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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Jesse Lenz Live-Streaming the Apocalypse With NRATV
The online-streaming service of the National Rifle Association is part lifestyle channel, part gun-lobby orifice—and it wants to make you buy firearms.
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A Sunny Seattle Day
I’ve been traveling recently, and was unable to compose a proper photo story for today, so I hope you’ll indulge me if I just share a few pictures I took in and around Seattle yesterday.
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How America Broke the Presidency
Two centuries after its design, the president's office is unworkable.
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Mark Weaver The Reinvention of America
Americans don’t realize how fast the country is moving toward becoming a better version of itself.
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The Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library / Ricardo … Photos From State Dinners Past
As the Trumps prepare to host their first state dinner on Tuesday, a look back at state dinners held by past U.S. presidents, from Eisenhower to Obama.
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James Fallows photo Remembering Peter Claeys
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Lucy Nicholson / Reuters Is It Too Late to Stop the Rise of Marijuana, Inc.?
America is on the path to legalization, but as pot becomes a big business, lawmakers aren't yet wrestling with how to regulate it effectively.
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Brendan McDermid / Reuters New York’s Double-Jeopardy Loophole
The state attorney general asked the legislature to change state law so that the president or his associates could be tried in New York even if pardoned under federal law.
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Robert F. Bukaty / AP When Disadvantaged Students Overlook Elite Colleges
Many poor, minority high-schoolers don’t apply to top institutions even though they could get in—a decision that can have lasting consequences.
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ESA / Copernicus Sentinel Data The Megafire Burning in Oklahoma
In western Oklahoma, a region suffering through a harsh drought, several wildfires have recently broken out, including the Rhea Fire, a “megafire” which has burned more than 260,000 acres.
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Malcolm Pinckney / NYC Parks Why a Statue of the 'Father of Gynecology' Had to Come Down
J. Marion Sims’s advances in medical science were made through experimentation on enslaved women.
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Mark Thiessen / AP / Joseph Sohm / … American Voters Are Turning to Direct Democracy
In many states, the most important policy changes this year won’t come from legislation, but from ballot initiatives.
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Larry Busacca / Getty for Coachella Scenes From Coachella 2018
Last weekend, the first part of the 2018 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival took place in Indio, California, headlined by Beyoncé.
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The Tax Experiment That Failed
In 2012, Kansas passed one of the largest income tax cuts in the state’s history. Today, it serves as a cautionary tale.
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Douglas McCulloh / Esri story map The Other Coachella: What You Won't See at the Music Festival
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Dominick Reuter / Reuters The Future of Elite Schools in the Trump Era (and the Future of Blogging)
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Illustration: Attila Futaki; Coloring: Gregory Guilhaumond Two Decades of War Have Eroded the Morale of America’s Troops
After nearly 17 years of war, service members have seen plenty of patriotic displays but little public debate about why they’re fighting.
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Alana Semuels / The Atlantic A House You Can Buy, But Never Own
African Americans in the same neighborhoods decimated by subprime lending are now being targeted with new predatory loan offerings, a lawsuit argues.
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George Frey / Reuters / Thanh Do / … The Family Trying to Escape Blame for the Opioid Crisis
Relatives of the makers of OxyContin claim they have never benefited from money tied to the painkiller. A court document suggests otherwise.
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Kay Nietfeld / AFP / Getty Silicon Valley Falls to Earth
As Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg prepares to testify before Congress, the cultural attitude toward technology is dramatically shifting.
