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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Elijah Nouvelage / Reuters Who Drives a Driverless Car?
The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Google’s Self-Driving System can be considered a car’s “driver.”
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Ann Fisher Your Views of America From the Air
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Are Dorms Really the Best Place for Guns?
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What We're Following This Morning
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Rick Wilking / Reuters Quoted
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Jim Bourg / Reuters Restoring Voting Rights for Felons in Maryland
The Maryland General Assembly overrode Governor Larry Hogan's veto.
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Jim Urquhart / Reuters The Defiant Holdouts of the Oregon Occupation
Rumor has it that Cliven Bundy may travel to support the militia at Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. Even if he doesn’t, his influence is being felt.
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What We're Following This Afternoon
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What We're Following This Morning
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The Atlantic Can America Put Itself Back Together? Kicking Off Another Online Season
Across the country, people think America is going to hell—but things look better here locally. Why the general tone of the moment’s politics is wrong.
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Wikimedia America's Libraries: Old Institutions Becoming Very New Again
Most people associate libraries with fustiness, quiet, and a previous era in technology. But across the country, they’re embracing new technology to fill important new civic roles.
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Daniel Hulshizer / AP Quoted
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Georgia Education Innovation
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Redlands Renewal
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San Bernardino Reinvention
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Chelsea Beck The Library Card
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Chelsea Beck Eleven Signs a City Will Succeed
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Adam Voorhes How America Is Putting Itself Back Together
Most people in the U.S. believe their country is going to hell. But they’re wrong. What a three-year journey by single-engine plane reveals about reinvention and renewal.
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Michael Fiala / Reuters The Triumphs and Downfalls of Super Bowl 50
The game might be over, but the reaction to the play, the commercials, and the halftime show continues.
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Joshua Lott / Reuters Why the Officer Who Killed Quintonio LeGrier Is Suing Him
A Chicago cop who shot the 19-year-old seeks $10 million in damages in a countersuit filed against the man’s family.
