Kathy Gilsinan
She was previously an editor at World Politics Review.
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Getty; The Atlantic What I Found When I Looked for the Helpers
Even in the midst of death and divisiveness, people are working to fix different pieces of American life the pandemic broke.
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Illustration by Chad Hagen Missouri Is the Next Front in the COVID Culture War
Can Eric Schmitt—Missouri’s anti-mandate attorney general—sue his way to the U.S. Senate?
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Arsh Raziuddin / The Atlantic How China Is Planning to Win Back the World
As its global image takes a big hit, the Chinese Communist Party is using an arsenal of spin, obfuscation, hyperbole, and outright disinformation to win back its reputation.
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Shutterstock / The Atlantic China’s Bargain on Global Influence Is Paying Off
The U.S. gives more money than China to many international organizations. So why do they seem more sympathetic to Beijing?
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Shutterstock / The Atlantic The End of the Imperial Presidency
By ceding control over the government’s pandemic response, Trump is allowing American governors to flex new muscles.
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TR / AFP / Getty Can the West Actually Ditch China?
How severely can countries really punish China when many of them need Beijing for the most crucial of things—medical supplies?
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Brigida Sanchez / DVIDS The Race to Build New Hospitals
The Army Corps of Engineers is converting dozens of hotels and convention centers. Can it do it fast enough?
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Master Sgt. Michael Davis / DVIDS Vermont’s Great Experiment
A few weeks ago, National Guardsmen in the state got an impossible assignment. And then they pulled it off.
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Ju Peng Xinhua / eyevine / Redux How China Deceived the WHO
U.S. senators are calling for investigations and the president is threatening to cut off funding. What happened?
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Historical / Getty An Unhealthy Military Is Struggling to Fight COVID-19
Even as it’s called upon to aid the coronavirus response across the country, the military is struggling to contain the disease among its own personnel.
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Kevin Frayer / Getty Images The Problem With China’s Victory Lap
The Chinese Communist Party is trying to present itself as a global leader in pandemic response. If it declares success too early, it may lead the world back into disaster.
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Cpl. William Hester / DVIDS / Katie Martin … A Marine General’s Next Battle: Grocery-Store Logistics
Larry Nicholson once led 20,000 troops in Afghanistan; now he’s making sure you don’t run out of food during the coronavirus crisis.
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Wil Sands / Redux The Coronavirus Comes to a ‘Handshake Town’
The capital’s main business relies on human contact. Now professional networkers are confronting its dangers.
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diego_cervo / Getty / Katie Martin / The … Friendships in the Age of Quarantine
How people pull together, even at a moment of social distancing
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The Atlantic Confessions of an Ex–Never Trumper
If you want one set of policies, you can’t be choosy about character.
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James Mackenzie / Reuters The U.S. Once Wanted Peace in Afghanistan
Now it’s setting its sights much lower.
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Mikhail Svetlov / Joe Raedle / Drew Angerer … The Russian Trolls’ Next Favorite Candidate
Americans don’t need Russia’s polarizing influence operations. They are plenty good enough at dividing themselves.
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Ali Hashisho / Reuters The Inconvenient Truth About ISIS
The group is bigger now than when it founded its self-styled caliphate, and America’s conflict with Iran is only making the fight against it more complicated.
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters Iraq Is the One War Zone Trump Doesn’t Want to Leave
The president’s resistance to withdrawing from the country boils down to three of his main enemies: ISIS, Iran, and Obama.
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CQ-Roll Call / Getty / The Atlantic C-SPAN Is So Hot Right Now
This is not a sign of a government working well.
