Reforming Government First Requires Understanding It
Jared Kushner’s new initiative promises to tap the expertise of the business community—but government isn't a business.
Jared Kushner’s new initiative promises to tap the expertise of the business community—but government isn't a business.
What it does, what comes next
A judgment last week in Virginia provides a template for other courts—including the Supreme Court—to rule in the president’s favor.
The rise of faith-based counseling in America’s most Christian regions has brought the clash over religious liberties to the therapist’s couch.
Donald Trump observed that health care policy is “so complicated.” The next item on his agenda, tax policy, will be just as knotty.
A new collection of the author’s classroom chats reveals his lifelong quest to reevaluate reality.
He didn't have to be a successful business man in real life because he played one on TV.
President Trump may feel liberated to pursue tax reform after the failure on health care. But the GOP’s to-do list in Congress only gets harder from here.
Prices may rise for enrollees, but there are ways the administration can prevent that. The question is whether it will.
President Trump is being pressured to expand a war of choice in a faraway land with an immoral ally that flagrantly kills civilians. Why are so few Americans paying any attention?
Democrats wants the chair of the committee looking into collusion between the Trump administration and Russia to recuse himself, and hearings have ground to a halt for the moment.
A new book argues that the giving patterns of today’s wealthy may present challenges to the democratic process.
The NBC reality singing competition has been selling glittering visions of fame for 11 seasons, but has rarely delivered on them.
In Europe, a reproductive rights issue yields an unlikely partnership.
On Wednesday, Britain’s exit from the EU becomes very real. That doesn’t mean it’s going to go according to plan.
Michael Anton actively courts controversy with his extreme views. But how much influence does he have in the White House?
It didn’t exactly work out as planned.
There’s a simple psychological trick that might change people’s minds.
“I think he is going to be a bad weed in the immigrant community.”
“It’s a refuge for the runaway, for the throwaway.”
A short film explores how one woman regards the new administration.
Trump’s vast business empire will affect his decision-making as president.
They question the impartiality of the California Republican who chairs the House Intelligence Committee.
Anyone can create political power, Eric Liu argues in a new book, but opposition alone won’t win converts to a cause.
Despite the damage done to his reputation, the defeat may liberate him to pursue the agenda his voters support—not the one the Republican establishment favors.
Years of misleading coverage left viewers so misinformed that many were shocked when confronted with the actual costs of repeal.
The right-wing news site has applied for congressional press credentials, but faces questions about its ownership and links between its editors and other organizations.
In Iowa, Republicans say women can go elsewhere for family-planning care. But are health-care facilities actually prepared to fill the gap?
In November, citizens around the U.S. said they wanted minimum-wage hikes, higher taxes, and criminal-justice reform. Now their elected officials are trying to roll those changes back.
For many, new policies that provide compensation during time off won’t happen soon enough—or be accessible to everyone.
Citizens are suing the president to force him to sell his businesses. But will any of their lawsuits succeed in court?
Social-service organizations are reporting a drop in enrollments in food stamps and other programs.
Last week, Raphael Bostic broke a 103-year old trend and became the first black regional bank president. But the debate over inclusion at the U.S. central bank isn’t going away.
Few would agree with him.
Trump promised to revitalize the blighted heartland. His policies will punish them.
Two Princeton economists elaborate on their work exploring rising mortality rates among certain demographics.
Tell us your birthday, and we’ll show you how the world has changed since you were born.
You’ve already lived through enough to fill history books. Consider this a sneak preview of what those books might say.
If so, he’s extremely vulnerable to being hacked.
After a high-speed crash in Arizona, the ride-hailing giant grounds its autonomous fleet.
Across the sector, employees are asking their companies and top executives to engage in policy battles in a way that departs from long-standing precedent.
Advertising companies, tech giants, data collectors, and the federal government, it turns out.
As hackers learn to imitate the body's unique features, scientists might turn to brainwaves and genomics to verify people's identities.
The simple device ushered in a new age of exploration—and burst many ear drums in the process. An Object Lesson.
Instead, it shows how individual and unique things really are.
Americans may finally be ready to confront the dehumanizing horrors facing women service members
It didn’t exactly work out as planned.
