep Losing in 2017? -
5
The Cheapest Generation -
6
Testosterone Wars -
7
The Lasting Damage of Trump's 'Tapes' Bluff -
8
Power Causes Brain Damage -
9
The Peril and Promise of Peanut Butter -
10
The EPA Quietly Approved Monsanto's New Genetic-Engineering Technology
Writers
See all
Magazine
Past issuesSupport 160 years of journalism. Subscribe today, and get up to 78% off.
Subscribe now
Mark Twain once said that writing for The Atlantic offered him “perfect serenity.”
For 160 years, we’ve given iconic thinkers like Twain a voice. Help us continue that tradition by becoming a subscriber today.
Subscribe
