Barbara Bush Changed With Her Country
The former first lady was notably eager to learn about people she didn’t understand—and recognize she might have been wrong about them.
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Remembering Peter Claeys
I was very sorry to learn this week that Peter Claeys, whom you see in action above and in the…
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Lucy Nicholson / Reuters Is It Too Late to Stop the Rise of Marijuana, Inc.?
America is on the path to legalization, but as pot becomes a big business, lawmakers aren't yet wrestling with how to regulate it effectively.
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Brendan McDermid / Reuters New York’s Double-Jeopardy Loophole
The state attorney general asked the legislature to change state law so that the president or his associates could be tried in New York even if pardoned under federal law.
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Robert F. Bukaty / AP When Disadvantaged Students Overlook Elite Colleges
Many poor, minority high-schoolers don’t apply to top institutions even though they could get in—a decision that can have lasting consequences.
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ESA / Copernicus Sentinel Data The Megafire Burning in Oklahoma
In western Oklahoma, a region suffering through a harsh drought, several wildfires have recently broken out, including the Rhea Fire, a “megafire” which has burned more than 260,000 acres.
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Malcolm Pinckney / NYC Parks Why a Statue of the 'Father of Gynecology' Had to Come Down
J. Marion Sims’s advances in medical science were made through experimentation on enslaved women.
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Mark Thiessen / AP / Joseph Sohm / ... American Voters Are Turning to Direct Democracy
In many states, the most important policy changes this year won’t come from legislation, but from ballot initiatives.
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Larry Busacca / Getty for Coachella Scenes From Coachella 2018
Last weekend, the first part of the 2018 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival took place in Indio, California, headlined by Beyoncé.
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The Tax Experiment That Failed
In 2012, Kansas passed one of the largest income tax cuts in the state’s history. Today, it serves as a cautionary tale.
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The Other Coachella: What You Won't See at the Music Festival
I recall the first time I heard someone in New York talk excitedly about plans to “go to Coachella.”…
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The Future of Elite Schools in the Trump Era (and the Future of Blogging)
A few days ago, for no intended reason, I came across this remarkable off-the-cuff essay from back in 2011 by…
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A 'Poisoned' City's Spirit of Resilience
Many residents of Flint, Michigan refuse to be defined by the city’s ongoing struggles.
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Illustration: Attila Futaki; Coloring: Gregory Guilhaumond Two Decades of War Have Eroded the Morale of America’s Troops
After nearly 17 years of war, service members have seen plenty of patriotic displays but little public debate about why they’re fighting.
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Alana Semuels / The Atlantic A House You Can Buy, But Never Own
African Americans in the same neighborhoods decimated by subprime lending are now being targeted with new predatory loan offerings, a lawsuit argues.
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George Frey / Reuters / Thanh Do / ... The Family Trying to Escape Blame for the Opioid Crisis
Relatives of the makers of OxyContin claim they have never benefited from money tied to the painkiller. A court document suggests otherwise.
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Kay Nietfeld / AFP / Getty Silicon Valley Falls to Earth
As Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg prepares to testify before Congress, the cultural attitude toward technology is dramatically shifting.
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'When Times Get Tough, People Make Tough Choices'
An emotional film gets up close and personal with a family torn apart by recidivism.
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Steve Schapiro How Martin Luther King Jr. Recruited John Lewis
The Georgia congressman on what it was like to know the iconic activist
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AP ‘Martin Luther King Jr.’s Unfinished Work on Earth Must Truly Be Our Own’
Five days after King was assassinated, his “spiritual mentor” Benjamin Mays delivered a eulogy for his former student.
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Bettmann / Getty The Riots That Followed the Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
Fifty years ago today, Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I've Been to the Mountaintop” speech in Memphis, one day before his assassination. After this champion of nonviolent protest was murdered, riots broke out in more than 100 cities across the U.S.