The Atlantic to open global bureau in London for reporting, events, and business partnerships, with James Fallows as its first Europe Editor
How trolling Trump became a marketing strategy
I was in Tahrir Square the day the strongman fell. Knowing what we know now, the former dictator seems positively gracious and big-hearted.
If the lobbyist’s work did indeed “greatly benefit the Putin Government,” the contract wouldn’t be especially out of the ordinary for an American lobbyist—or for Russia.
A study explores how Tough Mudders allow the “cognitariat” a break from the tedium of sedentary work
How “graphic medicine” is helping some students survive the bottom of the hospital pecking order
People want more medical leave, but like other perks, they prefer for it to come from companies.
The specter of being removed from the United States has devastating effects on the health of undocumented immigrants and their loved ones.
By scouring thousands of medications created for other conditions, a researcher wants to find pills that can help overcome addiction.
A victim of the industry reflects on how changes to the body can help with emotional recovery.
After the tiny survivors returned from orbit, they showed greater resistance to antibiotics.
As “agritourists” flock to the country for its gorgeous horses and delicious ice cream, farmers are looking for ways to make the best of the warming weather.
Activists plan an all-out resistance on multiple fronts.
Astronomers have glimpsed the tell-tale sings of newly formed stars inside the powerful winds of a supermassive black hole.
Bioethicists studying a small program in Dallas were surprised by what they found.
After long believing that exploding stars forged the coveted metal, researchers are now divided over which extraordinary cosmic event is truly responsible.
The new administration plans to bring back a committee that has tried over the years to guide policy—with mixed results.
On March 26, 2017, thousands of Russians rallied across the country to protest government corruption, in one of the largest opposition demonstrations in years.
Shows including Homeland, Quantico, and The Good Fight are featuring topical storylines about attempts to spread misinformation within the U.S.
The HBO miniseries takes a novel approach to its score: letting its characters’ listening habits dictate what the audience hears.
The show will air at the same time across the U.S. for the first time ever starting in April—thanks to social media.
The two-hour work, written and directed by Happy Valley’s Sally Wainwright, is a vibrant dramatization of how three sheltered women became such extraordinary novelists.
A collection of new shows are setting up mysteries that remain unsolved ... and unsolved ... and unsolved.
“The Heart Part 4” seems to announce a new album while taking aim at rivals, Donald Trump, and the state of the world.
Beyond busted brackets and buzzer-beaters, the men's NCAA tournament offers the broader public an early look at likely professional draftees.
In working to loosen proprietary-college regulation, contemporary politicians break decades of GOP precedent.
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HBCUs will still get federal funding, but not much else.
Advocates for students with disabilities argue the decision could help millions of children.
Proponents of President Trump’s budget say no. Their evidence may be faulty.
The old Mercator world map, riddled with inaccuracies, has been replaced with a less Eurocentric version.
As many as 95 percent of schools are out of reach for low-income students.
"[The COTSBots] represent a burgeoning movement to remove human influence from conservation—to save wild ecosystems by taking us out of the picture entirely."
Officials have taken a suspect into custody in connection with threatening calls made to Jewish institutions in the U.S. and abroad.
President Trump’s nominee adopted a humble mien in his opening foray before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
A West Virginia proposal to help the coal industry by paring back safety regulations may actually protect neither miners or their jobs.
The vast majority of the readers who responded to our note asking “Is a Long Life Really Worth It?” answered “nope, not really.”
The images were posted in “Marines United,” a 30,000-member Facebook group for male-only active Marines and veterans.
Nearly two-dozen Jewish community centers and day schools in nearly a dozen states received bomb threats.
Peak bloom has typically fallen around early April.
In a short film, a Columbia University astrophysicist explains the mysterious substance that makes up over 25 percent of the universe.
With no experience in business, one family opens an organic dining space on their 300-year-old property.
After the largest demonstrations in years erupted across the country on Sunday, the Kremlin is fighting back.
Since 1857, The Atlantic has been challenging established answers with tough questions. Here, Michael K. Williams wrestles with one of his own: Is he being typecast?
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