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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Radio Atlantic: Ideas of the Year, 2017 Edition
To close out the year, Atlantic journalists tell us the events and insights that defined it.
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Myths from American History Class
American history is rarely as straightforward as it is taught.
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The Traveling Abortion Doctor
Two filmmakers follow a Texas abortion provider, some of her patients, and the staunch pro-life advocates who oppose her work.
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John Froschauer / AP Could Positive Train Control Have Prevented the Washington Wreck?
The NTSB said the train that derailed south of Seattle on Monday was traveling 80 miles per hour, 50 miles faster than the speed limit on the curve where it crashed.
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John Lindsay / AP What American-History Classes Aren't Teaching
Despite efforts to require lessons on civil rights, outdated textbooks in the Mississippi school system indicate little has changed.
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Washington State Patrol via AP A Fatal Derailment in Washington State
A high-speed train traveling between Seattle and Portland crashed Monday morning, killing an unknown number of passengers and leaving coaches dangling from an overpass on Interstate 5.
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John Minchillo / AP The Growing Partisan Divide Over Feminism
Democratic men are 31 points more likely to say that the “country has not gone far enough on women’s rights” than Republican women.
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Mathew Sumner / AP Threading a City With Gunfire Sensors Might Not Make It Any Safer
Amid record-breaking gun violence, Chicago’s police are expanding the use of an innovative technology—with little evidence that it helps.
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First Responders to Mass Shootings Speak Up
Trauma surgeons, hospital directors, and other first responders to gun violence advocate for research and policy reform.
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Alexander Mostov / inewsource The Community-College ‘Segregation Machine’
California’s remedial-class system holds back a disproportionate number of students of color.
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Why Do American Schools Have Such Long Hours?
The structure of America’s school calendar may seem counterintuitive—and in many ways, it is.
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Marvin Gentry / Reuters Can the Democratic Party Make a Comeback in 2018?
Democrats won a historic victory in Alabama in the U.S. Senate special election, but the unique circumstances of that race won’t be easily replicated in future contests.
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Jonathan Bachman / Reuters 'We Are in a Trump-Driven Worst-Case Situation Right Now'
The president is the common thread between the recent Republican losses in Alabama, New Jersey, and Virginia.
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Kevin Liles The Voters of Alabama
Portraits from the Yellowhammer state, where Democrat Doug Jones defeated Republican Roy Moore in the special election for Senate on Tuesday
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Marvin Gentry / Reuters African American Voters Made Doug Jones a U.S. Senator in Alabama
The state’s Black Belt made big turnout gains in support of the Democratic candidate, providing his margin of victory in the Senate special election in a deep-red state.
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Carlo Allegri / Reuters Democrat Doug Jones Wins the Alabama Special Election
In a major upset, the Democratic candidate prevailed in the deeply conservative state.
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A Stunning Cinematic Trip to the Front Lines of California's Wildfires
A crew of firefighters risks their lives to neutralize an unprecedented blaze.
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John Fensterwald / EdSource Should History Textbooks ‘Out’ LGBT Figures?
California’s inclusive curriculum raises questions on the ethics of teaching about sexual orientation.
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Brynn Anderson / AP The Alabama Election Is a Referendum on the GOP's Future
The candidacy of Roy Moore pits the Republican Party’s populist insurgents against its establishment—with national implications.
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Bettmann / Getty 'It's the Grandparents Stealing From the Grandchildren'
There’s a fiction at the heart of the debate over entitlements: The carefully cultivated impression that beneficiaries are simply receiving back their “own” money.
