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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Library of Congress / Getty The Actual 'Single Greatest Witch Hunt of a Politician' in U.S. History
It happened long before a special prosecutor was appointed to investigate the Trump campaign’s ties to Russia.
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Sue Ogrocki / AP An Acquittal in the Fatal Shooting of Terence Crutcher
Tulsa police officer Betty Jo Shelby was found not guilty in the death of the unarmed black man.
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Fred Prouser / Reuters Former Fox News CEO Roger Ailes Is Dead
The news was confirmed by his wife.
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Reuters The Violent Clashes Between Erdogan's Guards and Protesters
A dozen people were injured in a protest that coincided with the Turkish leader’s visit to the White House.
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Freedom for Chelsea Manning
She spent seven years of a 35-year prison sentence at the Fort Leavenworth military facility in Kansas.
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Mike McQuade (Illustration); Al Seib / Getty; Kent … When Black America Was Pro-Police
As crime rose from the late ’60s to the ’90s, so did inner-city support for law-and-order policies.
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Matt Rourke / AP Philadelphia's Lawsuit Against Wells Fargo
The city alleges the bank unfairly targeted minorities with bad loans.
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Jacques Brinon / AP The End of the MP3
The developers behind the file format have terminated its licensing program.
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Lucy Nicholson / Reuters In Praise of Single Moms on Mother's Day
In the face of adversity, they embody the most American of values and guide others forward.
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Carlos Barria / Reuters Trump's 10-Point Trade Plan for China
The agreement eases market access for U.S. beef producers, financial service providers, and natural gas exporters.
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Julia Robinson / Reuters A Texas Bill That Allows Adoption Agencies to Discriminate
Supporters say it backs religious freedom, and critics say it allows agencies to turn away parents based on religion or sexual orientation.
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Jonathan Bachman / Reuters The Dismantling of New Orleans's Confederate Monuments
The statue of Jefferson Davis is the second of four memorials to be removed under a 2015 decision by the city council.
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Joshua Roberts / Reuters The Arrest of a Journalist Asking About Health Care
West Virginia reporter Dan Heyman was detained for getting too close to Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price.
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Brian Snyder / Reuters 'A President Who Doesn't Play by Any Rules'
International media react to the Comey firing.
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Christinne Muschi / Reuters Montreal's Historic Flooding
More than 1,900 homes are being evacuated because of historic rainfall and snow melt that has inundated rivers.
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Alvin Baez / Reuters Puerto Rico Files for Bankruptcy
The island territory owes its creditors $70 billion, marking the largest bankruptcy in the U.S. municipal bond market’s history.
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Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times / Getty Imagining the Presence of Justice
A new project from The Atlantic focuses on efforts across the United States to move beyond the age of mass incarceration.
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Reuters The Shooting of Jordan Edwards
Police initially said they killed a 15-year-old after the car he was in reversed toward officers—but after reviewing body-cam footage, fired the officer involved.
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Randall Hill / Reuters A Guilty Plea in the Death of Walter Scott
Former Officer Michael Slager pleaded guilty to violating the unarmed black motorist’s civil rights when he shot him five times in the back.
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Lucas Jackson / Reuters Another Senior Fox News Employee Is Out
Co-President Bill Shine has resigned amid accusations he concealed Roger Ailes’s unseemly behavior.
