Live Coverage of the West Virginia and Nebraska Primaries
Eight years after Hillary Clinton won against then-Senator Barack Obama in the Mountain State, Bernie Sanders appears poised to win its Democratic race.
Eight years after Hillary Clinton won against then-Senator Barack Obama in the Mountain State, Bernie Sanders appears poised to win its Democratic race.
A group of new polls released Tuesday shows a surprisingly close race between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.
HB2 doesn’t just repeal LGBT civil-rights laws; it bars passing new ones. The Supreme Court calls that “animus.”
The Republican Party’s old divisions have been scrambled by its new presidential nominee.
And other foreign leaders should follow suit.
A new meta-analysis seems to link infant swaddling with a higher risk of SIDS. But there’s more to the data than that.
A massive shift in marital patterns is altering attitudes and demanding policy change.
Facebook’s potential is without precedent. But its public scrutiny will be unprecedented, too.
President Obama will be the first sitting president to visit the city the U.S. bombed in 1945, but two others have been before him.
The military health-care system serves 2 million children, but there are only a handful of full-time pediatric social workers across the Defense Department’s sprawling network of hospitals. In the civilian world, this kind of staffing is “unimaginable.”
In recent days, a major chain and a high-profile New York spot have reversed course on a dining trend that’s come to be tied to workers’ welfare.
A city’s proposal to divert Lake Michigan water is raising concerns about future water grabs from outlying regions.
Two radically different bills aim overhaul the city’s beleaguered school system. Will the legislation do more harm than good?
Twister, released 20 years ago today, is an extremely dumb movie with extremely important insights.
The documentary The Armor of Light follows its religious subjects as they confront gun culture among Christians.
The film Peace Officer follows William Lawrence, who founded the SWAT team that killed his son-in-law.
What is the difference between civil redistricting and intentional disenfranchisement?
At the Hyowon Healing Center, activities include planning your own funeral, saying goodbye to your loved ones, and finally, closing the lid on your coffin.
Who has jumped on the bandwagon? Who’s sticking with #NeverTrump? And who hasn’t made up their mind yet? A continually updated inventory
The U.S. Speaker of the House faces a difficult choice: grudgingly endorse Trump, or silently watch his party fall apart.
A GOP-sponsored bill to add two new justices to the state Supreme Court awaits the governor’s signature.
The Department of Justice announced Monday that it is suing the state over its law on transgender restroom use.
Light-skin-tone symbols are used far less often in the U.S. than their darker counterparts. Does shame explain the disparity?
Here’s what the New York Times Magazine’s story gets wrong.
Pop culture—and even the White House itself—seems to be longing for the return of the fictional administration from The West Wing, a decade after show’s end.
The Golden State Warriors guard became the first NBA player to unanimously win the award.
Four Atlantic writers discuss the newest installment in Marvel’s Cinematic Universe.
Three Atlantic staffers discuss ‘Oathbreaker,’ the third episode of the sixth season.
David Means’s debut novel examines the psychological implications of a world where trauma can be erased.
The CBS drama’s dramatic finale brought a sad but fitting end to a show that has always been a little bit awkward about its female friendships.
In popular culture, businessmen and managers have ousted teams and players as dramatic heroes.
Legalizing marijuana was supposed to boost tax revenues and free up cops to go after “real” criminals. But underground sales in legal states are thriving and it’s mostly black men who are still getting arrested for it.
The wildfire that forced 88,000 people to evacuate destroyed some neighborhoods, while leaving others untouched.
Donald Trump said he is willing to make an exception to his proposed “total and complete” ban on Muslims entering the United States: Sadiq Khan.
The acting speaker reversed his own decision to annul the house’s impeachment of the president.
“We know how to put people in prison. But we don’t know what to do with them afterwards.”
Hundreds of firefighters continue to battle a blaze that forced thousands of Canadians from their homes last week.
Transferring head of the Sinaloa Cartel, Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, to a prison in Ciudad Juarez has raised several questions among security experts.
