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Courtesy of Elaine Godfrey; The Atlantic The Year of Postponed Grief
Sixteen months after my grandmother died, my family finally gathered to bury her.
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Sebastiano Tomada / Sipa USA / AP The One Thing That Could’ve Changed the War in Afghanistan
Had Osama bin Laden been killed or captured in December 2001, justice would have been served in the way Americans like: fast, hard, and cheap.
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Getty ; The Atlantic The Deep Strangeness of the Catholic Church’s Latest Scandal
The outing of a top administrator of the nation’s conference of Catholic bishops as a regular Grindr user was clearly a story. But what kind?
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JOSH EDELSON / AFP / Getty When Your Yard Can Kill You
My mom wanted to be prepared for wildfire season. But I knew she was concerned about the cost.
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Joshua Roberts / Reuters; Joe Raedle / Getty Biden Won Over Mitch McConnell. Now He Needs AOC.
The president won’t be able to celebrate the Senate’s bipartisan passage of an infrastructure bill until Democrats deliver the rest of his economic agenda this fall.
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Jamelle Bouie; The Atlantic The Words the AP Didn’t Want to Use
The reporter Jonathan Katz explains how he wrestled with the sins of U.S. interventions abroad—and what to call them.
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Alex Wong / Getty The Next Face of the Democratic Party
Hakeem Jeffries could end up being the first Black speaker of the House—but not all progressives are happy about his rise.
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Chip Somodevilla / Getty; The Atlantic The Tucker Carlson Fans Who Got Vaxxed
I asked vaccinated fans of the Fox News host what it will take to get more Republicans to get their shots.
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Allison Zaucha / The New York Times / … The Best Way to Keep Your Kids Safe From Delta
Get the adults in your community vaccinated.
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Stanton Sharpe / Sopa / Sipa / AP The Voters Who Could Turn California Red
The state GOP’s comeback runs through Latino communities.
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Michael M. Santiago / Getty What the Ohio Special Election Actually Means
The Democratic primary became a proxy war between progressives and the establishment. But the outcome doesn’t tell us much about the party’s future.
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Jeff Kowalsky / AFP / Getty; The Atlantic The Gymnast Who Won’t Let Her Daughters Do Gymnastics
Gymnast Rachael Denhollander is one of many people who can no longer watch the Olympics with casual enjoyment.
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Rachel Hulin; The Atlantic How to Avoid the Worst Parenting Mistake
Emily Oster caters to a data-obsessed crowd of modern parents. But sometimes you just can’t optimize your kid.
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Science Photo Library / Al Drago / Getty … The Unraveling of the Trump Era
The Trump administration desperately wanted to cut government benefits, and it had outside help to do so. But very few of its new rules held up.
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The Atlantic Companies Want Remote Workers in All States but 1
Businesses such as Nike and Oracle are happy to let you work from home—just not in Colorado.
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Getty; The Atlantic Vaccinated America Has Had Enough
In the United States, this pandemic could be almost over by now. The reasons it’s still going are pretty clear.
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Kendrick Brinson / The New York Times / … Two Ways to Think About the New Mask Debate
Depending on where you live and your risk tolerance, vaccinated people are justified in either masking or unmasking indoors.
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Illustration by Valerie Chiang; Andrew Harnik-Pool / Getty; … How Democrats Lost the Courts
Justice Stephen Breyer hasn’t retired yet. But filling Supreme Court seats is just one battle in a war over the judiciary—one that progressives worry they’re losing.
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Courtesy of Esau McCaulley / The Atlantic The Vortex of White Evangelicalism
“Every single Christian of color who is proximate to evangelical spaces gets called everything but a child of God. And that’s just part of the work.”
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photoart23D / Getty; Steve Cicero / Getty; Katie … The Perverse Consequences of the NCAA Ruling
The high court’s decision was overdue. It will also usher in a new world.
