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Returning to Ohio
How a small, Midwestern town has changed over the decades—and where it aims to go
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Rebranding White Nationalism: Inside the Alt-Right
An exclusive look at a radical movement whose leaders hail the rise of Trump
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Americans at Work: The Commute
Part of our ongoing series of photo essays at the Atlantic titled Americans at Work. This week, observations of the daily commute made workers in big cities from photographer Cassandra Zampini.
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America by Air: Parks Over Pittsburgh
A reader sends an autumnal view over Pennsylvania: Here’s a shot of Point State Park at the…
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Carlos Barria / Reuters Flint's Emergency Managers Face Felony Charges Over Lead in the Water
The officials include two people appointed by Governor Rick Snyder to run the city.
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Harry Benson ‘Photography Is Not a Team Sport’
The key to capturing history? Be as lucky as you are ferocious.
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What Do You Know ... About Presidential Regrets?
In this week’s Atlantic coverage, our writers explored an unlikely celebrity summit, America’s obsession with parenting, the problem with praising…
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Preston Gannaway / GRAIN Americans at Work: Urban Farming in West Oakland
This week’s essay focuses on inner-city agriculture programs by photographer Preston Gannaway.
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Laura Segall / Reuters The Last of the Birthers
Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Arizona’s Maricopa County reveals the “profound” and quite “disturbing” results of his five-year investigation into the president’s birth certificate.
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Robert F. Bukaty / AP The Pathos of El Faro's Final Hours
Across 500 pages of transcript drawn from the sunken freighter’s bridge, crew members question the decision to sail into Hurricane Joaquin and gradually grasp their perilous situation.
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Joshua Roberts / Reuters The Supreme Court Case That Could Bankrupt Religious Schools and Hospitals
Advocate Health Care Network v. Stapleton pits financially strained organizations against their own workers, who fear their promised pensions may not be there when they retire.
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What Do You Know ... About TV Taboos?
In this week’s Atlantic coverage, our writers explored TV shows’ new favorite setting, the Oscar contenders of 2016, the revelations…
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America by Air: Chicago’s Glowing Grid
Adam Feiges sends a stunning, lambent view of Chicago’s grid system at night on his approach to O’Hare from the…
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Hannah McKay / Reuters Red States in the Hot Seat
Areas of the country Trump won by large margins are particularly vulnerable to the environmental devastation wrought by climate change.
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Track of the Day: ‘Get Together’ by Lizz Wright
Alicia recommends an even more serene version of the ’60s counterculture classic by The Youngbloods: …
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Dear Mr. Obama: You Are Still the President
In the four weeks since the election, which seem like four centuries, Donald Trump has dominated the news and done…
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Only Ever Knowing Your Brother Behind Bars
A reader in Chicago details her first memory of her older brother—“behind the Plexiglas”: Across from him…
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‘Our Father Didn't Show Up to Court for the Child He Ruined’
The latest story in our reader series comes from a young woman, Ngeri, who is “still personally working through my…
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Lucy Nicholson / Reuters What Caused the Deadly Oakland Warehouse Fire?
Firefighters have now found 36 bodies inside the artist collective where dozens of people lived together.
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Matt Eich A Hidden American Anger
Life in Ohio's proud but economically abandoned small towns
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Deborah Fallows A Post-Election Field Report From America's Refugees and Immigrants
Words and stories from the towns where the newest Americans live
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What Do You Know ... About Authoritarian Style?
In this week’s Atlantic coverage, our writers explored the world’s dictators’ favorite fashion statements, the history of a beloved arcade…
