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      The Growing Urban-Rural Divide Around the World

      How politics pits demographic groups against each other

      • Jon Emont
      • Jan 4, 2017
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      Trump Picks Jay Clayton to Head the SEC

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      The Republicans Who Want Trump to Fight Climate Change

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      • Kate Aronoff
      • Jan 4, 2017
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      Obama: The Ocean President

      Inspired by his childhood in Hawaii, he has protected more waters than any of his predecessors—even George W. Bush, who was no slouch.

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      Hedge-Fund Managers With Flashy Sports Cars Make Worse Investors

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      • Jan 4, 2017
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      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.

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      A Documentary Explores the ‘Best and Most Beautiful Things’

      Michelle Smith just graduated from the Perkins School for the Blind. Now, she's on a a quest to navigate work, sex, and relationships.

      • Nadine Ajaka
      • Jan 3, 2017
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      Using Theater to Heal From Sexual Assault

      In a one-woman show, an Indian American actress reconciles her cultural identity with the pain of a past experience.

      • Nadine Ajaka
      • Dec 30, 2016
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      When Art Becomes an Exercise in Vulnerability

      A massive sculpture in Denmark becomes a way for people to collaborate and connect.

      • Erica Moriarty
      • Dec 29, 2016
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      The Carrier Myth

      Donald Trump's efforts to save one Indiana factory are up against a global trend.

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      • Dec 28, 2016
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      Would You Drink a Placenta Smoothie?

      A short film on one woman’s unconventional business

      • Nadine Ajaka
      • Dec 28, 2016
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      The Birth of Organized Sports in the American Dwarf Community

      A new documentary tells the story of a game-changing basketball team.

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      • Dec 27, 2016
  • Global
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      Global

      ISIS Ends Its Separate Peace With Turkey

      The group claims the Reina nightclub massacre—making its war of terror official.

      • Graeme Wood
      • Jan 2, 2017
    • Amir Cohen / Reuters
      Global

      Netanyahu Backs Pardon for Convicted Israeli Soldier Elor Azaria

      Sergeant Elor Azaria was convicted of shooting and killing a disarmed Palestinian attacker.

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      Global

      Syrian Rebels Halt Talks With Government, Citing Ceasefire Violations

      The government said that some areas are not covered by the ceasefire.

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      Global

      Obama: Reaching Out to Adversaries, Alienating Allies

      The president has tried to tell friends hard truths. What if those friends don’t listen?

      • Uri Friedman
      • Dec 31, 2016
    • Global

      Turkey Says It Has Identified Istanbul Attacker

      • krishnadev calamur
    • Global

      Suicide Bombing in Baghdad Kills 35

      The car bomb struck Sadr City, the predominantly Shia neighborhood.

      • krishnadev calamur
    • Sergei Karpukhin / Reuters
      Global

      The Key to Putin’s Cyber Power

      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.

      • Uri Friedman
      • Dec 30, 2016
    • Mike Segar / Reuters

      Coming Soon to the U.S. Army: Turbans, Beards, Hijabs, and Cornrows

      In the final days of the Obama administration, the military has issued new guidelines for religious accommodations and dress.

      • Emma Green
      • Jan 4, 2017
    • Yuriko Nakao / Reuters

      Why Geography Is Undermining Democracy Around the World

      How politics pits demographic groups against each other

      • Jon Emont
      • Jan 4, 2017
    • Jonathan Ernst / Reuters

      Why Is Trump So Reluctant to Accept Claims of Russian Hacking?

      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.

      • David A. Graham
      • Jan 4, 2017
    • Carlos Allegri / Reuters

      Earth's Oceans Are Steadily Warming

      Another study argues there was no sea-surface slowdown in warming.

      • Robinson Meyer
      • Jan 4, 2017
    • Jonathan Ernst / Reuters

      Phasing Out Obamacare Slowly Won't Prevent Insurance Disruption

      Republican plans to phase out the Affordable Care Act slowly still might upend health insurance markets in the short-term.

      • Vann R. Newkirk II
      • Jan 4, 2017
    • HBO

      The 20 Most Anticipated TV Shows of 2017

      Star Trek returns, Girls concludes, winter comes to Game of Thrones, and streaming TV continues its steep climb.

      • David Sims
      • Jan 4, 2017
    • Video: A Tour of One of America's Most Toxic Rivers

      In a boat ride along the polluted Passaic in New Jersey, a captain explains how it got this way.

      • Nadine Ajaka
      • Jan 4, 2017
  • Features
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      Why the Technology in Rogue One Is So Old-Fashioned

      There is a reason the film’s machines seem stuck in the 20th century.

