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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Robert Galbraith / Reuters Disasters That Were Foretold
From Katrina to Fukushima, there’s a long history of catastrophes that people saw coming, but still didn't stop.
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What We're Following
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Seeking the 'Ultimate Punishment' for Dylann Roof
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The Internet President Is Back
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David J. Phillip / AP The Lessons America Never Learned From Hurricane Katrina
Katrina was a mess nobody wanted to take, or to assign, responsibility for.
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What We're Following Thursday Afternoon, 9/3
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Deflategate No More
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters We Are All First Responders
FEMA Director Craig Fugate on why the Katrina response failed, why it’s important to talk about “survivors” instead of “victims,” and why citizens can’t just wait for the government to save them in a huge disaster
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San Antonio Shooting: What Can Video Footage Tell Us?
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An Image That Captures the Tragedy of the Refugee Crisis
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What We're Following Wednesday Afternoon, 9/2
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Breakfast: It's What's for Dinner
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The Freddie Gray Pre-Trial Begins
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Rich Pedroncelli / AP The Beginning of the End for Solitary Confinement?
California’s settlement with prisoners will massively reduce the state’s use of isolation—and is the latest win for the movement against the practice.
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American Dreams
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Calla Kessler / EchoSight / The Atlantic Photographing the American Dreamers
When we asked Atlantic readers to show us what a successful life looks like, we received hundreds of submissions from around the country. Then, we smashed them up.
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Tom Reichner / Bonita R. Cheshier / Dustie … The Mothers of All Disasters
Massive hurricanes striking Miami or Houston. Earthquakes leveling Los Angeles or Seattle. Deadly epidemics. Meet the “maximums of maximums” that keep emergency planners up at night.
