The Year Behind, The Year Ahead
A look at what happened in 2015 and what to watch in 2016
The Best of 2015's Best of Lists
Standouts from this year’s December pop-culture roundups
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Mary Altaffer / AP / Zak Bickel / ... Who Gets Excluded From the Modern Economy?
Experts on banking and labor markets offer their reasons for optimism and pessimism going into 2016.
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Wong Maye-E / AP 2015: The Year in High-Stakes Handshakes
Diplomacy: It’s all in the wrist.
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In Photos: The Year in High-Stakes Handshakes
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Universal Female Characters Don’t Have to Be Likable
Several novels this year starred female protagonists as flawed and interesting as literature’s most memorable male characters.
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Laszlo Balogh / Reuters Remembered: A Few Notable Deaths of 2015
B.B. King, Grace Lee Boggs, Allen Toussaint, and nine others who changed the world
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Stephen Lam / Reuters / Zak Bickel / ... How Will the American Workforce Change?
Experts on race, gender, and labor offer their reasons for optimism and pessimism going into 2016.
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Brian Snyder / Reuters A Year of Black Lives Matter
As the protest movement evolves, activists face pushback and growing pains.
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Lucy Nicholson / Reuters / Zak Bickel / ... What Would It Take for the Economy to Be More Fair?
Experts on business, labor, and corporate governance offer their reasons for optimism and pessimism going into 2016.
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Universal / Disney / Warner Bros. / Fox ... 28 Movies to Look Forward to in 2016
Amid the usual franchise fare and long-awaited sequels are a handful of original works to get excited about.
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Matt Rourke / AP / Zak Bickel / ... What Is the Future of Higher Education?
Experts in the field offer their reasons for optimism and pessimism going forward.
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Seth Wenig / AP / Zak Bickel / ... Can Schools Be Fixed?
Experts on K-12 education offer their reasons for optimism and pessimism going forward.
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Andrew Harnik / AP 2015: The Year in Politics and Policy
A roundup of some of our favorite stories that we published in the past year.
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U.S. Navy / Reuters Brave New War
A new form of conflict emerged in 2015—from the Islamic State to the South China Sea.
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Max Whittaker / Reuters / Zak Bickel / ... Will Inequality Ever Stop Growing?
Experts on the economy and the labor market offer their reasons for optimism and pessimism going into 2016.
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Patrick Semansky / AP 2015: The Year in Race Relations
From Ferguson to Charleston, longstanding problems erupted back into public view.
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Lucy Nicholson / Reuters / Zak Bickel / ... Can the Planet Be Saved?
Experts on ecology, conservation, and climate change offer their reasons for optimism and pessimism going into 2016.
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FX / PBS / Hulu / Fox / ... A 2016 TV Preview
A guide to the returning hits and new shows on network, cable, and streaming services
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The Atlantic Education in 2015 Visualized
Some of the most important issues of the year, from school discipline in elementary schools to students saddled with debt long after graduation.
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John Locher / AP 2015: The Year in Presidential Politics
Over the last 12 months, some candidates soared as others stumbled.
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Chris Keane / Reuters Disappearing Presidential Candidates
You were ruthless, 2015.