      • Bryan Alexander
      • Jan 3, 2017
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      A Long-Lost Data Trove Uncovers California’s Sterilization Program

      Some of the 20,000 victims are still alive today.

      • Sarah Zhang
      • Jan 3, 2017
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      A CFPB investigation concluded that Transunion and Equifax deceived Americans about the reports they provided and the fees they charged.

      • Gillian B. White
      • Jan 4, 2017
    • The Blood Harvest

      Each year, half a million horseshoe crabs are captured and bled alive to create an unparalleled biomedical technology.

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    • My President Was Black

      A history of the first African American White House—and of what came next

      • Ta-Nehisi Coates
      • Dec 13, 2016
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      • Derek Thompson
      • Dec 13, 2016
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      How politics pits demographic groups against each other

      • Jon Emont
      • Jan 4, 2017
  • Politics & Policy
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      Politics & Policy

      Republicans Grapple With the Risk of Overreach

      The GOP launched the 115th Congress with an embarrassing misstep on ethics.

      • Russell Berman
      • Jan 3, 2017
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      Politics & Policy

      Why Christians Are Disproportionately Powerful in Congress

      America is becoming more religiously diverse. Congress, by and large, is not. There’s a reason for that.

      • Emma Green
      • Jan 3, 2017
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      Politics & Policy

      When America Last Had Two Presidents at One Time

      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.

      • David A. Graham
      • Jan 3, 2017
    • Politics & Policy

      Trump Renews His Feud With the Intelligence Community Over Russian Hacking

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      The GOP's Ethics Disaster

      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.

      • Norm Ornstein
      • Jan 3, 2017
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      Politics & Policy

      A President Without an Administration

      The Trump transition is behind schedule in vetting its nominees, and struggling to fill senior positions before the inauguration.

      • Russell Berman
      • Jan 3, 2017
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      Politics & Policy

      Obama Leaves the Constitution Weaker Than He Found It

      Even for those like me who admire the 44th president, the constitutional record is disturbingly mixed.

      • Garrett Epps
      • Jan 3, 2017
  • Business
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      Business

      Donald Trump's Interests vs. America's, Indonesia Edition

      Proposed developments in Bali and Java have entangled the president-elect with a number of controversial Indonesian politicians.

      • Jeremy Venook
      • Jan 4, 2017
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      Business

      The Friendship That Created Behavioral Economics

      A conversation with Michael Lewis about his new book on the research of Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky

      • Bourree Lam
      • Jan 3, 2017
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      The Original Sharing Economy

      For most of human history, there was no such thing as private property.

      • Ilana E. Strauss
      • Jan 3, 2017
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      Business

      December's Best Reads: Painkillers, a Pentagon Scandal, and Google’s New Financial Philosophy

      The month’s most interesting stories about money and business from around the web

      • Gillian B. White
      • Jan 1, 2017
    • Gary Hershorn / Reuters
      Business

      2016: A Year Defined by America’s Diverging Economies

      Just as income inequality has become a fixture in many Americans’ understanding of the country, so too must accelerating regional divides.

      • Annie Lowrey
      • Dec 30, 2016
    • Andrew Kelly / Reuters
      Business

      How to Stop Short-Term Thinking at America’s Companies

      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?

      • Alana Semuels
      • Dec 30, 2016
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      Business

      The Ambition Interviews

      Seven stories about women who were all set to rule the world—and how their careers shook out

      • rebecca j. rosen
  • Technology
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      Technology

      Don't Read Too Much Into the Vermont Hack Debacle

      A botched article about an attack on the power grid was bad reporting—but it doesn't mean attributing cyberattacks is impossible.

      • Kaveh Waddell
      • Jan 3, 2017
    • Mario Anzuoni / Reuters
      Technology

      Has the Internet Killed Curly Quotes?

      Web publications tend to favor straight quotation marks, a pragmatic approach to typography that old-school stylists can’t stand.

      • Glenn Fleishman
      • Dec 28, 2016
    • Ng Han Guan / AP
      Technology

      Tweeting Mao's Cultural Revolution in Real Time

      A historical Twitter account made for surreal reading in 2016.

      • Sarah Zhang
      • Jan 3, 2017
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      Technology

      ‘Fuck You, 2016’

      On blaming a year for the things that happen in it

      • Julie Beck
      • Dec 21, 2016
    • Technology

      Holiday-Travel Twitter Is the Best Form of Social Media

      The play-by-plays from airports and bus rides offer the random, unpolished personal moments that the web has largely lost.