Chancellor Wenrer Faymann abruptly resigned Monday, saying he’d lost the support of his Social Democrats.
Everyone wants some place to retreat, to collapse, to be at home—but you can’t always go home again.
The ACLU has sued the state over new rules that the group argues sanction discrimination against LGBT people.
The rise of illiberal norms and the weakening of free speech continues to undermine the very causes valued by the American left.
Lottery officials said a single ticket matched the winning numbers for the $429 million jackpot.
Although the 1866 Memphis Massacre happened 150 years ago, it still has a powerful legacy in the South.
A teenage football player who exposed himself during a team photo faced a felony charge and 69 counts of indecent exposure.
John Weidenhammer has built a multi-million-dollar company in Reading, Pennsylvania, where 40 percent of the population lives in poverty.
The first-ever ransomware attack was delivered on a floppy disk.
Every crime against the divine will has its own corresponding digital brand.
The Freewrite, a “smart typewriter,” wants to liberate writers from their computers.
Small screens don't deter readers—even from longer articles.
Earlier this week, Craig Wright said he created the virtual currency Bitcoin. On Thursday, he reneged on a promise to show definitive proof of that claim.
A social-networking site is helping Seattle’s cops dive deeper into their communities—but the platform can stoke neighborhood paranoia and social stigma.
Generations of big-name hoteliers have succeeded by creating innovative products, but that’s not been the case for the presumptive nominee.
In the late ‘70s, most truckers had sizable paychecks, reasonable hours, and even political clout.
Can alternative financing options create a more equitable system or are they doomed to repeat the same types of discrimination?
A new study suggests that with money comes the luxury of choosing not to socialize mostly with neighbors and family members.
The city is becoming younger, richer, and more highly educated.
Make America have a recession again.
"Our hospital is no different than a human hospital, really. It’s just a little bit bigger."
After a week of wildfires raging through the town of Fort McMurray and the surrounding area, more than 500,000 acres of forest and 2,400 buildings have been destroyed.
A new study of different countries' slumber habits hints at how culture shapes bedtimes.
The instrument may have outlived its use, but it hasn’t lost its power. An Object Lesson.
The death rate for black men between the ages of 20 and 49 dropped by half between 1990 and 2010. Why?
The author of a new book says she didn’t beat her disease—science did.
Boosting your ego won’t make you feel better. Instead, try talking to yourself like you would your best friend.
A new study suggests certain coping techniques are associated with longer life spans in sick patients.
Against a prevalent belief that the disorder is most common among white children, new programs are revealing many shades to the autism spectrum—and giving minority families the support they need.
The university’s new sanctions against single-gender social groups are deeply flawed—but promising in their intentions.
Congress is considering a rule change to the school-nutrition law that would bar thousands of schools from offering complimentary lunch to all students.
First-generation faculty can steer first-generation college students toward success.
Some say coding classes are key to addressing the country’s inequality. But that’s a hard feat in a place where many people don’t even have Internet access.
Policies are lagging behind child-development research and hurting vulnerable families in the process.
Black and Latino students in economically prosperous cities are grade levels behind their white peers.
Researchers from Duke tried to use unmanned aerial vehicles to track a herd’s behavior. Things did not go as planned.
A computer can’t match a human’s ability to identify cosmic objects, but recent advances in machine learning are helping to close the gap.
A long love letter to the creator of the world’s greatest nature documentaries, on the eve of his 90th birthday.
New data plumbs more than 4,000 stories for insights into life’s random surprises.
In order to combat invasive species and preserve existing ecosystems, cities are enlisting the help of local gardeners and residents.
A new study shows that we burn many more daily calories than other apes.
The code that makes cells is more complex than it once seemed.
“If my credit score were based solely on my Reddit post history, my score would be over 800.”
Giving people access to support services and a place to stay can reduce the number of those living on the streets. But can that be done affordably?
Rodrigo Duterte is a tough-talking mayor who transformed a southern city with a populist combination of controversial tactics and a deft touch.