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The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: Rahm-Com
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced that he will not seek reelection.
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Reuters How Jalaluddin Haqqani Went From U.S. Ally to Foe
“For many Afghans, the word ‘Haqqani’ invokes fear and horror.”
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Ricardo Moraes / Reuters What Was Lost in Brazil’s Devastating Museum Fire
Two hundred years of work—and millions of priceless specimens—have been destroyed in a preventable tragedy.
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Evan Vucci / AP Here Are the Most Extraordinary Quotes From Bob Woodward’s Book
The memoir by the award-winning journalist reveals consistent infighting in the White House and resentment among top aides.
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Mary Calvert / Reuters A Familiar Republican Face Will Replace John McCain in the Senate
Former Senator Jon Kyl’s temporary return to Washington will give the GOP majority an immediate boost—and President Trump’s Supreme Court pick another vote.
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Pablo Martinez Monsivais / Reuters There's Always a New Low for the Trump White House
Bob Woodward's latest book shows the administration is broken, and yet what comes next could be even worse.
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Reuters / Lucas Jackson Twitter’s New Features Aren’t What Users Asked For
Tackling abuse should be priority number one, many say.
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Annapurna What to Expect at This Year’s Toronto International Film Festival
The start of TIFF, alongside events in Venice and Telluride, signals the beginning of Oscar season, with movies like First Man, If Beale Street Could Talk, A Star Is Born, and Widows on the horizon.
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Leo Correa / AP In Photos: The Smoldering Remains of Brazil's National Museum
Photos from the scene of a fire that burned through the 200-year-old National Museum of Brazil in Rio de Janeiro, destroying countless artifacts.
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters The Proud Corruption of Donald Trump
The president has finally stated it plainly: He believes the government should subjugate rule of law to his political needs.
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Reuters Ahmadinejad’s Quarterback Sneak
The former Iranian president’s praise for Colin Kaepernick is best understood as an effort to deflect attention from his nation’s record on human rights.
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Robyn Beck / Getty A New Kind of Labor Movement in Silicon Valley
Employees at Google and elsewhere are protesting their bosses’ business decisions. Will that evolve into a more sustained labor movement?
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Starz America to Me Tackles Race in New Ways
The 10-part Starz docuseries from Steve James follows students and faculty through an Illinois high school to explore racial inequity from a different angle.
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Siphiwe Sibeko / Reuters The Rise of the Zombie Small Businesses
What your chicken dinner says about wage stagnation, income inequality, and economic sclerosis in the United States
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Boston Public Library Introducing The Atlantic’s Ideas Section
A new destination for incisive and intelligent analysis, essays, and commentary
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Alicia Tatone The Second Redemption Court
The Supreme Court again appears poised to pursue a purely theoretical liberty at the expense of the lives of people of color.
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Peter Kramer / AP What the Shaming of Geoffrey Owens Reveals
The reaction to the former Cosby Show actor working a retail job says a lot about how Americans understand success.
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Gretchen Ertl / Reuters How Well-Intentioned White Families Can Perpetuate Racism
The sociologist Margaret Hagerman spent two years embedded in upper-middle-class white households, listening in on conversations about race.
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Zoë Jooyeon Bae When Postpartum Depression Doesn’t Go Away
For 38 percent of sufferers, the condition becomes chronic, and mothers who expected it to pass as their children aged can struggle to find effective treatments.
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Leah Millis / Reuters Reining In the Excesses of Title IX
The Department of Education’s proposed rule changes aren’t without their flaws—but they move the policy in a more just direction.
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AP Call Them What They Wants
As more English speakers adopt the singular they and reject the gender binary, resisters will have to accept that language changes over time.
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Alex Wroblewski / Reuters Kavanaugh Has a Strong Chance of Confirmation—and of Becoming an Election Rallying Cry
The Supreme Court nominee has become a symbol of the president’s quiet judicial legacy and the anti-Trump resistance.
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Kevin Frayer / Getty China's Jaw-Dropping Family Separation Policy
Children and parents are being ripped apart on a massive scale. It may rob an entire generation of their Muslim identities.
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Fred Prouser / Reuters It’s Time for the Press to Stop Complaining—And to Start Fighting Back
A nearly 50-year campaign of vilification, inspired by Fox News's Roger Ailes, has left many Americans distrustful of media outlets. Now, journalists need to speak up for their work.
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Associated Press How to Fix the Kavanaugh Confirmation Hearings
Senate Democrats will likely do a terrible job of cross-examining Trump’s Supreme Court nominee. They’d do better to hire their own counsel—and they can.
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Joshua Roberts / Reuters Kavanaugh’s Unsettling Use of ‘Settled Law’
The Supreme Court nominee’s judicial record suggests he means only that Roe v. Wade hasn’t yet been overturned, not that it can’t be.
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Annapurna How to Make a Western Movie With No Heroes
The French director Jacques Audiard discusses adapting Patrick deWitt’s novel The Sisters Brothers into a darkly funny film starring John C. Reilly and Joaquin Phoenix.
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Rune Fisker / Quanta Magazine When Shadows Are Not What They Seem
By picking up on patterns too subtle for humans to notice, non-line-of-sight imaging can see around corners and through walls.
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The Atlantic Dear Therapist: I Want a Second Kid. My Husband Doesn't.
How should we decide how many children are right for our family?
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Leah Millis / Reuters Kavanaugh Will Give Roe v. Wade ‘Deference’ but Could Vote to Overturn the Ruling
So said Senator Lindsey Graham on Fox News Sunday. The Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh “will give great deference to Roe v. Wade,” Graham predicted. “But it can be overturned, like every other decision.”
