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Ina Fassbender / Reuters Let Juries Review Facebook Ads
Social-media giants can’t decide how far is too far, but a panel of regular people can.
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Delil Souleiman / AFP via Getty Images How Trump’s ‘Green Light’ Moment in Syria Shook the World
During a few wild weeks in October, U.S. allies watched as their own worst nightmare befell America’s Kurdish partners in Syria. Here's what that means for America’s standing in the world.
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Everett Collection Why Singin’ in the Rain Is an Almost Perfect Musical
The 1952 film exemplifies the key elements of a beloved Hollywood genre.
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The Atlantic Just How Far Will Republicans Go for Trump?
Lawmakers won’t face facts about Ukraine because they’re scared of the base. Yet one reason the president’s support remains so indivisible is that few lawmakers have condemned him.
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Russell Cheyne / Reuters Boris Johnson Is Not Britain’s Donald Trump. Jeremy Corbyn Is.
Corbyn and Trump are both populists and in a battle with ‘the swamp.’ Brexit aside, Johnson is not.
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Luke MacGregor / Reuters Why It Pays to Know What Your Male Colleagues Earn
Samira Ahmed’s case against her employer the BBC illustrates the value of transparency in closing the gender pay gap.
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The Atlantic Politics Daily: Impeachment Comes to a Screen Near You
The witness to watch today was William Taylor, who showed up with new information. Plus, a new candidate for Obama’s heir—and for the 2020 Democratic primary?
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Pool / Reuters The Exposure of the Republican Party
The GOP will not be a great or good party until those who lead it straighten their backbone.
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Olivier Douliery / Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / AFP / ... The Made-for-TV Impeachment
On rare occasions, congressional hearings beat gritty HBO dramas in entertainment value.
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Erin Scott / Reuters It’s Not What the President Did—It’s Why He Did It
Today’s impeachment hearings depicted a president whose interest in Ukraine was personal, not policy-based.
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters The System Was Blinking Red
The first day of impeachment hearings showed Trump’s improper bullying of Ukraine setting off alarms throughout the government.
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Sundance / AMC The Preppy Murder Unpacks a Tabloid Frenzy
A new Sundance/AMC series about a 1986 homicide in Central Park explores the pervasive unwillingness to believe that a handsome white Manhattan teen could be culpable.
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Laurel Golio Why Colleges Are Betting Big on Video Games
A small Pennsylvania university has only one varsity program: e-sports. Is this the future of college athletics?
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This Stunning Documentary Depicts an Act of True Love and Trust
Krzysztof and Wiola love to ski together—even though one of them is blind.
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Giacomo Bagnara The Zombie Storefronts of America
If retail is dying, then pop-up shops might be what replace it.
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Andrew Harnik / AP William Taylor's Big Impeachment Reveal
The ambassador to Ukraine detailed a previously unknown phone call involving President Trump, potentially adding to the Democrats’ case that he put his own interests above the nation’s.
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Stefano Mazzola / Awakening / Getty Venice Underwater: The Highest Tide in 50 Years
A record-setting acqua alta has left much of Venice submerged, following stormy conditions blowing in from the Adriatic Sea.
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters How to Cut U.S. Carbon Pollution by Nearly 40 Percent in 10 Years
A bill in Congress could slash American greenhouse-gas emissions. It’s even bipartisan—if you squint.
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Reuters Read Adam Schiff’s Opening Statement in the First Impeachment Hearing
“If the president can simply refuse all oversight, particularly in the context of an impeachment proceeding, the balance of power between our two branches of government will be irrevocably altered.”
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In Defense of The Commercial Appeal
A few days ago I published an item about a new online journalistic site in Tennessee, The Daily Memphian.…
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Kamil Krzaczynski / Reuters Twenty-One Books to Read After Becoming
A year after the release of Michelle Obama’s acclaimed memoir, a celebration of books by black women
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Atsushi Nishijima The Government Report That Got Turned Into a Hollywood Movie
How Scott Z. Burns tackled his feature directorial debut, a gripping film about the inquiry into the CIA’s “enhanced interrogation” program
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Jason Reed / Reuters A New Candidate for Obama’s Rightful Heir
Alumni of the Obama administration love Joe Biden. But some of them think that Deval Patrick is better equipped to win the presidency.
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters When the Staff Can’t Tell the Candidate What’s Wrong
Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton differ in many ways. But beneath each candidate’s marquee scandal lies the same core defect: insularity.
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Eric Thayer / The New York Times / ... Conservatives Should Want to Impeach Trump
Outsourcing U.S. diplomacy to Rudy Giuliani was a constitutional violation—one whose gravity Republicans might see if they weren’t so busy making excuses for the president.
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The Image Bank / Getty Tax the Patriarchy
The U.S. tax code helps entrench gender divisions. It doesn’t have to be that way.
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Carolyn Kaster / AP Why the Trolls Booed at Don Jr.’s Event
The forces of hatred that Trump stoked to benefit himself politically are spiraling out of control.
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The Modern Women of Rural America
Recently, I hit the motherlode, where well over 200 women from rural America met in Greenville, South Carolina for an annual gathering of the Rural Assembly, a coalition of nationwide organizations that advocates for rural communities. This one was the first ever rural women’s summit.
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Jacquelyn Martin / AP The Sexism Is Getting Sneakier
Is Elizabeth Warren overly “angry”? The media are just asking questions.
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oksana.perkins / Shutterstock The College Campuses That Moonlight as Wedding Venues
Some schools rent out their facilities, bringing in extra revenue during a time of widespread budgetary woes.
