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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Ringo Chiu / Reuters The Right's Islamophobia Has Nothing to Do With National Security
Conservatives are finding new justifications for anti-Muslim sentiments—and embedding them more deeply in America’s political terrain.
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Yuriko Nakao / Reuters What SUVs Reveal About the Erosion of American Society
SUV sales are up and social trust is down. Some researchers think that’s not a coincidence.
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Jeff Chiu / AP The Bay Area's Housing Crisis Is Even Worse After the Wildfires
In the weeks following the blazes, median monthly rent in Sonoma County jumped more than 35 percent.
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Alex Brandon / AP How Congress Blew Its Chance to Curtail Sexual-Harassment
In the 1990s, Republican majorities made a major push to police misconduct on Capitol Hill—but their sweeping reforms didn’t solve the problem.
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Joshua Roberts / Reuters The Fight Over the CFPB Reveals the Broken State of American Politics
Democrats created an agency insulated from political institutions they no longer trust—and Trump seems determined to validate their fears.
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Paul J. Richards / AFP / Getty ‘Giving Tuesday’ Is No Match for Black Friday
Charities want to reserve a day for donating at a time of year when people are buying more stuff.
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Mario Anzuoni / Reuters Monday Morning Drama at Trump's Most Hated Agency
The workweek got off to a weird start when two people showed up expecting to fill the role of acting director at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
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Corbis / Getty The Banality of White Nationalism
The existence of extremists like Tony Hovater doesn’t require extraordinary explanations—they stand in a long American tradition.
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters The Museum That Places the Bible at the Heart of America’s Identity
The new facility tells a national story through the lens of the holy book.
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AP Herbert Hoover Is the Model Republicans Need
The latest biography of the “father of new conservatism” finally conveys the full range of his accomplishments.
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Aaron Bernstein / Reuters Why the GOP Tax Bill Is So Unpopular
The public seems to be against the plan precisely because they know what’s in it.
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Ted Spiegel / Getty Images The Baltimore Cops Studying Plato and James Baldwin
Training programs help officers brush up on policing techniques and best practices. But in one instructor’s course, they study literature, history, and philosophy instead.
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Alison Yin / EdSource Teaching This Year's Natural Disasters
California educators are using recent calamities to enrich lessons about history, nature, and the environment.
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Annie Knox / Reuters Is America’s ‘Best Idea’ at Stake?
Republicans and the Trump administration are trying to reduce the number of national monuments, which would put once-protected land up for commercial use.
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David Howells / Getty Images The Failure of New York's Bail Law
The state has “one of the best and most impressive bail statutes in the entire country.” Trouble is, in the most populous city, the courts don’t actually follow it.
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Jessica Hill / AP Are Parent-Teacher Conferences Becoming Obsolete?
A Colorado school district is replacing in-person meetings with online data systems, but experts argue the change could further isolate families.
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Brian Snyder / Reuters Women Exit the Party of Trump
After laboring for years to close the gender gap, GOP strategists are suddenly facing a gender chasm.
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Carlos Barria / Reuters Now It's Liberal States Clashing With the Federal Government Over Religious Freedom
California, Pennsylvania, and others have sued over new policies on contraceptive coverage.
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Carlos Barria / Reuters Why Democrats Must Regain the Trust of Religious Voters
If the party wants to win back votes in the Trump era, it will need to stop ignoring people of faith.
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Chris Kindred / The Atlantic The Nationalist’s Delusion
Trump’s supporters backed a time-honored American political tradition, disavowing racism while promising to enact a broad agenda of discrimination.
