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Matt Rourke / AP Pennsylvania: Images of the Keystone State
A few glimpses of the landscape of Pennsylvania, and some of the animals and people calling it home
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Martin Parr / Magnum Against Heaven
A poem for Sunday
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Yale Joel / The LIFE Picture Collection / ... The ‘Great Man’ Theory of American Food
The prolific cookbook author James Beard helped shape the nation’s culinary identity—for better and for worse.
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Alec Soth / Magnum Tires Are a Hidden Environmental Nuisance
The pollution that cars emit goes beyond what spews from their tailpipe.
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William Widmer / Redux Is American Healing Even Possible?
In an extended interview, the Reverend William J. Barber II explains why healing the soul of the nation will take more than returning to “normal.”
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Rich-Joseph Facun Hillbilly Elegy Doesn’t Reflect the Appalachia I Know
The movie and book don’t show the positive side of the area, because that wouldn’t serve the story’s purposes.
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Erin Schaff / The New York Times / ... Progressives Can’t Repeat the Mistakes of 2008
For the left to be effective in a post-Trump Washington, it must avoid the culture of deference that set in after Obama’s victory.
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters Where Will the Next Big Flood Hit?
An army of volunteers is helping forecasters predict disasters before they strike.
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Corbis / Getty / The Atlantic American Museums Are Going Through an Identity Crisis
Cultural institutions have faced hard questions about racial inclusivity for decades. This year, they might finally provide some answers.
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Getty / The Atlantic Biden Could Expand Abortion Access, Even Without the Senate
The path lies not in legislation but through the deregulation of mifepristone—the only drug the FDA has approved to safely and effectively terminate an early pregnancy.
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WENJIA TANG A Fantasy-Football League Unafraid to Commit to the Bit
“We have a flag that we fly. We have a portable flagpole.”
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Bettmann/Getty The Books Briefing: How to Tell the Story of a Family
Feuding brothers, possessive aunts, and honest discussions: Your weekly guide to the best in books
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IFC Films / Everett A Horror Movie Where Wealth Is the Demon
The Nest is a brilliantly cast thriller and one of the year’s best films.
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Operofilm/Getty Dry Ice Is Hotter Than Ever
Solid carbon dioxide has long been essential to manufacturing, food processing, and high-school theater. Now it’s a key part of the race to get America vaccinated.
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Joe Raedle / Getty The Damage Will Last
The precedents Trump has set, the doubts he has sown, and the claims he has made will linger.
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David Paul Morris / Bloomberg / Getty Photography Has Gotten Climate Change Wrong from the Start
Smoggy-looking daguerreotypes in 19th-century London foreshadowed today’s muted smartphone photos of California fires.
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Getty / Shutterstock / The Atlantic America Failed at COVID-19, but the Economy’s Okay. Why?
The U.S. entered the coronavirus recession with a few structural advantages. Its success may not last for long.
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Getty / The Atlantic Democrats’ Real Liability in the House
Joe Biden’s walloping victory in the popular vote didn’t translate down-ballot.
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John Minchillo / AP Photos of the Week: Turkey Pardon, Deer Hoof, Seattle Owl
A foggy sunrise in Germany, a fiery protest in Guatemala, a strongman contest in Crimea, the ongoing pandemic worldwide, mourning in Argentina for Diego Maradona, and much more
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Getty / The Atlantic Pandemic Data Are About to Go Sideways
States are likely to report fewer coronavirus cases, but not because things are getting better.
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Drew Angerer / Getty / The Atlantic A Tragic Beginning to the Holiday Season
COVID-19 hospitalizations have been at a record high for more than two weeks, and daily deaths have exceeded 2,000 for the first time since May.
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Jonathan Newton / The Washington Post / Getty When Your Hometown Team Gets a New Identity
Black fans of the Washington Football Team are adapting to a new future for their beloved franchise—and reckoning with its past disregard of Native Americans.
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Jim McIsaac / Getty / The Atlantic Denial Isn’t Working Out for College Football
The coronavirus keeps infecting players and disrupting game schedules, but schools are acting as if the pandemic isn’t happening.
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Photo via Twitter / The Atlantic When a News Anchor Does the Government’s Job
What can we learn from Anne McCloy, the local news anchor who has helped thousands of Americans get unemployment benefits?
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The Atlantic Why Big-City Dominance Is a Problem for Democrats
Metro power comes with huge political and cultural drawbacks.
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The Atlantic The Beauty of Keeping Mum
What I learned about others when I lost my voice
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The Atlantic Daily: Odes for Thanksgiving 2020
Thaw that turkey, and your soul. We hope these odes to the small pleasures in life will at least bring you back to room temperature.
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Patrick Semansky / AP Trump Pardoned Flynn to Save Himself
The president’s act of clemency was less about mercy than self-interest.
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Getty / Katie Martin / The Atlantic The Flynn Pardon Is a Despicable Use of an Awesome Power
The president’s abuse of his clemency power is an assault on one of the few truly humane aspects of the American legal system.
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Shutterstock / The Atlantic The Monster Publishing Merger Is About Amazon
Penguin Random House purchasing Simon & Schuster is not the gravest danger to the publishing business. The deal is transpiring in a larger context—and that context is Amazon.
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