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Walter Iooss. Jr. / Getty Photos: The Queen of Soul's Amazing Career
A collection of images of Aretha Franklin’s incredible life of performance, spanning the past five decades.
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Chris Keane / Reuters The Women Who Gave Trump the White House Could Tip the Midterms to Democrats
The fate of the House majority may depend on whether working-class white women turn on the GOP this fall—or simply sit out the election.
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Gilles Petard / Redferns / Getty Remembering the Incomparable Aretha Franklin
The legendary soul singer, who died at 76, leaves behind the definitive testament to the capabilities of the human voice.
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John Stillwell / Reuters It Was the Gatekeepers Who Failed
The internet doesn’t actually offer an unconstrained marketplace of ideas.
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Vidhya Nagarajan Are Cities Making Animals Smarter?
A mysterious wild cat in Sri Lanka may hold a clue.
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Getty / Will Mullery There’s No Innocent Way to Ask Your Son or Daughter About Grandkids
Fertility is a deeply private topic, often better left alone. But if aspiring grandparents want to raise the question, it’s best done with sensitivity.
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David LaChapelle / National Portrait Gallery, London Chasing the Myth of Michael Jackson
A new exhibition in London, titled On the Wall, seeks to understand what the superstar—and, more importantly, what his image—meant to the world.
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters The Government's Revealing Case Against Paul Manafort
The trial of President Trump’s former campaign chairman offered a striking microcosm of the questions at the heart of the Russia probe.
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Moritz Hager / Reuters Steve Bannon May Be Too Late to the Populist Party
The former White House chief strategist wants to work with Europe’s right-wing parties—but some say they aren’t interested.
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AFP / Getty / The Atlantic China Is Going to Outrageous Lengths to Surveil Its Own Citizens
New tech—including drones disguised as birds—can be a nightmare for Muslims in particular.
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Stefano Rellandini / Reuters What Brought Down the Bridge in Italy?
A deadly disaster has focused attention on the state of infrastructure built during the country’s postwar boom.
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Darrin Zammit Lupi / Reuters The Atlantic Daily: Value in the Movement
Why the freedom of the press is your individual right. Plus ongoing violence in Afghanistan, rising seas in Tuvalu, and more.
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Stringer / Reuters The U.S. Must Engage With Russia
Real dialogue is necessary for nuclear-arms reduction.
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Lau / Fotolia / UbjsP / Shutterstock / ... The Freedom of the Press Is Yours
It is your right as an American to read what you will, to write what you think, and to publish what you believe.
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Instagram / Thanh Do / The Atlantic How Daquan Went From Homegrown Instagram Account to Modern Media Conglomerate
Meme accounts are big business now—and plenty of people are eager to get in on the action.
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The Ocean’s Cosmic Lessons
In a little town in Oaxaca, the sea is said to teach humans how to live and die.
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Joshua Roberts / Reuters The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: Warning: Low Clearance
White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said President Trump revoked the security clearance of former CIA Director John Brennan, a critic of the president.
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Alexis Madrigal The Strange Infinities of e-Commerce
When it costs as much to retail 200,000 things as one thing, the world gets a little odd.
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Eliana Aponte / Reuters Colombia’s Long Push to Bring ‘Loaned’ Fossils Home
Latin American countries have larger capacities than ever to house locally discovered specimens, but many are still held abroad.
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Mario Anzuoni / Reuters Nicki Minaj Guards a Shrinking Kingdom
The rapper emphasizes her smarts and ferocity on her fourth album, Queen, but to what end?
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Fiona Goodall / Getty for Lumix A Visit to Tuvalu, Surrounded by the Rising Pacific
Fiona Goodall, a photographer working with Getty Images, recently visited the tiny South Pacific island nation of Tuvalu, a country battling rising sea levels with limited resources.
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Brendan Smialowski / AFP / Getty The Fate of Black Colleges Post-Omarosa
The former White House official was as seen as a direct line to President Trump for the institutions, but they are faring better with Congress anyway.
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Mustafa Andalib / Reuters Talking to the Taliban While Still Fighting the Taliban
Nearly a year since the Trump administration rolled out its South Asia strategy, carnage in Afghanistan continues even as negotiations for peace inch ahead.
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Lance Corporal William Chockey / U.S. Marines A Popular Military Website Is Attacked From the Right
Task & Purpose’s top editor resigned last week after alleging newsroom interference by its CEO to mollify conservative critics.
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Denis Balibouse / Reuters Let’s Debate Universal Basic Income in the U.S.
What’s your stance on the government giving people money?
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Josh Westrich / Getty What Does It Mean to ‘Sound’ Black?
In recent works including Insecure, Sorry to Bother You, and BlacKkKlansman, sounding “real” is a tricky equation.
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Elaine Thompson / AP Will Washington State Voters Make History on Climate Change?
The state could be the first in the union to adopt a carbon price by ballot.
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Jim Young / Reuters The End of the David Clarke Era
The successor to the controversial former Milwaukee County sheriff lost his primary on Tuesday, the latest law-enforcement officer to lose to a reformist this year.
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Radu Sigheti / Reuters Elephants Have a Secret Weapon Against Cancer
The biggest animals should have the highest risks of developing tumors, but they don’t.
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Julie Jacobson / AP When Academics Defend Colleagues Accused of Harassment
The recent case of Avital Ronell, an NYU professor suspended for sexual harassment, and the scholars who rallied to support her highlights the intense politics of academia.
