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The Atlantic’s Week in Culture

A roundup of our recent writing on arts and entertainment

• The Editors
• 4:19 PM ET

James Comey's Rough Reception at Howard University

The former FBI director has been at the center of controversy for months, but protestors at the historically black university on Friday focused on his history of comments about race and policing.

• David A. Graham
• 3:35 PM ET

Transparent Tackles
Israel-Palestine, and Other Boundary Issues

The dramedy’s unusually joyful fourth season says that division is agony—and reconciliation is a process.

• Spencer Kornhaber
• 3:24 PM ET

How Milo Yiannopoulos's Berkeley 'Free Speech Week' Fell Apart

The former Breitbart editor’s attempt to schedule a provocative event on the liberal campus featuring high-profile conservative speakers didn’t work out as planned.

• Rosie Gray
• 3:08 PM ET

Theresa May's Case for a Two-Year Transition Period After Brexit

The proposal could extend negotiations until 2021.

• Yasmeen Serhan
• 3:00 PM ET

What Would a Hydrogen Bomb Do to the Pacific Ocean?

A North Korean official has hinted about conducting a nuclear test at sea, which would have severe environmental consequences.

• Marina Koren
• 2:49 PM ET

John McCain Saves Obamacare Once Again

The Arizona Republican announced his opposition to the latest GOP repeal plan, all but certainly giving its critics the votes to block it.

• Russell Berman
• 2:22 PM ET

Is It Unethical To Pose as an Alt-Righter?

A 25-year-old graduate student went undercover, yielding captivating footage of extremists—and a moral dilemma.

• Graeme Wood
• 2:00 PM ET

Stronger Is a Profound, Oscar-Worthy Gem

Jake Gyllenhaal plays Jeff Bauman, who lost his legs in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, in this surprisingly excellent inspirational drama.

• David Sims
• 1:36 PM ET

How Campus Sexual Assault Became So Politicized

The Trump administration has announced that it’s rescinding college-rape policies put in place by President Obama.

• Caroline Kitchener
• 1:30 PM ET

The Meaning of Kim Jong Un's Rebuttal to Trump

The Trump administration has been sleepwalking through a dream. It’s time to wake up.

• Adam Mount
• 12:18 PM ET

Saving One of Western Art’s Most Iconic Paintings

Inside the massive, two-year museum effort to conserve The Blue Boy, Thomas Gainsborough’s famed 18th-century portrait

• Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell
• 11:30 AM ET

How Graham-Cassidy Would Affect Women

Regardless of income or childbearing preference, women would feel the impacts of the latest Obamacare-replacement proposal.

• Olga Khazan
• 11:10 AM ET

Giving the Deep State More Leeway to Kill With Drones

President Trump is poised to compound the most grave moral failing of his predecessor by making targeted killings less safe, less legal, and less rare.

• Conor Friedersdorf
• 11:04 AM ET

The Genomic Revolution Reaches the City Crime Lab

How will law enforcement handle the deluge of new information available from DNA?

• Sarah Zhang
• 10:46 AM ET

When Will the Economy Start Caring About Home-Care Work?

One of the fastest-growing occupations has meager pay and benefits—a problem that might become more urgent as the population continues to age.

• Annie Lowrey
• 10:37 AM ET

Ukrainian Freedom Fighting and Cambodian Democracy: The Week in Global-Affairs Writing

The highlights from seven days of reading about the world

• Annabelle Timsit
• 10:07 AM ET

Kingsman: The Golden Circle Is More Farce Than Satire

While the sequel shares some of its predecessor’s strengths, this installment of the comic-action franchise is broader and less original.

• Christopher Orr
• 9:14 AM ET

Love in the Time of Individualism

Two new books explore America’s changing romantic landscape.

• Julie Beck
• 9:00 AM ET

Why Would North Korea Want to Drop a Hydrogen Bomb in the Ocean?

Escalating tensions between the country and the United States lead toward the threat of a "Juche bird" test in the Pacific.

• Krishnadev Calamur
• 8:04 AM ET

The Lost History of Neanderthals

New genetic evidence suggests our mysterious ancient cousins were more resilient—and more humanlike—than previously thought.

• Jordana Cepelewicz
• 8:00 AM ET

The Most Polarizing Education Reformer in New York City

In a new memoir, Eva Moskowitz recounts how her revered—and notorious—Success Academy charter-school network came to be.

• Alia Wong
• 7:00 AM ET

There and Back Again

What J.R.R. Tolkien’s classic The Hobbit still has to offer, 80 years after its publication

• Vann R. Newkirk II
• 6:00 AM ET

Building Mentorship Out of Trauma

The haunting things Bob Lang once saw as a firefighter have influenced the advice he now gives to young colleagues in his work as a lawyer.

• Elisha Brown
• 6:00 AM ET

Honoring the Best in a Workforce 'Under Siege'

A Treasury Department investigator and two groundbreaking engineers will receive annual awards for government service, which come at a time of peak anxiety for federal employees.

• Russell Berman
• 5:00 AM ET

Graham-Cassidy and the Fog of War

Nobody knows exactly what the latest Obamacare-replacement legislation will do. That may be the point.

• Vann R. Newkirk II
• 4:50 AM ET

Germany's Far-Right Populists Have an Infighting Problem

What happens when the AfD gets to the Bundestag?

• Lisa Hagen
• 4:50 AM ET

Radio Atlantic: What Are Public Schools For?

Back-to-school season means a host of laments about America's failing public education system. But what is it failing to do?

• Matt Thompson
• Sep 21, 2017