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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David J. Phillip / AP Photos: Pet Rescues in Harvey's Wake
The dogs and cats of flood victims are being cared for by owners, neighbors, and first responders across the region.
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Dominic Ebenbichler / Reuters What the Public Wants From Schools
An annual poll on national perceptions of education reveals an emphasis on services beyond traditional learning, such as mental-health support and career education.
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Adrees Latif / Reuters The Latest on Hurricane Harvey
A guide to The Atlantic’s ongoing coverage of the catastrophe in Texas
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Erich Schlegel / Getty Why Ordinary Citizens Are Acting as First Responders in Houston
It’s not necessarily a sign that government has failed—in a disaster as large as Harvey, authorities turn to volunteers like the Cajun Navy by design.
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David J. Phillip / AP The Unprecedented Flooding in Houston, in Photos
Hurricane Harvey has dropped historic amounts of water on southeastern Texas.
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Paul Philippoteaux / Wikimedia Commons What Trump's Generation Learned About the Civil War
History textbooks used in New York City during the president’s childhood called the Klan “patriotic,” and downplayed the role of slavery in “the War Between the States.”
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Nick Oxford / Reuters A Catastrophe for Houston's Most Vulnerable People
Within cities, poor communities of color often live in segregated neighborhoods with higher flood risks. This is especially true in Houston.
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Eric Gay / AP Photos: The Aftermath of Hurricane Harvey
Hurricane Harvey, the first major hurricane to make landfall in the United States in more than a decade, made landfall on the Texas coast late Friday.
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Nick Oxford / Reuters Houston Battles to Rescue Residents From Rising Floodwaters
Local authorities are urging residents to seek shelter on their roofs, if necessary.
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Adrees Latif / Reuters ‘The Rainfall Threat Is Only Beginning’
Harvey has weakened after making landfall in Texas, but its biggest danger comes from torrential rain and flooding.
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Eric Gay / AP Why Do Some People Decide to Ride Out Hurricanes?
“I can’t say that this is a totally safe thing to do, because it’s not. But it’s a decision I’ve made.”
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Jonathan Alcorn / Reuters The Urban-School Stigma
Influenced by biases against urban education, parents are moving away from city schools and contributing to segregation in the process.
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Hal Yeager / Getty Images Local Officials Want to Remove Confederate Monuments—but States Won't Let Them
Laws preventing the removal of statues raise questions not only about historical legacy but also about local control and public safety.
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Reuters Is Texas Ready for Hurricane Harvey?
Experts have long worried that a powerful storm striking the Gulf Coast could be a costly and deadly environmental disaster.
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Brian Snyder / Reuters Why School Still Starts After Labor Day in Michigan
The calendar is designed to bolster the economy—but some worry it hurts kids.
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Chris Berdik / The Hechinger Report How Student Internships Saved a Chicago School
Once on the verge of closing, Chicago Technology Academy has turned itself around with a “real-world” educational initiative.
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John Minchillo / AP So, Eclipse Boomtowns, How’d It Go?
“I think I can speak for the rest of the city staff in that we wish there were a way we could host one of these once a year.”
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters The Most Shortsighted Attack on Free Speech in Modern U.S. History
A faction on the left wants to weaken the free-speech rights that protect marginalized people at the very moment when doing so would help Donald Trump to persecute them.
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Tim Dodson / The Cavalier Daily / Reuters UVA's Troubling Past
As college students return to Charlottesville after violent clashes there earlier this month, the university community wrestles with the legacies of the school’s founder and history with slavery.
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Bettman / Getty / Jonathan Ernst / Reuters FDR's Message to Charlottesville—and to Donald Trump
In his speech in Virginia in 1940, Franklin Roosevelt united America; in his remarks in 2017, Donald Trump divided it.
