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What Will Become of America’s Veterans’ Halls?

Across the country, membership in the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars is declining, but the physical spaces they occupy still serve important purposes.

• Andrew Aoyama
• November 11, 2021

The Taliban’s Return Is Catastrophic for Women

As a photojournalist covering Afghanistan for two decades, I’ve seen how hard the country’s women have fought for their freedom, and how much they have gained. Now they stand to lose everything.

• Lynsey Addario
• August 16, 2021

The Surreality of Documenting 2020

“What will resonate in a year or a decade? It’s just a bunch of pictures of people with masks.”

• Amy Weiss-Meyer
• April 23, 2021

Inside the Strange World of the Police

A photographer and a writer look back on their time embedded with the Los Angeles Police Department in 1994.

• Richard Rayner
• February 20, 2021

Scenes From an American Insurrection

Photos depicting the chaos at the Capitol, unlike anything else witnessed in recent U.S. history

• The Atlantic Editors
• January 6, 2021

The Life of a Little Black Boy in America

The joys and vulnerabilities of a Black childhood, as seen from a father’s gaze

• Ena Alvarado
• December 20, 2020

A Marching Band’s ‘Mountaintop’

How the Lesbian & Gay Big Apple Corps prepared for the big parade

• Rachel Gutman
• November 25, 2020

The Letters That Outgoing Presidents Wrote to Their Successors

Each one reminds us what a peaceful—and gracious—transfer of power looks like.

• Alex Kalman
• November 14, 2020

Photos of California’s Suffocating Smoke

A photographer rushed home to California to capture scenes from a historic fire season.

• Jacob Stern
• September 13, 2020