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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters Obama: 'This Bill Will Do You Harm'
The former president issued a warning about the Republican plan to replace his signature health-care law. The Senate is planning to vote on it as early as next week.
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Chip Somodevilla / Getty / Katie Martin /The ... The Senate Puts Medicaid on the Chopping Block
A draft version of the AHCA released Thursday shows even deeper cuts to the program than the House version.
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Wilfredo Lee / AP The Quintessential Americanness of Juneteenth
The most famous Emancipation holiday is more necessary now than it has ever been.
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Scott Bauer / AP The Supreme Court Takes On Partisan Gerrymandering
The legal challenge to Wisconsin’s State Assembly maps could deliver a landmark precedent.
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Rich Pedroncelli / AP How the AHCA Could Cause an Economic Downturn
A new report argues that the Republican health law would slash jobs and perhaps trigger a recession.
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Alexander F. Yuan / AP There's No Way to Know How Compromised U.S. Elections Are
Even if there were, there might not be anything officials can do about it.
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Carlos Osorio / AP Five Involuntary Manslaughter Charges in the Flint Water Crisis
Michigan Health Director Nick Lyon and four other officials are accused of failing to act on a Legionnaires' disease outbreak associated with the city’s lead-poisoning problems.
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Carlos Giusti / AP Puerto Rico's Plebiscite to Nowhere
The territory’s recent vote in favor of statehood faces long odds in Congress.
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters North Carolina's General Assembly Districts Are Unconstitutional Gerrymanders, Too
The Supreme Court struck down the 2011 state legislative maps, but also blocked a court order to hold special elections.
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Environmental Racism Is the New Jim Crow
Vann R. Newkirk II argues that America’s air and water systems disadvantage communities of color.
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Kevin D. Liles / AP How the American Health Care Act Would Affect Mental-Health Coverage
The Republican bill would decrease access for millions, and in the process dismantle the tools used to fight substance abuse.
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters What the New CBO Score Reveals About the AHCA
The Congressional Budget Office’s evaluation of the amended bill still sees huge premium spikes for sicker and older people.
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Andrew Harnik / AP How Trump's Budget Would Weaken Public Health
The president’s proposed spending plan would make the country more vulnerable to health emergencies.
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J. Scott Applewhite / AP The Supreme Court Finds North Carolina's Racial Gerrymandering Unconstitutional
The justices end a six-year fight over 2011 congressional maps that diluted black voting strength in the state.
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Jacob Myrick The Poisoned Generation
The story of a decades-long lead-poisoning lawsuit in New Orleans illustrates how the toxin destroys black families and communities alike.
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The Atlantic The Enslaved Woman They Called Lola
Enslavement is a process, not an identity. The use of the word “slave” obscures that fact.
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Brian Snyder / Reuters How Kids Would Fare Under the American Health Care Act
The Republican bill, now in the Senate’s hands, would constrain the health-care safety net for children who need it most.
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Netflix How Insightful Is Dear White People?
Four Atlantic staffers discuss the Netflix show’s portrayal of a group of black students at a mostly white elite university.
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J. Scott Applewhite / AP North Carolina's Voter ID Law Is Defeated, For Now
The Supreme Court declined to review the law that lower courts found to be discriminatory, but made no judgment on the merits of the policy.
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Carolyn Kaster / AP The White House Declares War on the Specter of Voter Fraud
A new executive order creates a commission that seems destined to continue a crusade against illegal voting.
