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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.

Tim Naftali
April 18, 2018

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Quoted: The Apocalypse Edition
- Rosa Inocencio Smith
- November 5, 2016
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What the Renewable-Energy Economy Looks Like
- James Fallows
- November 3, 2016
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The Police Killings in Des Moines, Iowa: Latest Updates

Police have charged Scott Michael Greene in connection with the killings.
- Krishnadev Calamur
- November 3, 2016
Track of the Day: ‘James K. Polk’ by They Might Be Giants
- Rosa Inocencio Smith
- November 2, 2016
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What Do You Know ... About Digital Warfare?
- Rosa Inocencio Smith
- November 2, 2016
Update on the Eastport Saga
- James Fallows
- October 31, 2016
Deborah Fallows / the Atlantic

Refugees, Immigrants, and the Battle Over Who Is American
- James Fallows
- October 29, 2016
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What Do You Know ... About Household Chores?
- Rosa Inocencio Smith
- October 29, 2016
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Quoted: The Rejection Edition
- Rosa Inocencio Smith
- October 29, 2016
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American Airlines Plane Blows a Tire During Takeoff in Chicago; Passengers Safe

Video of Flight 383, which was headed to Miami, shows thick black smoke emerging from the aircraft and passengers walking on grass.
- Krishnadev Calamur
- October 28, 2016
Deborah Fallows

What It Takes to Settle Refugees

The people of Erie, Pennsylvania, have welcomed immigrants and refugees, and believe that their town is better off for having done so.
- Deborah Fallows
- October 28, 2016
'Among the Sierra Nevada Mountains,' Albert Bierstadt, 1868, …

Annals of Renewal: MTP Podcast, Knight Competition
- James Fallows
- October 27, 2016
Dan Terzian

America by Air: Coasting Past a Nuclear Reactor
- Chris Bodenner
- October 27, 2016
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The Trials of Sheriff Joe

Years of racial profiling and ignoring a federal judge’s order to stop his immigration sweeps may have finally caught up.
- J. Weston Phippen
- October 26, 2016
Nicolas Pollock / The Atlantic

The Generational Difference in Optimism: A Video Look
- James Fallows
- October 25, 2016
Graham W. Hankey

America by Air: A Peak Through the Clouds
- Rosa Inocencio Smith
- October 24, 2016
Katie Martin / The Atlantic

What Do You Know ... About Literary Trolling?
- Rosa Inocencio Smith
- October 22, 2016
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Quoted: The Appearances Edition
- Rosa Inocencio Smith
- October 22, 2016
Nicolas Pollock / The Atlantic

Is America in a Boiling Fury About Immigration? Not the America I Have Seen
- James Fallows
- October 22, 2016
Katie Martin / The Atlantic

What Do You Know ... About Tattoos?
- Rosa Inocencio Smith
- October 15, 2016