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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Federal Aviation Administration A Pilot Treated for Depression, on Why and How He Flies
"For a young pilot who is looking for a career in the industry, the low-cost market is not a viable long-term option. Many of us are burning out because our employers are treating us in the same way that they treat the aeroplanes." A European pilot on ramifications of the Germanwings crash.
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Gary Cameron/Reuters Obama Offers Commutations to 22 of 209,155 Federal Prisoners
On Tuesday, the President cut short the sentences for two dozen inmates imprisoned for drug offenses, who would have served less time under current guidelines. Thousands more remain in prison.
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Carlos Osorio/AP How Red States Learned to Love the Gas Tax
In Washington, raising the levy on fuel is a non-starter. But Republican legislatures that actually have to balance their budgets are finding increases indispensable.
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Joshua Roberts/Reuters/OSM/The Atlantic U.S. Supreme Court: GPS Trackers Are a Form of Search and Seizure
When the government places a location monitor on you or your stuff, it could be violating the Fourth Amendment.
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Gary Cameron/Reuters/The Atlantic A Bizarre Shooting at Fort Meade
Two men dressed as women attempted to drive through the entrance to the NSA in a stolen car. One was killed and the other was wounded by police gunfire.
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James Fallows On the Road, in Arizona and Colorado
A small city struggling to come back, a larger one already thriving, and the implications for civic vitality
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Wikimedia Commons Can We Learn Anything From the Germanwings Disaster?
A technologist says the day of airliners flown by remote control is closer than we think. Is that good news or bad? Plus, why it's better to be a co-pilot and other lessons from the latest crash.
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Photos James and Deborah Fallows Ajo, Arizona: A Small Town Pushed to the Brink, and Coming Back
What does a town do when most of its people lose their jobs nearly overnight? For the people of this small town, the surprising answer places heavy emphasis on the arts.
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Gary Wiepert/Reuters More From Pilots and Doctors on the Germanwings Crash
Cost pressures, alcohol as the only "approved" anti-mental-illness drug, and other ramifications of this murder/suicide
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Eric Gaillard/Reuters Pilots on the Germanwings Murder/Suicide
"When people start looking for whom to blame, the answer is simple: Joe-six-pack who wanted a $99 flight from New York to L.A." A veteran pilot on cost pressures in flight-crew training.
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DowntownFresno.Org Downtown Fresno Kicks Off Its Campaign
Why "unapologetic" may be the most important word in a city's recovery plan
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A Stop-Motion Tour of New York City
A filmmaker animated hundreds of still photographs to create this Big Apple flip book
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Eric Gay/AP The Economics of Religious Freedom Bills
Legislation signed in Indiana this week could allow businesses to discriminate against same-sex couples. Other companies are hitting back.
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Naomi/Flickr The Sexually Conservative Millennial
Young Americans may be more demographically diverse than older generations, but many embrace surprisingly traditional views on relationships.
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A Horrific Building Collapse in New York
An East Village building exploded and erupted in flames Thursday afternoon, quickly spreading to nearby structures.
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Rich Pedroncelli/AP Will Californians Vote On Executing Gays and Lesbians?
Unless a court intervenes, the state will have to allow an attorney to collect signatures for a ballot measure that would authorize mass murder.
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Leonhard Foeger/Reuters Could the Germanwings Crash Have Been Avoided?
Probably not. Here's why.
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R Barraez D´Lucca/Flickr Unicorns and Gerrymanders at the Supreme Court
The Justices reject Alabama's claims that its legislative redistricting wasn't intended to separate voters by race as chimerical.
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Joshua Lott/Reuters Supreme Court: Treat a Pregnancy at Least as Forgivingly as a DUI
On Wednesday, a majority ruled in favor of a former UPS driver whose pregnancy wasn't accommodated by her employer.
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Reuters What Hypoxia Could Do to Pilots
Explaining a hazard of aviation, in the aftermath of the Germanwings crash
