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Ron Case/Getty The Atlantic Daily: 11 Books We’re Reading This Summer
Writers and editors offer inspiration from their reading lists.
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Klara Auerbach / The Atlantic The Big Story: A Summer of Social Distance
James Hamblin and Kaitlyn Tiffany talk with Paul Bisceglio about navigating social distancing as states begin to reopen, live at 2 p.m. ET today.
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Steve Helber / AP The Statues Brought Down Since the George Floyd Protests Began
Images of some of the dozens of statues that have been toppled, defaced, or slated for removal across the U.S. over the past month
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Getty / The Atlantic Hip-Hop Won’t Stop Protecting Alleged Abusers
The industry has been proclaiming the importance of Black lives while continuing to ignore Black women.
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Getty / The Atlantic The Birdsong That Took Over North America
Since 2000, a strange new type of song in white-throated sparrows has spread across the continent at stunning speed.
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Joe Raedle / Getty The Veteran Who Could Be VP
The Illinois senator and Purple Heart recipient is looking to leverage her military experience into a big promotion.
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Sue Ogrocki / AP Oklahomans Just Embarrassed Trump a Second Time
Not long after the president’s Tulsa rally fizzled, red-state voters chose to expand Medicaid.
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The Atlantic Do Americans Understand How Badly They’re Doing?
In France, where I live, the virus is under control. I can hardly believe the news coming out of the United States.
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Jean Gaumy / Magnum Parents Can’t Wait Around Forever
We need to know the facts about kids and COVID-19. Now.
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Jan Buchczik A College Degree Is No Guarantee of a Good Life
Higher education is often described as an investment. But it’s still unclear if it pays off in happiness.
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Shutterstock / The Atlantic Believe the Polls This Time
These aren’t Hillary Clinton’s numbers. Biden has a wide lead because the landscape has changed.
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The Atlantic The Atlantic Daily: Election Day Will Be a Complicated One
Today, we’re walking you through our writers’ latest ideas of what might be in store.
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Shahid Ali / AFP / Getty Photos: The Locust Swarms of 2020
Images from hard-hit areas in Kenya, Pakistan, India, Nepal, and Yemen, taken over recent months
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ESO / L. Calcada / Vishakha Darbha / ... Stars Aren’t Supposed to Go Out Like This
When a massive star went missing, astronomers expected to find a supernova in its place. But there wasn’t one.
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Julian Montague Paging Dr. Hamblin: Are Kids Really Spared From the Coronavirus?
Some children are having a delayed immune reaction after getting infected. The extent of the condition is just coming into view.
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Anthony Wallace / AFP / Getty Hong Kong Is a Colony Once More
With a far-reaching national-security law, overlords in a distant capital are again making decisions on the city’s behalf.
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Naughty Dog / Katie Martin / The Atlantic The Last of Us Part II Tests the Limits of Video-Game Violence
The ambitious sequel once again forces players to confront their own brutality. But to what end?
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Getty / The Atlantic Police Punish the ‘Good Apples’
Law enforcement needs to protect those who prioritize their sworn duties above loyalty to their peers.
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The Atlantic Yale Doesn’t Need to Change Its Name
The name of the university has long been divorced in meaning from the life of Elihu Yale, who dealt in enslaved people.
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Lucas Jackson / Reuters Pride Can’t Go Back to What It Was Before
New York’s Queer Liberation March extended its celebration of Stonewall to Black Lives Matter, ditching corporate sponsorships while retaining a sense of joy.
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The Atlantic The Atlantic Daily: Stay Home Anyway
May’s dreams of flattening the curve fell to the surge in coronavirus cases in late June. Now July threatens to test Americans’ resolve.
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Getty / The Atlantic A Dire Warning From COVID-19 Test Providers
U.S. coronavirus testing could fail again, as surging demand creates new backlogs and delays.
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Joe Raedle / Getty Jeff Sessions Explains Why Christians Support Trump
The former attorney general compared the president to a Middle Eastern strongman.
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Michelle Sole / Shutterstock Scenes From Antarctica
Recent images of the Antarctic landscape, wildlife, and research facilities, as well as some of the work taking place there
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Shutterstock / The Atlantic College Leaders Have the Wrong Incentives
If we want university presidents to safeguard the well-being of their communities, we need to change the way they’re evaluated.
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Getty / CSA / The Atlantic Don’t Build Roads, Open Schools
The idea of child care as women’s (unpaid) work holds the issue back in political discussions.
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Getty / The Atlantic Social Conservatives Are Learning All the Wrong Lessons From Trump
The chief justice is signaling his willingness to roll back abortion rights—if only activists would listen.
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Carlos Alvarez / Getty Just Because You Can Doesn’t Mean You Should
As states and cities waffle on pandemic restrictions, public health has become individuals’ responsibility.
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Getty / The Atlantic Trump Is Boring Now, and He Can’t Do Anything About It
Season 4 of the Trump show just doesn’t have the zest and sparkle of the previous seasons.
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The Atlantic Leave Lincoln Out of It
The Lincoln Project partakes of the spirit of a famous Republican president—but he’s not its namesake.
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