If you’ve read or heard about Erie, Pennsylvania, since the election, it’s likely to be with framing as “declining Rust…
Meet the Dreamers who are one executive action away from losing everything.
In this week’s Atlantic coverage, our writers explored the joy in the world, the cost of universal child care, the…
In this week’s Atlantic coverage, our writers explored the cult classics of the future, Monopoly’s forgotten meaning, the legacy of…
Last year, Julie Beck wrote a popular piece centered on the question, “When Are You Really an…
In this week’s Atlantic coverage, our writers explored the social impact of medical misinformation, the historic divide between dentists and…
In this week’s Atlantic coverage, our writers explored why animals need sleep, the changing shape of American families, Mahershala Ali’s…
In the March 2017 issue of The Atlantic, our writers explored the path to autocratic government, the future of artificial…
Our collection of power plants for this photo series keeps growing: a nuclear one over Michigan, another one along the…
In this week’s Atlantic coverage, our writers explored the changing movie industry, the history of stardom, Ireland’s national-park invasion, a…
Photographs of Melissa Eich, a speech pathologist in Charlottesville, Virginia, taken by her husband Matt Eich
Police said so no injuries or evidence of gunfire were found.
In this week’s Atlantic coverage, our writers explored how humans collide with nature, what scientists can learn from genealogy, the…
Photographs of freelancers living in Los Angeles, made by photographer Jessica Chou
During the late 19th century, blacks and whites in the South lived closer together than they do today.
Drought, climate change, and aging infrastructure combined to create a looming catastrophe that forced 188,000 Californians to evacuate.
How a riding club counters crime with horses
In this week’s Atlantic coverage, our writers explored women’s war on body hair, the threats to bumblebees’ survival, Americans’ financial…
It’s been a year since we ran this reader series, which included a wide range of first encounters with guns—from…
In this week’s Atlantic coverage, our writers explored who drives online activity, what’s on the surface of the moon, the…
Ford, Tesla, Google, Apple, Starbucks, Amazon, General Electric, and other companies are speaking up about the president’s executive order.