Emma Green
Will Anyone Remember 11 Dead Jews?
Eric Lidji is on a one-man mission to keep the Tree of Life massacre from becoming just another entry on a long list of mass shootings and anti-Semitic attacks.
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Jason Fulford The Catholic Temptation
Former Vice President Joe Biden is using his Scranton bona fides to win over a key voting bloc.
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Susan Walsh / AP The Amy Coney Barrett Hail-Mary Touchdown
Republicans understand that Barrett’s confirmation is coming just a week before a potential electoral “bloodbath.” They don’t care.
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Erin Schaff / The New York Times / … How the Senate Stopped Pretending
Senators grapple with the reality that they have destroyed their own house.
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Jim Lo Scalzo / Getty No One Likes Amy Coney Barrett’s Abortion Answer
Nine unelected justices control the outcome of the abortion debate, which feels good only when your side is winning.
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Kevin Dietsch / Getty The Irony at the Heart of the Amy Coney Barrett Fight
Republicans are pitching Donald Trump’s third Supreme Court nominee as a feminist icon at a time when the party is intensely unpopular among American women.
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Shutterstock / The Atlantic How Conservatives Really Feel About Amy Coney Barrett
Even Trump-skeptical Republicans are relishing the prospect of a 6–3 Court.
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The Atlantic / Getty Biden and Harris Need an Answer on Court Packing
The pressure to take a position, not just from Republicans, but also from fellow Democrats, may only grow.
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Julio Cortez / AP Why Can’t He Just Say It?
President Donald Trump refused to clearly condemn white supremacy at last night’s debate. This was no accident.
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Samuel Corum / The New York Times / … The True Victors of Trump’s Supreme Court Nomination
Amy Coney Barrett’s ascension is a triumph for the conservative legal movement.
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Al Drago / The New York Times / … Is This Really the End of Abortion?
Democrats might crush Republicans in November. With a 6–3 conservative Supreme Court majority, abortion rights could still be decimated.
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Christophe Vander Eecken / laif / Redux The Pandemic Has Parents Fleeing From Schools—Maybe Forever
COVID-19 is a catalyst for families who were already skeptical of the traditional school system—and are now thinking about leaving it for good.
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Schwartz / Getty / The Atlantic Michael Steele Isn’t Having It
“Kiss my ass. I haven’t changed, baby. You have.”
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Getty / The Atlantic The RNC Is Terrified of Losing Women Voters
GOP leaders sold a female-friendly version of Donald Trump at the convention, despite dark parts of the president’s history.
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Lawrence Bryant / Reuters The McCloskeys’ Unsubtle Message to White America
Mark and Patricia McCloskey appeared at the Republican National Convention to warn that Democrats want to “abolish the suburbs.” Their vision of America is premised on fear—and dominating others.
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Getty / The Atlantic Georgia Sends a Preacher to Washington
Anger over Donald Trump’s leadership created an opening for progressives to flip formerly solid-red states such as Georgia—and reclaim the identity of so-called values voters.
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Noah Berger / AFP / Getty The Anointment of Kamala Harris
Democratic leaders praised the party’s vice-presidential nominee not just as a trailblazer, but as the champion of a more inclusive vision for America.
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John Locher / AP Kamala Harris’s Nomination Reopens the Wounds of 2016
Why having a woman vice-presidential candidate is historic—and painful for young feminists
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Brian Snyder / Reuters How Jerry Falwell Jr. Lost His Liberty Flock
The university’s leader has effectively become a spokesman for evangelicalism. Pastors and alumni worry about the consequences for their faith.
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Mary Altaffer / AP / The Atlantic The Anti-Abortion-Rights Movement Prepares to Build a Post-Roe World
As activists move closer to their goal of making abortion illegal, they have started planning for the infrastructure needed for a world with more babies—and recruiting major CEOs to bankroll their cause.
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Mark Peterson / Redux When Conservative Justices Revolt
Donald Trump promised religious voters that he would protect them with his Supreme Court appointments. The justices are not necessarily playing along.
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