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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Courtesy of the University of Oregon The Man Who Wrestled Death to a Draw
Dave Frohnmayer was best known for a famous Supreme Court case, but he should be remembered for his fight against the rare genetic disease that afflicted his three daughters.
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Creative Fresno California's Centers of Technology: Bay Area, L.A., San Diego, and ... Fresno?
How would you build a high-tech center in a vast farming zone? You might start by applying tech solutions to farming problems of water use and sustainability in all forms.
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Jeff Roberson/Reuters The Gunfire in Ferguson
Two officers were seriously injured after a shooting at a protest in front of police headquarters.
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James Fallows Next Up From Fresno: High School for Overlooked 'Kids in the Middle'
Public schools often end up concentrating on students with obvious promise at the very top, and with obvious problems at the bottom. Here is one designed to foster opportunities for everyone else.
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Jeff Roberson/AP Four Firings Won't Fix Ferguson
The city's police chief announced his resignation on Wednesday, but it's unclear what that will mean for citizens in and around St. Louis.
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Rick Wilking/Reuters Ferret, Outlaw
A ban against the popular pet was upheld in New York City, inciting unusual outrage.
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U.S. Army A Black Hawk Crash in Florida's Waters
Seven Marines and four soldiers are presumed dead after a night exercise off a remote beach.
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Deborah Fallows Reinventing High School
How Fresno prepares the kids in the middle
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James Fallows Welcome to American Futures 3.0
A new season of reports on a renewing America
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Tom Lynn/Reuters 'Madison, Wisconsin, Is Not Ferguson, Missouri'
The death of Tony Robinson, an unarmed black teenager shot by a white police officer, has inspired new protests under the banner of #BlackLivesMatter.
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Eric Thayer/Reuters Do Tech Companies Owe It to the Public to Cooperate With Surveillance?
Private firms have become uneasy about keeping tabs on customers, but they should put collective safety ahead of profit.
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Brian Snyder / Reuters Time to Kill Daylight Saving
The changing of the clocks—which happened once again Sunday morning—is wasteful, unnecessary, and even dangerous.
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Tami Chappell/Reuters Obama's America
At the 50th anniversary commemoration of Bloody Sunday in Selma, the president made the case for American exceptionalism.
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A roadside sign for the Lowndes County Freedom … From Selma to Black Power
Only a few miles away from where the legendary march began, a new phase of civil-rights activism gathered momentum.
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Mario Anzuoni/Reuters The Gangsters of Ferguson
Darren Wilson was innocent. If only the city's cops offered their own citizens the same due process he received.
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Gary Bogdon/AP Trunk Show: A Circus Without Elephants
Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey will no longer feature pachyderms in their performances, bringing about an end to one of the hallmarks of the American circus.
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What LBJ Really Said About Selma
"It's outrageous what's on TV. It looks like that man is in charge of the country."
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FlightAware How Air-Traffic Controllers Sound When They Have to Close the Airport
Since most things about the modern airline experience are so unpleasant for most of the traveling public most of the time, it's worth noticing how smoothly these professionals do their work.
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Joshua Lott/Reuters/The Atlantic Ferguson's Conspiracy Against Black Citizens
How the city's leadership harassed and brutalized their way to multiple civil-rights violations
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Charles Rex Arbogast/AP Officer Cleared, City Indicted
In two sweeping reports, the Justice Department cleared former officer Darren Wilson, but lambasted Ferguson's police department for discriminatory practices.
