The Masthead
Membership from The Atlantic
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Petros Giannakouris / AP What Are the New Questions of Philosophy?
2018, in trending philosophical topics.
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Elaine Thompson / AP Would You Want Amazon’s HQ2 in Your City?
The effects of HQ2 on your city—and you
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Carolyn Kaster / AP Swinging Progressively to Washington
A case for and against a Democratic progressive strategy in swing districts
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Loren Elliott / Reuters How the Problems of the U.S.-Mexico Border Grew and Grew
“The United States has not dealt fairly with Mexico.”
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Jacquelyn Martin / AP Can Labor Unions Bounce Back After Janus?
“Unions are going to be forced to go to the gym.”
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Geert Vanden Wijngaert / AP NATO in the Migrant Crisis
The Trump administration wants NATO front and center. So do many Europeans.
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters The SCOTUS Fight to Come
There won’t be another justice like Anthony Kennedy. So what will there be?
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Nancy Palmieri / AP Why My Mom Went Back to College at 59
“It’s about claiming, ‘This is my time.’”
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Anthony Kwan / Getty Images How Psychology Explains Partisanship
The author of The Righteous Mind says the unconscious mind is the main source of our political disputes.
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Ng Han Guan / AP Beware of Bluffing, and Other Advice from the Trade War
The effects of the Trump administration’s trade policy are starting to ripple out.
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Kim Kyung Hoon/Reuters What Do the Parents of Trans Kids Have to Say?
Parents of trans children respond to Jesse Singal.
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Gloria Oh How to Fix the Health Gap Between Black and White America
The Atlantic convenes health experts to find solutions.
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Jorge Duenes / Reuters Is Family Separation Here to Stay?
“It Is very hard to predict what is going to happen.”
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Stringer Shanghai / Reuters How Websites Slip Past China’s Great Firewall
Why is Pinterest blocked in China while Reddit isn’t?
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Jason DeCrow / AP The Masthead Discusses a “New American Aristocracy”
The writer Matthew Stewart talks to Masthead members about his June cover story.
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Steven Senne / AP Should We Tell Fewer Stories About Suicide or Better Ones?
The challenges of covering and understanding a rising problem in America.
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Gabrielle Lurie / Getty Images Can You Take Gender Out of Sexual Assault?
“It would remove the role of gender stereotypes, which can be harmful to men and women.”
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Pablo Martinez Monsivais / AP A Journalist’s Guide to Presidential Lying
Atlantic writers and editors discuss when to call out the president.
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Eduardo Munoz / Reuters To Stop Gangs, First You Have to Find Them
Rejecting members of MS-13 is the centerpiece of the president’s immigration strategy. But it’s not easy to tell who’s really in a gang.
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Charlie Neibergall / AP Are Politics Hereditary?
Parents often want to pass on their political beliefs to their kids. These factors determine when that works.
