The Changing of the Global Economic Guard
China has profited immensely from the open global trading system. But whether it remains open depends on the actions of the West’s increasingly reactive democracies.
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Some issues aren’t amenable to deal-making; some principles don’t lend themselves to compromise.
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The administration’s flip-flopping on North Korea is only the latest incident to raise this question.
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Alex Brandon / AP More Top StoriesTrump’s Peculiar Understanding of the Civil War
The president’s admiration for deal-making and strong leadership lead him to suggest that Andrew Jackson could have stopped the Civil War.
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The executive producer and New York writer-at-large discusses the many parallels between the HBO show and real life.
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Members of Echo, an old-fashioned web forum, have been sneering together long enough to make it into retirement.
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The number of degree-granting institutions with options for these students is growing.
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Neil Hall / Reuters More Top StoriesThe Fear of Feelings at Work
The psychologist Susan David argues that the idea that employees should only display positive emotions at work often results in organizational failures.
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Alex Wong / Getty More Top StoriesWhat Sebastian Gorka Got Right About 'Radical Islam'
The White House counterterrorism adviser is so misguided in so many ways that some are reluctant to acknowledge when he has a point.
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A botanical explorer collects seeds from plants threatened by mechanized agribusiness.
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The new American president emboldened far-right populists who are spooking Europe’s political establishment.
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An investigation into a term that seems to perfectly capture the indignities and absurdities of the modern economy.
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Carlo Allegri / Reuters Is Trump's Campaign Act Wearing Thin?
The more his presidency stalls, the more he turns to his old tricks. But there are signs those worn tactics are losing their power.
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Lucas Jackson / Reuters Another Senior Fox News Employee Is Out
Co-President Bill Shine has resigned amid accusations he concealed Roger Ailes’s unseemly behavior.
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Saul Loeb / Getty Images Congress Totally Ignored Trump's Cuts to NIH Funding
The president has proposed slicing billions of dollars from the premier research agency. Even his allies on the Hill are proposing billions in additional spending.
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Hulu The Handmaid's Tale Treats Guilt as an Epidemic
The Hulu show, like the book before it, is deeply concerned with matters of complicity—and it arrives in a culture that is deeply anxious about them, as well.
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Mike Blake / Reuters ESPN Is Not Doomed
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Video: Why Launching a War Against North Korea Would Be Immoral
Peter Beinart argues that preventive war is betrayal of American principles
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The Atlantic FeaturesHow Two Mississippi College Students Fell in Love and Decided to Join ISIS
In three short months, Jaelyn Young and Muhammad Dakhlalla found themselves at the center of America’s debate over radicalization
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Rob Dobi FeaturesAtlanta's Controversial 'Cityhood' Movement
Recent border battles have once again redrawn the lines of the metro area.
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Politics & Policy
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Carlos Barria / Reuters Politics & PolicyA Bipartisan Spending Deal That Shortchanges Trump
Congress is giving the new president a boost in funding for the military and a little extra for border security, but that’s about it.
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Carlo Allegri / Reuters Politics & PolicyThe Entertainment Presidency
Trump hasn’t accomplished much in policy terms in his first 100 days. But he’s had a huge impact on politics and culture.
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Romeo Ranoco / Reuters Politics & PolicyTrump Invites Duterte to the White House
The Philippine president has encouraged thousands of extrajudicial killings, even bragged about murdering three men himself.
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J. Scott Applewhite / AP Politics & PolicyWhy Do So Many Americans Think Democrats Are Out of Touch?
The party appears to be struggling to convince the public it represents a better alternative to President Trump and the GOP.
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Zak Bickel / The Atlantic Politics & PolicyThe Promises Trump Has Kept—and Broken
As the president marks 100 days in office, a comprehensive review of his progress toward fulfilling the pledges he made on the trail
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Yuri Gripas / Reuters Politics & PolicyTrump's Presidential Status Anxiety
As the president nears his hundredth day in office, he seems increasingly concerned about how he’ll measure up.
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Business
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Bettmann / Getty BusinessWhere Have All the Black-Owned Businesses Gone?
They once served their communities when others wouldn't, and over the past 30 years, they've practically vanished.
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Muhammed Muheisen / AP BusinessThe Best Business Reads of April
The month’s most interesting stories about money and economics from around the web
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Jessica Rinaldi / Reuters BusinessIs Donald Trump’s Presidency Hurting His Businesses?
