Church Militant: A Right-Wing Media Empire in the Making
A Catholic news outlet is fighting to save Americans from sin, while its founder grapples with his own complicated past.
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Settlers in the 'Most Contentious Place on Earth'
An American Muslim travels to the West Bank to meet Israelis living in the occupied territory and the Palestinians who oppose them.
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How Da Vinci 'Augmented Reality'—More Than 500 Years Ago
Here’s how Leonardo Da Vinci brought the Mona Lisa to life.
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Joshua Roberts / Reuters Alt-Right Members in Charlottesville Vow Not to Back Down
“This is a phenomenal victory.”
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Is Trumpism the New Conservatism?
To understand the changes taking place in the Republican Party now, it helps to go back to the last time the party went through a major transformation.
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A Podcast 160 Years in the Making
Join top Atlantic editors every Friday for conversations with some of the world's leading voices
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What Is Dodd-Frank and Why Does Trump Want to Repeal It?
The president claims regulations are hurting economic growth. The data shows otherwise.
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How North Korea Became a Crisis
To understand how the standoff between Pyongyang and the world became so dire, it helps to go back to the country's founding
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Can the Left Rebuild in the Deep South?
Republicans have held Georgia's sixth district for nearly 40 years, but Jon Ossoff could change that. We go inside his record-breaking campaign.
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Americans See Discrimination in Radically Different Ways
People don’t agree on who is facing the most persecution in the country.
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A Better Way to Argue About Politics
There’s a simple psychological trick that might change people’s minds.
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Bill Nye on the Nature of Regret
In an animated interview, the scientist describes the importance of taking chances.
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O.J.: The Pioneer Before the Prisoner
Director Ezra Edelman on how the football player’s commercial success became a beacon for African Americans
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Is the Anti-Trump Resistance Another Tea Party?
The two movements are strikingly similar.
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Chimamanda Adichie on What Americans Get Wrong About Africa
In an animated interview, the author explains the problem with stereotypes.
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Have Conspiracy Theories Gone Mainstream?
How Alex Jones and Steve Bannon pushed a paranoid new media into the spotlight
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Ta-Nehisi Coates on Asking Questions That Have No Answers
In a short animation, the writer describes the lifelong curiosity that led him into journalism.
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The Crippling Fear of Everlasting Life
While many dream of an afterlife, people with apeirophobia are terrified of eternal existence.
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Perspective That Comes With Motherhood
In an animated interview, the Supreme Court justice describes her early career.
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Is Trump a Populist Authoritarian?
What he does and does not have in common with the likes of Hitler, Chavez, Berlusconi, and Erdoğan
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Can It Happen Here?
David Frum on Donald Trump's authoritarian tendencies
