The Growing Urban-Rural Divide Around the World
How politics pits demographic groups against each other
How politics pits demographic groups against each other
The President-elect has confirmed his intent to nominate the top Wall Street lawyer for the position.
A CFPB investigation concluded that two of the three major agencies that provide these reports were deceiving consumers.
Inspired by his childhood in Hawaii, he has protected more waters than any of his predecessors—even George W. Bush, who was no slouch.
The most meaningful diet resolution is to eat sustainably.
The trendy concept is in high demand among educators, but its specifics are vague.
Traders who own minivans, a recent study suggests, are more financially prudent.
After losing many races in 2016, the party is looking to regain power outside the federal government. But in many ways, it’s not set up to make that change of emphasis.
Michelle Smith just graduated from the Perkins School for the Blind. Now, she's on a a quest to navigate work, sex, and relationships.
In a one-woman show, an Indian American actress reconciles her cultural identity with the pain of a past experience.
A massive sculpture in Denmark becomes a way for people to collaborate and connect.
Donald Trump's efforts to save one Indiana factory are up against a global trend.
A new documentary tells the story of a game-changing basketball team.
The group claims the Reina nightclub massacre—making its war of terror official.
Sergeant Elor Azaria was convicted of shooting and killing a disarmed Palestinian attacker.
The government said that some areas are not covered by the ceasefire.
The president has tried to tell friends hard truths. What if those friends don’t listen?
The car bomb struck Sadr City, the predominantly Shia neighborhood.
The Russian president has both the capability and the intent to cause harm, says a former U.S. ambassador to Russia. And the threat won’t vanish once Donald Trump takes office.
In the final days of the Obama administration, the military has issued new guidelines for religious accommodations and dress.
How politics pits demographic groups against each other
The president-elect’s dismissal of intelligence assessments may say less about the facts they offer than about a conclusion he’s loath to accept.
Another study argues there was no sea-surface slowdown in warming.
Republican plans to phase out the Affordable Care Act slowly still might upend health insurance markets in the short-term.
Star Trek returns, Girls concludes, winter comes to Game of Thrones, and streaming TV continues its steep climb.
In a boat ride along the polluted Passaic in New Jersey, a captain explains how it got this way.
There is a reason the film’s machines seem stuck in the 20th century.
Some of the 20,000 victims are still alive today.
The GOP launched the 115th Congress with an embarrassing misstep on ethics.
America is becoming more religiously diverse. Congress, by and large, is not. There’s a reason for that.
In 1968, Richard Nixon torpedoed LBJ’s peace negotiations in Vietnam, newly revealed documents show—presaging today’s tension between President Obama and President-elect Trump.
The gutting of the Office of Congressional Ethics is chilling evidence that we are headed for a new age of official embrace, or at least acceptance of unethical and illegal behavior.
The Trump transition is behind schedule in vetting its nominees, and struggling to fill senior positions before the inauguration.
Even for those like me who admire the 44th president, the constitutional record is disturbingly mixed.
Proposed developments in Bali and Java have entangled the president-elect with a number of controversial Indonesian politicians.
A conversation with Michael Lewis about his new book on the research of Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky
For most of human history, there was no such thing as private property.
The month’s most interesting stories about money and business from around the web
Just as income inequality has become a fixture in many Americans’ understanding of the country, so too must accelerating regional divides.
U.S. companies are hyper-focused on quarterly earnings. What can be done to push them to think more about the years and decades ahead?
Seven stories about women who were all set to rule the world—and how their careers shook out
A botched article about an attack on the power grid was bad reporting—but it doesn't mean attributing cyberattacks is impossible.
Web publications tend to favor straight quotation marks, a pragmatic approach to typography that old-school stylists can’t stand.
A historical Twitter account made for surreal reading in 2016.
The play-by-plays from airports and bus rides offer the random, unpolished personal moments that the web has largely lost.
Staff picks from the past year of coverage at The Atlantic
The government is dismantling a dormant program that was used to track people from Muslim-majority countries.
The doxing of Ashley Madison reveals an uncomfortable truth: In the age of cloud computing, everyone is vulnerable.
The proposed regulation could be used to detain people without due process, or examine them without informed consent.
When men actually began to be diagnosed as “hysterics,” doctors searched for a cause. They found a chemical that may be on the rise again today.
Several of Trump’s cabinet nominees have been outspoken critics of using embryonic stem cells and fetal tissue in research, and now some scientists fear the worst.
Several of Trump’s cabinet nominees have been outspoken critics of using embryonic stem cells and fetal tissue in research, and now some scientists fear the worst.
Researchers may have found a less-contentious way to deal with the NFL’s concussion epidemic than marijuana.
Trump supporters in southern Pennsylvania say the Affordable Care Act has been a letdown. Here’s what they’d like instead.
Reading the tea leaves on the president-elect’s space policy
Scientists have been refining their understanding of rainbows’ unusual features since René Descartes first studied them in 1637.
The Bears Ears National Monument captures much of what made President Obama inspiring to his supporters—and frustrating to his critics.
The genomic revolution has led to easy sequencing and cheap “ancestry" tests. White nationalists are paying attention.
For the past few years, Getty Images photographer Kevin Frayer has been covering China’s Steel production facilities, from massive state-run factories to small unauthorized steel producers.
There will be sequels, superheroes, and Star Wars, but there’s plenty more on the horizon, too.
The author Emily Ruskovich discusses the uncanny restraint of Alice Munro and the art of starting a short story.
The season 21 premiere of the reality dating show presented a former villain, looking for love.
Her botched New Year’s performance had something for everyone.
The Atlantic looks back at key cinematic moments in 2016, this time Andrea Arnold’s electrifying road movie.
The Atlantic looks back at key cinematic moments in 2016, this time David Mackenzie’s pulpy West Texas bank-robber drama.
Many of 2016’s freshman shows went out of their way to reflect the world not as audiences might wish it to be, but as it really is.
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo unveiled a plan to make the state’s public colleges and universities free for families earning less than $125,000.
Ballooning fees are leaving some students feeling nickel-and-dimed.
From record-high graduation rates to the percentage of students who attend charters, here are some figures that help tell the story of U.S. schools over the last year.
The ABC sitcom Speechless offers a meaningful critique of overwrought calls for diversity in schools.
Animated movies like Zootopia and Finding Dory gave adults the tools to talk about serious issues with children this year.
The playwright and professor Anna Deveare Smith explored the link between schools and incarceration in her one-woman show Notes From the Field.
A 2016 documentary magnifies an often ignored part of the education world.
“I thought the saddest bit were the way you could see this violence creeping towards people”
Roof chose to represent himself because he did not want his lawyers to make him seem incompetent to stand trial.
Updates on a few places and projects that James and Deborah Fallows have learned about in their American Futures travels.
The proposed plant will create 700 jobs, the company said.
The iconic actress, writer, and comedian—who died at the age of 60—was the kind of star Hollywood only sees once in a lifetime.
Observations of the daily commute made by workers in big cities from photographer Cassandra Zampini.
A history of the first African American White House—and of what came next
In a humorous new documentary, an Indian American comedian gets help from his parents to find a wife.
The desert is an unforgiving place. In a short film, meet the people who call it home.
We’ll sit down with Atlantic senior editor James Hamblin to discuss his new book, If Our Bodies Could Talk: A Guide to Operating and Maintaining a Human Body, a handbook for tackling life’s most pressing health concerns and curiosities.
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