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Susan Walsh / AP We’re Now in the Hot Zone for Impeachment
New reports about President Trump’s calls with the Ukrainian president could push Nancy Pelosi to recalculate the politics of an attempt to remove him from office.
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The Atlantic Daily: Trump at the Modi-eo
The Indian prime minister holds a rally in Houston with Donald Trump. Plus: the DHS plan to go after white supremacists.
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Stufish Madonna at War
Her 17-date Brooklyn residency forgoes many of the greatest hits and fleshes out her Madame X secret-agent character to spectacular effect.
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Gabriel Bouys / Getty The Life of a Jacked Guy in 2019
Getting ripped comes with cultural baggage.
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Carlos Barria / Reuters DHS Is Finally Going After White Supremacists. It’s Not Going to Be Simple.
A new strategy for the first time places a major priority on domestic terrorism, especially of the extreme right. Now the agency has to actually tackle the problem.
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Gary Cameron / Reuters The 2020 U.S. Presidential Race: A Cheat Sheet
Bill de Blasio was out in front of the Democratic Party’s leftward shift—but then other candidates left him far behind.
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Mitch Stringer / USA TODAY Sports Lamar Jackson and the NFL’s Quarterback Double Standard
As the league looks to the future, the way many analysts talk about black players such as the Baltimore Ravens passer still belongs to an ugly past.
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Tom Brenner / Reuters It’s Happening in Plain Sight
Just like in 2016, the president’s most egregious misconduct is unfolding in the open.
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nerdfox / Shutterstock The Books Briefing: Where Books and TV Intersect
From the page to the screen, and back: your weekly guide to the best in books
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WENJIA TANG Whom Would You Trust If You Were Trapped in the Airport During a Coup?
“We were strong for each other. I don’t think I could have been as clever or as grounded had it been just me by myself.”
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters Greta Thunberg Is Right to Panic
The teenage climate-change activist has taken on anxieties far beyond her years. Adults should listen.
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Henry Nicholls / Reuters It’s Too Late for David Cameron to Apologize
The former prime minister’s newly released book, For the Record, points to a leader trying to reshape the narrative of a seismic moment in Britain’s history, and the role he played in it.
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Mario Anzuoni / Reuters Blink-182’s Secret Seriousness
The brattiness has dimmed. Their influence is wide. Their new album is very, very catchy.
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Shutterstock The Real Danger of Booze-Making Gut Bacteria
Microbes can produce so much alcohol that people become drunk—and sustain liver damage—without touching any booze.
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CBC via Reuters Canada’s Surprising History of Blackface
Scandalous images of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau don’t just tarnish his image—they also point to the hidden history of racism and minstrelsy in his country.
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Brendan McDermid / Reuters WeWork and the Great Unicorn Delusion
Why the consumer-tech revolution can’t seem to survive public scrutiny
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Faith Ninivaggi / Reuters Why Andrew Yang Matters
Like Ross Perot, the Democratic businessman downplays social issues and focuses on economics—the perfect formula for some disaffected voters.
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Brianna Soukup / Portland Press Herald via Getty A Step Toward Blowing Up the Presidential-Voting System
Maine’s adoption of ranked-choice voting for the 2020 general election could upend a close race for the White House.
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Xinyu Cui / Getty Photos of the Week: Giant Penguin, Forest Tower, Glacier Battlefield
A hydrofoil water taxi in Paris, the Rugby World Cup in Japan, a cyclocross challenge in England, Independence Day celebrations in Mexico, protests in Ecuador and Honduras, a whale rescue in Argentina, and much more.
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The Atlantic Politics Daily: Just Keep Swimming
Some presidential candidates have decided, eh, this maybe isn’t going to work out. Others, despite zero to middling name recognition, are still at it—why?
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Carlos Barria / Reuters Imagine If Obama Had Done This
Republicans have tolerated plenty of foreign-policy moves by Trump that they would never have let his predecessor get away with. Will that continue with Iran?
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Shamil Zhumatov / Reuters No One Keeps Secrets Better Than Your Therapist
A side benefit of therapy is that it’s the perfect place for gossip.
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‘Lessons From Danville’
This summer, Deb Fallows and I visited the southern-Virginia town of Danville, and the surrounding rural areas of Pittsylvania County…
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Matt Sayles / AP Famous for Looking Like Someone More Famous
Memes and moments come and go on TikTok, but its fascination with celebrity look-alikes is forever.
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Vicki Jauron / Babylon and Beyond Photography / ... The Quiet Disappearance of Birds in North America
Though the continent has 3 billion fewer birds than it did in 1970, those losses are hard to glean because it’s the commonest species that have been hit hardest.
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Judith Harper / The Atlantic How to Keep Teachers From Leaving the Profession
After 38 years in education, Judith Harper thinks what teachers are missing is more time to learn from one another.
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Michael Caronna / Reuters I Was Never Taught Where Humans Came From
Many American students, myself included, never learn the human part of evolution.
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Beth Dubber / Netflix Unbelievable Is TV’s Most Humane Show
The Netflix series is a remarkable study of how sexual-assault investigations should be conducted, and how they shouldn’t.
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Mike Blake / Reuters Trump’s War on Blue America
The president’s move to revoke California’s authority to set car-emission standards is part of a broader push to stymie the states that voted against him.
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Brian Snyder / Reuters Why Steve Bullock Refuses to Drop Out
Members of the Clinton diaspora are pleading with the Montana governor to stay in the race, even if the rest of the country doesn’t know who he is.
