I Served in Congress Longer Than Anyone. Here’s How to Fix It.

Abolish the Senate and publicly fund elections.

John D. Dingell

/ Share 

Top 25 News Photos of 2018

Powerful images from the past 12 eventful months

Alan Taylor

/ Share 

How to Build a Museum in Outer Space

Researchers have begun to imagine how the people of the future might visit exhibits in orbit or on the moon.

Marina Koren

/ Share 

The Last WASP President

George H. W. Bush wasn’t the last of the Republican moderates. He was the archetype of the modern GOP, a man whose blue blood shouldn’t be confused with moral courage.  

Franklin Foer

/ Share 

The Bootleg Video Vans of the Soviet Union

I learned English—and Western culture—watching American movies in smoky minibuses. An Object Lesson.

Elmar Hashimov

/ Share 

Jameela Jamil and the Trouble With #NoFilter Feminism

The outspoken British actor recently wrote that airbrushing should be illegal. But there are far more compelling ways to consider the tyranny of gendered beauty standards.

Hannah Giorgis

/ Share 

Read Nikki Haley’s Full Interview With The Atlantic

“If a government doesn’t value human life, then they will do something to their people that the whole world will have to pay attention to,” Haley said.

Uri Friedman

/ Share 

How to Tell the Stories of Immigration

Journalism requires holding power to account—but also telling people about other people.

Masha Gessen

/ Share 

Silent Sam Survives

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has announced its recommendation that the school build a new, $5.3 million building to house the Confederate monument.

Adam Harris

/ Share 

What Utah Voters Really Want From Mitt Romney

New polling data show a large majority of Utahns want the senator-elect to stand up to President Trump. But experts and activists in the state say that he’ll need to walk a fine line.

McKay Coppins

/ Share 

The Oldest Surviving Form of Theater

The ancient Japanese art of Noh can be traced back to the 14th century.

Emily Buder

/ Share 

The Controversy Over Parents Who Eat Lunch With Their Children at School

Schools claim it’s disruptive for parents to eat in the cafeteria. But parents crave the quality time, and some say it’s a good thing for them to be involved with their kids’ place of learning.

Taylor Lorenz

/ Share 

There’s an Exception to the Double-Jeopardy Rule

The Supreme Court will hear a challenge to the “separate sovereigns” doctrine in Gamble v. United States.

Garrett Epps

/ Share 

Sign Up for Our Daily Newsletter

Want a daily jolt of interesting news? Sign up for The Atlantic Daily for stories, ideas, and images.