Barbara Bush Changed With Her Country
The former first lady was notably eager to learn about people she didn’t understand—and recognize she might have been wrong about them.
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<i>Strike</i> (2018) by Hank Willis Thomas. Courtesy of … Incremental Change Is a Moral Failure
Mere reform won’t fix policing.
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The Atlantic Is This the Beginning of the End of American Racism?
Donald Trump has revealed the depths of the country’s prejudice—and has inadvertently forced a reckoning.
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Dina Litovsky / Redux How the Pandemic Defeated America
A virus has brought the world’s most powerful country to its knees.
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Don Emmert / AFP / Getty New Jersey: Images of the Garden State
A few glimpses of the landscape of New Jersey, and some of the animals and people calling it home
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Callaghan O'Hare / Reuters Inside a Houston Hospital During a Coronavirus Surge
Images from Houston’s United Memorial Medical Center, documenting the work being done by medical workers under stressful and challenging circumstances
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NASA / JPL-Caltech NASA Prepares to Launch the Mars Rover Perseverance
A look at some of the assembly and testing work involved in the Mars 2020 mission over the past few years
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Ashwin Karanth / Shutterstock South Dakota: Images of the Mount Rushmore State
A few glimpses of the landscape of South Dakota, and some of the animals and people calling it home
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Scott Olson / Getty Illinois: Images of the Prairie State
A few glimpses of the landscape of Illinois, and some of the animals and people calling it home
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Jeff Hutchens John Lewis: Photos From a Life Spent Getting Into Good Trouble
Images from the long and storied life of a U.S. representative and civil-rights icon
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Dave Allen Photography / Shutterstock Tennessee: Images of the Volunteer State
A few glimpses of Tennessee’s landscape, and some of the animals and people calling it home
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David Clapp / Getty New Mexico: Images of the Land of Enchantment
A few glimpses of New Mexico’s landscape, and some of the animals and people calling it home
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Craig F. Walker / The Boston Globe / … The Latest Catastrophe at the VA
The VA’s federal watchdog has uncovered filthy conditions at facilities across the country. Yet some 40 percent of all VA hospitals recently suffered from severe shortages of housekeeping staff.
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Steve Helber / AP The Statues Brought Down Since the George Floyd Protests Began
Images of some of the dozens of statues that have been toppled, defaced, or slated for removal across the U.S. over the past month
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Denis Tangney Jr. / Getty Maine: Images of the Pine Tree State
A few glimpses of Maine’s landscape, and some of the animals and people calling it home
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Jim Young / Reuters Iowa: Images of the Hawkeye State
A few glimpses of Iowa’s landscape, and some of the animals and people calling it home
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Khairil Azhar Junos / Shutterstock Delaware: Images of the First State
A few glimpses of Delaware’s landscape, and some of the animals and people that call it home
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Illustration: Katie Martin; I. Glory / Alamy What Trump Should Have Learned From His Predecessors
Presidents who have successfully navigated crises share a key quality.
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Jeffrey M. Frank / Shutterstock Alabama: Images of the Yellowhammer State
A few glimpses of Alabama’s landscape, and some of the animals and people calling it home
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Win McNamee / Getty American Protest: Images From the Past 24 Hours
Photos of demonstrations in nearly two dozen cities—a snapshot from the seventh day of a nationwide protest movement
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Charlie Riedel / AP Missouri: Images of the Show Me State
A few glimpses of Missouri’s landscape, and some of the animals and people calling it home