      • Helena Fitzgerald
      • Dec 22, 2016
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      Technology

      2016's Underappreciated Science, Tech, and Health Stories

      Staff picks from the past year of coverage at The Atlantic

      • The Editors
      • Dec 22, 2016
    • Jonathan Ernst / Reuters
      Technology

      Obama Just Made It Harder for Trump to Create a Muslim Registry

      The government is dismantling a dormant program that was used to track people from Muslim-majority countries.

      • Kaveh Waddell
      • Dec 22, 2016
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      The Atlantic Daily: Planetary Politics

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      The Meanest Email You Ever Wrote, Searchable on the Internet

      The doxing of Ashley Madison reveals an uncomfortable truth: In the age of cloud computing, everyone is vulnerable.

      • Bruce Schneier
      • Sep 8, 2015
  • Health
    • Afolabi Sotunde / Reuters
      Health

      The CDC’s New Quarantine Rule Could Violate Civil Liberties

      The proposed regulation could be used to detain people without due process, or examine them without informed consent.

      • Ed Yong
      • Dec 30, 2016
    • Jacob Harris / AP
      Health

      The Buried Story of Male Hysteria

      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.

      • James Hamblin
      • Dec 29, 2016
    • Benoit Tessier / Reuters
      Health

      How Trump Could Slow Medical Progress

      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.

      • Olga Khazan
      • Dec 28, 2016
    • Paul Sakuma / AP
      Health

      Trump’s Anti-Science Advisers

      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.

      • Olga Khazan
      • Dec 28, 2016
    • Mike Blake / Reuters
      Health

      Can a Pill Replace Pot for Treating Concussions?

      Researchers may have found a less-contentious way to deal with the NFL’s concussion epidemic than marijuana.

      • Shannon Kelleher
      • Dec 23, 2016
    • Jonathan Ernst / Reuters
      Health

      If Not Obamacare, Then What?

      Trump supporters in southern Pennsylvania say the Affordable Care Act has been a letdown. Here’s what they’d like instead.

      • Olga Khazan
      • Dec 20, 2016
    • Jaime Henry-White / AP
      Health

      Living in a Mental Hospital: Your Stories

      Readers share their personal experiences.

      • Chris Bodenner
      • Dec 20, 2016
  • Science
    • Arnd Wiegmann / Reuters
      Science

      Trump Might Be Thinking About a Moon Base

      Here’s why that’s a bad idea.

      • David Brown
      • Jan 4, 2017
    • Carlo Allegri / Reuters
      Science

      The Most Vulnerable NASA Missions Under Trump

      Reading the tea leaves on the president-elect’s space policy

      • Marina Koren
      • Jan 3, 2017
    • Andrew Winning / Reuters
      Science

      The Mysterious Physics of Rainbows

      Scientists have been refining their understanding of rainbows’ unusual features since René Descartes first studied them in 1637.

      • Jon Butterworth
      • Jan 3, 2017
    • Steve Helber / AP
      Science

      Why Trump's Conflicts of Interest Matter

      Even if he thinks they don’t

      • Olga Khazan
      • Jan 3, 2017
    • Rick Bowmer / AP
      Science

      Obama's Environmental Legacy, in Two Buttes

      The Bears Ears National Monument captures much of what made President Obama inspiring to his supporters—and frustrating to his critics.

      • Robinson Meyer
      • Dec 30, 2016
    • Richard Vogel / AP Photo
      Science

      Will the Alt-Right Promote a New Kind of Racist Genetics?

      The genomic revolution has led to easy sequencing and cheap “ancestry" tests. White nationalists are paying attention.

      • Sarah Zhang
      • Dec 29, 2016
    • Marcio Jose Sanchez / AP
      Science

      Are Climate Scientists Ready for Trump?

      Maybe not.

      • Robinson Meyer
      • Dec 27, 2016
    • Kevin Frayer / Getty

      Images of China's Steel Industry

      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.

      • Alan Taylor
      • Jan 4, 2017
  • Culture
    • Warner Bros.
      Culture

      The 27 Most Anticipated Movies of 2017

      There will be sequels, superheroes, and Star Wars, but there’s plenty more on the horizon, too.

      • David Sims
      • Jan 3, 2017
    • Doug McLean
      Culture

      Opening Paragraphs Don’t Always Have to Be Exciting

      The author Emily Ruskovich discusses the uncanny restraint of Alice Munro and the art of starting a short story.

      • Joe Fassler
      • Jan 4, 2017
    • ABC
      Culture

      The Bachelor Gives Nick the Redemption Edit

      The season 21 premiere of the reality dating show presented a former villain, looking for love.

