The Patriots Win the Super Bowl in an Unprecedented Comeback
Even by the third quarter, no one saw it coming.
Even by the third quarter, no one saw it coming.
Performers do it for the exposure, and, like the NFL, have an interest in keeping the attention away from money.
Fox News’s former star has downplayed her full role in an ugly election.
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In some states, justices of the peace don’t need a law degree to sentence defendants to prison.
How does such a nutritious fruit have such a contentious record?
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The president has displayed a willingness to go after the press, the intelligence community, and now even the judiciary.
The actress made a surprise appearance as the White House press secretary.
The biggest blockbuster in pop culture doesn’t benefit most of its advertisers. So, what are they thinking?
American beer as we know it today was the gift of a once-despised immigrant group: German Americans.
The 1970s comedy series was one of the first to recognize a new economic and social reality, in which white-collar residents increasingly supplanted the urban working class.
At Perea Preschool in Memphis, Tennessee, lesson plans come with a heaping portion of nutrition.
The disempowered left now faces its own kinds of hoaxes and fables.
The enviable, highly profitable life of Amber Fillerup Clark, perfect mother and social-media influencer
From bohemian to radical to Catholic activist, Dorothy Day devoted her life to the poor, however unlovable.
Meet the Dreamers who are one executive action away from losing everything.
How an African American newspaper editor led a movement to ban the racist film
A visual portrait of JFK after the announcement of the travel ban
David Frum on Donald Trump's authoritarian tendencies
“When you are burdened with something constantly—every day—you can't thrive as a human being.”
The young policy adviser became the public face of Trump’s controversial travel ban—and is paying the price for it.
The president’s directive on immigration might resemble the record deportations of Obama’s first term—but without the corresponding push for legalization.
The prospect of losing coverage and jobs has jolted a marginalized workforce into political organizing.
After his travel ban is rebuked by the courts, the president attacks the legitimacy of a “so-called judge” who issued a ruling blocking the order.
The president’s directive on immigration might resemble the record deportations of Obama’s first term—but without the corresponding push for legalization.
The DOJ attorney appears to have erroneously included visa categories—such as diplomatic—that the executive order exempts.
As many as 5,000 business owners and their supporters gathered in Brooklyn for a protest against President Trump’s immigration ban.
The federally-chartered organization will be holding its annual ball this Saturday at the president's golf club in Florida, Mar-a-Lago.
The U.S. economy added 277,000 jobs last month, while the unemployment rate ticked up to 4.8 percent.
The past seven presidents haven't dared to interfere with federal economic data. But Nixon had other ideas—and the current chief executive may as well.
In his speech at the annual event, the president went on a digression promoting The Apprentice, a show he co-produces.
The high-profile spot is already being interpreted along partisan lines, whether the company likes it or not.
The ban targeting seven Muslim-majority countries was just the beginning.
The technology isn’t the moral game-changer that some make it out to be.
Instead of beelining for Silicon Valley, the top minds from countries like Iran may start heading to Canada, Europe, or Asia instead.
A taste for chocolate has spread around the globe, but its supply is in jeopardy.
The social-media campaign highlights labor issues, but only through the lens of identity.
The notion that one form of prejudice can defeat another is an illusion.
Some terms are more limited than others.
In declining to take an “official position” on the issue, the president departs from a decades-old American posture.
This week the Trump administration said it was putting Iran "on notice."
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How the Russian president became the ideological hero of nationalists everywhere
Most presidents view inaugural addresses as a rare opportunity to appeal beyond “the base.” This was base-only.
Multiple studies suggest social conservatives are more attuned to threats—even when they are not real.
Lacking easy access to specialized care, some families are turning to video-conferencing for treatment.
The resurgent ritual of mocking people for crying is a suboptimal source of social validation.
By distracting patients, VR could minimize the cost and risk of operations—and allow doctors to operate on patients outside the hospital.
Medical students from the seven banned nations may never get to practice in the U.S., where many would have worked in underserved areas.
New evidence from two caves in Western France deepens an old mystery about our fellow hominins.
Andrew Weaver abandoned a 26-year career in climatology to make a successful run for office in Canada.
Conservatives are more likely to support issues like immigration and Obamacare if the message is “morally reframed” to suit their values.
This mass downscaling stops neurons from becoming saturated—which may be one of the reasons why sleep exists at all.
More than 380 people have signed a list volunteering their facilities to American-based researchers who are stuck outside the U.S.
Under the Obama administration, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said the project needed an environmental-impact review. Now, the Corps has reversed course.
They’re among the softest biological substances ever measured.
Part of our ongoing series of photo essays at The Atlantic titled “Americans at Work.” This week, photographs of military veterans returning to civilian life in New York City, made by photographer Emilie Richardson
This strange sequel comes 15 years after the terrifying American remake of a Japanese horror classic.
The screen legend Robert De Niro plays a grumpy standup in Taylor Hackford’s interminable new film.
The Netflix show stars Drew Barrymore and Timothy Olyphant as a couple thrown off course when one of them becomes a zombie.
Some critics are suggesting this year’s ceremony be canceled for political reasons, but it’s unclear what doing so would accomplish.
The singer announced she’d be having twins with an image that broke social-media records—and fit into a long visual lineage.
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The final vote is expected next week.
Neil Gorsuch and Barack Obama both graduated from Harvard Law School in 1991, but their legal ideologies are fundamentally different.
The Silver State’s school-choice program provided a useful template for what a school landscape could look like under Education Secretary-nominee Betsy DeVos.
Female alumni make 30 percent less, on average, than their male counterparts.
Donald Trump’s victory made conspicuous conservatism a viable marketing strategy.
Here are some quirky facts about the 10 people who previously oversaw the department.
“Geisel’s political cartoons go a long way in demonstrating how the spirit of Seuss—zany, honest, brash, and brave—was born.”
He's still relevant, and not just during Black History Month.
Part of our ongoing series of photo essays at The Atlantic titled “Americans at Work.” This week, photographs of a working family in Los Angeles, made by photographer Justin L. Stewart.
The Ohio-based Arab American group has been linked to the Assad regime and called anti-Semitic—charges its leader rejects.
The television icon who helped redefine the sitcom, both in front of and behind the camera on her eponymous show, died at age 80.
President Trump is vowing to “send in the Feds,” but researchers aren’t convinced they understand the rise, or how to stop it.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average has been hovering near the figure since the election of President Trump.
The projects were blocked under the Obama administration.
Tristan Harris speaks to PBS Newshour about the importance of digital detox.
The French existentialists used to be close companions. What happened?
In declining to take an “official position” on the issue, the president departs from a decades-old American posture.
The Atlantic’s David Frum will join Atlantic Editor-In-Chief Jeffrey Goldberg to discuss why he believes President Trump could lead our democracy to an autocracy, and what it could mean for the future of the Republic.
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