Part of our ongoing series of photo essays at the Atlantic titled Americans at Work. This week, images of Port Houston, the busiest port for deep-draft vessels in the United States, made by photographer Daniel Kramer:
Bombings strike Baghdad, cities ring in the new year, and more from the United States and around the world.
The president has tried to tell friends hard truths. What if those friends don’t listen?
Highlights from seven days of reading about entertainment
Many of 2016’s freshmen shows went out of their way to reflect the world not as audiences might wish it to be, but as it really is.
From record-high graduation rates to the percentage of students who attend charters, here are some figures that help tell the story of U.S. schools over the last year.
Russia says it won’t expel U.S. diplomats, Greek ambassador to Brazil killed, and more from the United States and around the world.
Eight years ago I mentioned that a run of very public news—the deaths of prominent figures, plus a presidential election…
Russian President Vladimir Putin snubbed President Obama in favor of Donald Trump when extending holiday greetings to numerous heads of state and government.
An exercise for his supporters and critics.
Russia said it won’t expel American diplomats in retaliation for U.S. sanctions, President Obama added to his environmental legacy, 2016 drew to a close, and more.
This week, we asked our Politics & Policy Daily readers to share their plans for 2017. Dozens of readers sent…
The president’s move to punish Russia has scrambled partisan lines.
From chroniclers of war to a revered spy to a conscientious objector, a look back
The ABC sitcom Speechless offers a meaningful critique of overwrought calls for diversity in schools.
In a one-woman show, an Indian-American actress reconciles her cultural identity with the pain of a past experience.
For Australians, it’s actually two words: “democracy sausage.” For Austrians, it’s one very, very long one.
The passing of performers Carrie Fisher and George Michael, waterfalls on Uluru in Australia, a lightshow in Dubai, breakdancing for the Pope in the Vatican, and more.
The future arsenal will be networked, presenting unique security challenges for the U.S. Air Force.
The Russian president has both the capability and the intent to cause harm, says a former U.S. ambassador to Russia. And the threat won’t vanish once Donald Trump takes office.
But officer deaths remain lower than the average annual fatalities over the past decade.
U.S. companies are hyper-focused on quarterly earnings. What can be done to push them to invest more in the years and decades ahead?
Donald Trump’s rise, and Hillary Clinton’s loss, is not a sign that America is irredeemably bigoted.
The Bears Ears National Monument captures much of what made President Obama inspiring to his supporters—and frustrating to his critics.
The proposed regulation could be used to detain people without due process, or examine them without informed consent.
In Saturday’s game, the college-football powerhouse will either reinforce their brilliance, or suffer a historic upset. Whatever happens, it’ll be an incredible watch.
In his new book, economist and historian Marc Levinson explains why no one should expect a return to the growth of the post-war boom years.
Just as income inequality has become a fixture in many Americans’ understanding of the country, so too must accelerating regional divides.
Selections from The Atlantic’s coverage of 2016—from religious-liberty bills to Donald Trump's polarizing effect on evangelicals.
The president-elect has pledged to deport millions of undocumented immigrants, but his proposals would require the cooperation of state and local authorities.