His polarizing first 100 days in office appear to be driving potential customers away from his companies.
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Zach Gibson / AP BusinessRo Khanna Wants to Give Working-Class Households $1 Trillion
Silicon Valley’s new member of Congress has some big ideas for combatting wage stagnation.
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Gabriela Riccardi / The Atlantic BusinessSheryl Sandberg's Advice for Grieving
The Facebook COO opens up about what she’s learned since the sudden death of her husband in 2015.
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Richard Carson / Wells Fargo BusinessA Lawsuit Claims Wells Fargo Targeted Undocumented Immigrants to Hit Sales Quotas
It is the latest in a string of allegations following the bank's fake-account scandal.
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Aaron Bernstein / Reuters BusinessA Comprehensive Guide to Donald Trump’s Tax Proposal
Who wins (the rich), who loses (anybody who doesn’t like deficits), and why it might take a miracle for the plan to become a law
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Global
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Trump Would Meet Kim Jong Un 'Under Right Circumstances'
The president’s remarks to Bloomberg News raise questions about his North Korea policy.
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Carlos Garcia Rawlins / Reuters GlobalThe Opposition's Way Forward in Venezuela
There is momentum to oust President Nicolás Maduro, but how that will happen is unclear.
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Christian Hartmann / Reuters GlobalWhat the French Election Might Have Looked Like in America
The “populist wave” crashes on each country differently.
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Reuters GlobalNorth Korea's Latest Provocation
An apparently failed missile launch comes just days after the U.S. deployed a missile-defense system to the Korean peninsula.
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Carlos Barria / Reuters Global'There Is a Chance That We Could End Up Having a Major, Major Conflict With North Korea'
President Trump, in an interview with Reuters, also said while he would “love to solve things diplomatically … it’s very difficult.”
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Tell us your birthday, and we’ll show you how the world has changed since you were born.
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The Atlantic How Is Your Life Situated in History?
You’ve already lived through enough to fill history books. Consider this a sneak preview of what those books might say.
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Technology
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Jeff Chiu / AP TechnologyThe Internet of Things Needs a Code of Ethics
Technology is evolving faster than the legal and moral frameworks needed to manage it.
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Alessandro Bianchi / Reuters TechnologyPorn Star James Deen's Crisis of Conscience
The most famous male adult film actor—and porn website proprietor—of his generation frets that his industry doesn’t protect children from exposure to hardcore content on the internet.
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Ekaterina Shtukina / RIA Novosti / Reuters TechnologyFacebook Data ‘Does Not Contradict’ Intelligence on Russia Meddling
The social platform says it has a problem with government-run efforts to manipulate public opinion.
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Helen King / Getty TechnologyHackers Get Back to the Basics
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Reuters TechnologyWhy Fruit Has a Fake Wax Coating
For centuries, artificial protective coatings have preserved and protected foods—and made them look more appealing. An Object Lesson.
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Shizuo Kambayashi / AP TechnologyThe (Sometimes Unintentional) Subtext of Digital Conversations
Different people have different ideas about what it means to sign an email “XOXO,” what you should use Facebook for, and how long you can wait before texting back.
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Fjola Dogg Thorvalds / Getty TechnologyA Trick That Hides Censored Websites Inside Cat Videos
The technique uses popular sites as camouflage for banned ones.
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters Today's NewsletterThe Atlantic Daily: Dealing With Deal-Makers
Congress’s bipartisan budget proposal,Trump’s Civil War gaffe, the radicalization of two college students, and more
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Health
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Reed Saxon / AP HealthYoga Classes Should Be Shorter
The light in me honors the light in you, but it is also extremely busy.
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Kai Pfaffenbach / Reuters HealthAwkwardness, Why?
The author of a new book explains the science behind the cringeworthy feeling—and how to overcome it.
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Chelsea Beck HealthIs My Neti Pot Going to Kill Me?
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Thomas Schaller / Getty HealthHow Much Coffee Is Actually Safe to Drink? A New Review
The most comprehensive review of evidence on health consequences of caffeine use has just been published.
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rolfo / Getty HealthThe Elegant Way Online Social Networks 'Heal' After a Death
Friends of the deceased person start interacting more after a loss, and stay in touch for years afterward.