      • Megan Garber
      • Jan 3, 2017
    • Stephanie Keith
      Culture

      Mariah Carey Feeds the Schadenfreude Cycle

      Her botched New Year’s performance had something for everyone.

      • Spencer Kornhaber
      • Jan 3, 2017
    • A24
      Culture

      The Unforgettable Dance Scene in American Honey

      The Atlantic looks back at key cinematic moments in 2016, this time Andrea Arnold’s electrifying road movie.

      • David Sims
      • Jan 2, 2017
    • Lionsgate / CBS Films
      Culture

      And, Scene: Hell or High Water

      The Atlantic looks back at key cinematic moments in 2016, this time David Mackenzie’s pulpy West Texas bank-robber drama.

      • David Sims
      • Jan 1, 2017
    • Matthias Clamer / FX
      Culture

      The New Reality TV

      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.

      • Megan Garber
      • Dec 31, 2016
  • Education
    • Mary Altaffer / AP
      Education

      The Free-College Dream Didn't End With Trump's Election

      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.

      • Emily DeRuy
      • Jan 3, 2017
    • Courtesy of the University of Dayton
      Education

      How University Costs Keep Rising Despite Tuition Freezes

      Ballooning fees are leaving some students feeling nickel-and-dimed.

      • Jon Marcus
      • Jan 3, 2017
    • Jonathan Ernst / Reuters
      Education

      5 Numbers That Explain Education in 2016

      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.

      • Emily DeRuy
      • Dec 31, 2016
    • Zak Bickel / The Atlantic
      Education

      The Irony of Inclusivity

      The ABC sitcom Speechless offers a meaningful critique of overwrought calls for diversity in schools.

      • Hayley Glatter
      • Dec 30, 2016
    • The Atlantic
      Education

      A Cartoon Gateway to Real-World Issues

      Animated movies like Zootopia and Finding Dory gave adults the tools to talk about serious issues with children this year.

      • Hayley Glatter
      • Dec 29, 2016
    • The Atlantic
      Education

      How the Justice System Pushes Kids Out of Classrooms and Into Prisons

      The playwright and professor Anna Deveare Smith explored the link between schools and incarceration in her one-woman show Notes From the Field.

      • Alia Wong
      • Dec 28, 2016
    • Zak Bickel / The Atlantic
      Education

      Where the 'Bad Kids' Go to School

      A 2016 documentary magnifies an often ignored part of the education world.

      • Emily DeRuy
      • Dec 26, 2016
    • Ng Han Guan / AP Photo

      Tweeting Mao's Cultural Revolution in Real Time

      “I thought the saddest bit were the way you could see this violence creeping towards people”

      • Sarah Zhang
      • Jan 3, 2017
  • U.S.
    • Chuck Burton / AP
      U.S.

      Dylann Roof's First Words to the Jury

      Roof chose to represent himself because he did not want his lawyers to make him seem incompetent to stand trial.

      • j. weston phippen
    • James Fallows
      U.S.

      All Progress Is Local: New Year’s Notes From Around the Country

      Updates on a few places and projects that James and Deborah Fallows have learned about in their American Futures travels.

      • James Fallows
      • Jan 1, 2017
    • James Fassinger / Reuters
      U.S.

      Ford Cancels Its $1.6 Billion Plant in Mexico, Will Expand Michigan Facility

      The proposed plant will create 700 jobs,  the company said.

      • j. weston phippen
    • Brendan McDermid / Reuters
      U.S.

      Megyn Kelly Leaves Fox News for NBC

      • krishnadev calamur
    • AP / Jerry Mosey
      U.S.

      Remembering Carrie Fisher

      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.

      • David Sims
      • Dec 27, 2016
    • U.S.

      Americans at Work: The Commute

      Observations of the daily commute made by workers in big cities from photographer Cassandra Zampini.

      • Alan Taylor and Emily Anne Epstein
      • Dec 24, 2016
    • Ian Allen
      U.S.

      My President Was Black

      A history of the first African American White House—and of what came next

      • Ta-Nehisi Coates
      • Dec 13, 2016
  • Video
    • Video

      An Arranged Marriage Is a Family Affair

      In a humorous new documentary, an Indian American comedian gets help from his parents to find a wife.

      • Nadine Ajaka
      • Dec 22, 2016
    • Video

      A Journey Through the Heart of Australia's Outback

      The desert is an unforgiving place. In a short film, meet the people who call it home.

      • Erica Moriarty
      • Dec 23, 2016
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