Adam Harris
The Death of an Adjunct
Thea Hunter was a promising, brilliant scholar. And then she got trapped in academia’s permanent underclass.
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Getty / The Atlantic The Nightmare That Colleges Face This Fall
University presidents are scrambling for answers on everything from on-campus housing to revenue-generating sports.
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Brooks Kraft / Corbis / Getty When Quakers Become Takers
Sidwell Friends, one of the nation’s most elite private schools, cites its religious values in seeking government money.
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Taylor Hill/Getty Rural Southerners Take On the Coronavirus
Many Black Belt communities lack hospitals, beds, ventilators, and tests.
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William Widmer / The New York Times / ... What If Colleges Don’t Reopen Until 2021?
Millions of families face a question that was once unthinkable.
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Liz Marie Sanders The Unenviable Position of a Southern Mayor
As the COVID-19 crisis shifts south, Little Rock Mayor Frank Scott is navigating a whole different sort of city-state politics.
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The Atlantic How to Cut Your Own Hair
After years of practice, it’s a skill I’ll never let go of.
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Getty Images / The Atlantic The Other Way the Coronavirus Will Ravage Our Cities
After the rush for ventilators and protective equipment, local governments need to worry about insolvency.
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Kyle Grillot / Bloomberg / Getty It's Not Just the Presidential Race Adjusting to the Coronavirus
COVID-19 has overshadowed nearly every facet of American life, including the 2020 elections.
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George Frey / Steven Ferdman / Getty / ... What If Andrew Yang Was Right?
Mitt Romney has joined the chorus of voices calling for all Americans to receive free money directly from the government.
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Dech St / Shutterstock / The Atlantic It Pays to Be Rich During a Pandemic
How the wealthy, powerful, and connected are exploiting the loopholes in our health-care system
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Scott Olson / Getty Bernie Sanders Reached Out to Black Voters. Why Didn’t It Work?
The democratic socialist champions underrepresented groups. So far they’ve voted, en masse, for his rival.
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Scott Olson / Getty The Establishment Strikes Back
What was once the most diverse primary race in history has narrowed to two white, male septuagenarians.
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David Becker / Reuters Barack Obama and the End of Pete Buttigieg’s Campaign
Obama—young, handsome, and from a midwestern state—came preaching hope and unity in the face of division. It worked exceedingly well … for him.
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Matt Rourke / AP Joe Biden’s First-Ever Primary Win Is a Big One
“If Joe Biden spends too much more time in South Carolina,” one Biden supporter said yesterday, “we’re going to give him a South Carolina driver’s license and start making him pay South Carolina taxes.”
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For subscribers: And now for the more diverse states
This is The Atlantic’s weekly email to subscribers—a close look at the issues our writers are watching, just for you.
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Jessica Rinaldi / The Boston Globe via Getty Why Bill Weld Is Really Running Against Trump
The former Massachusetts governor thinks he can rebuke the president even without beating him.
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Melina Mara / The Washington Post / Getty Elizabeth Warren’s Last Stand
Can the New England senator win the Democratic nomination if she doesn’t win New Hampshire?
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Ryan McVay / Getty How Many Tootsie Rolls Is a Snickers Worth? Kids Know.
Like any grown-up bartering exchange, the Halloween candy trade is a delicate and complex affair that is influenced by the power dynamics of the room.
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Paul Morigi / Stringer / Getty Why Rhode Island’s Governor Is Taking Over Providence’s Public Schools
The city’s schools have been failing for decades. The state believes it can fix them by stepping in.
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Lucy Nicholson / Reuters An Attempt to Resegregate Little Rock, of All Places
A battle over local control in a city that was the face of integration shows the extent of the new segregation problem in the U.S.
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