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Rafael Marchante / Reuters HealthWhy Wisdom Teeth Are So Much Trouble
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Children's Hospital of Philadelphia HealthBabies Floating in Fluid-Filled Bags
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Buddhika Weerasinghe / Getty ScienceThe Transformative Fungus That Powers Japanese Cuisine
A single mold is behind many best-known flavors.
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Miromatrix Medical Science'Big Pork' Wants to Get In on Organ Transplants
The pork industry has always been creative about finding uses for pig byproducts.
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Mike Theiler / Reuters ScienceThe Climate March's Big Tent Strategy Paid Off
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters ScienceSpace: Trump's Least Controversial Frontier
Unlike in other policy areas, the president can pay significant attention to the U.S. space program with little risk of backlash.
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Goddard Flight Center ScienceNASA's Nighttime Maps Reveal Humanity's Impact on Earth
Advances in how satellites image the planet’s artificial lights are helping scientists estimate global patterns of energy use.
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Monika V. Knul ScienceScientists Can Now Pull the DNA of Ancient Humans Out of Cave Dirt
The technique will allow researchers to study Neanderthals and other prehistoric people without relying on fossils.
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Attila Balazs / MTI via AP Photos of the Week: 4/22–4/28
Bats roosting in Israel, continued anti-government protests in Venezuela, Amazon’s glass spheres under construction in Seattle, ANZAC Day in Australia, and much more.
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IgorZD / Shutterstock.com CultureThe (Feminist) Case for Women's Happiness
Jill Filipovic’s new book, The H-Spot, argues for a movement that de-emphasizes women’s equality—and focuses instead on their fulfillment.
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HBO CultureThe Leftovers: Desert Trip
In the third episode of the final season, Kevin Sr. tries to learn a song.
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National Geogrphic CultureLooking Back on the L.A. Riots Through Five Documentaries
The glut of new films, marking the 25th anniversary of the unrest, are imperfect but panoramic portrayals of the events that shook the city and the nation.
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Starz CultureAmerican Gods Is a Gorgeous Mess
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Molly Berry / Turner / TBS CultureImitation and Satire at the Not the White House Correspondents' Dinner
Samantha Bee’s shadow version of Washington’s gala event was a perfect alternative fact of the real thing.
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Netflix CultureWhat Does a Girlboss Look Like?
Two new television shows from 30 Rock alums tackle the subject of female ambition.
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Comedy Central CultureWhy The President Show Might Just Work
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Joshua Roberts / Reuters EducationWhat a New Study on Vouchers Means for Trump's Agenda
The administration has promoted private-school scholarships as a means of empowering families. But they may undermine a child’s academic success.
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Communities may have the funding to expand services, but they don’t have the data needed to target the right children.
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Darren Ornitz / Reuters EducationThe Case for Contentious Curricula
Teachers should not shy away from addressing controversial issues in the classroom.
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Rogelio V. Solis / AP EducationThe Racism in Math Education
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Community colleges recruit veterans and their GI Bill money, but student success is paltry.
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Oliver Munday Mexico’s Revenge
“The grandiose promise of trade is that it binds countries together, breeding peace and cooperation.”
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U.S.
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters U.S.A Bipartisan Deal to Avert a Government Shutdown
Congressional lawmakers could reportedly vote as early as this week on the more than $1-trillion measure.
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Kelly P. Kissel / AP U.S.Arkansas's Fourth Execution in 8 Days
The death of Kenneth Williams marks the last in a series of lethal injections the state carried out before its execution drug expired.
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Kamil Krzaczynski / Reuters U.S.United's $10,000 Pledge to Bumped Passengers
The airline issued a series of policy changes after a passenger was dragged off a flight.
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Arkansas Department of Corrections / Reuters U.S.Arkansas Carries Out First Back-to-Back Executions Since 2000
The state administered lethal injections to Jack Jones Jr. and Marcel Williams, both of whom were convicted of murders two decades ago.
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Saul Loeb / Pool Photo / AP U.S.Q of the Week: How Would You Assess Trump's First 100 Days?
Some think he deserves an A for effort. For others, it's more like “F plus a little bit.”
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Reuters U.S.Police Say Facebook-Murder Suspect Steve Stephens Found Dead
Authorities said he killed himself after a brief pursuit with police.
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Kelly P. Kissel / AP U.S.U.S. Supreme Court Blocks Arkansas Executions
The ruling prevented the state from conducting the first of eight lethal injections scheduled to take place this month.
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VideoBarack Obama Is Okay With the Criticism
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