What Would Change Your Mind About President Trump?
An exercise for his supporters and critics.
An exercise for his supporters and critics.
The president’s move to punish Russia has scrambled partisan lines.
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.
The president-elect has pledged to deport millions of undocumented immigrants, but his proposals would require the cooperation of state and local authorities.
The ABC sitcom Speechless offers a meaningful critique of overwrought calls for diversity in schools.
The future arsenal will be networked, presenting unique security challenges for the U.S. Air Force.
In a one-woman show, an Indian-American actress reconciles her cultural identity with the pain of a past experience.
Donald Trump’s rise, and Hillary Clinton’s loss, is not a sign that America is irredeemably bigoted.
The proposed regulation could be used to detain people without due process, or examine them without informed consent.
Selections from The Atlantic’s coverage of 2016—from religious-liberty bills to Donald Trump's polarizing effect on evangelicals.
It was the president-elect’s hyperbolic characterizations of the pilfered material that turned routine documents into the stuff of scandal.
U.S. companies are hyper-focused on quarterly earnings. What can be done to push them to think more about the years and decades ahead?
The Bears Ears National Monument captures much of what made President Obama inspiring to his supporters—and frustrating to his critics.
For Australians, it’s actually two words: “democracy sausage.” For Austrians, it’s one very, very long one.
A history of the first African American White House—and of what came next
A massive sculpture in Denmark becomes a way for people to collaborate and connect.
Donald Trump's efforts to save one Indiana factory are up against a global trend.
A new documentary tells the story of a game-changing basketball team.
The desert is an unforgiving place. In a short film, meet the people who call it home.
In a humorous new documentary, an Indian American comedian gets help from his parents to find a wife.
Selections from The Atlantic’s coverage of 2016, when longstanding tensions over race and identity erupted into conflict.
But officer deaths remain lower than the average annual fatalities over the past decade.
A conversation with Michael Wear, a former Obama White House staffer, about the party’s illiteracy on and hostility toward faith
Research shows many professional staffers leave when a new president takes power—especially one with whom they don’t agree.
Selections from The Atlantic’s coverage of 2016, when a lot happened in the world of politics
From mosque surveillance to new religious-exemption laws, a look at some of the issues likely to come up under Trump
Once again, the president-elect is trying to mislead the public about his philanthropy.
Just as income inequality has become a fixture in many Americans’ understanding of the country, so too must accelerating regional divides.
Sales of mobile homes are a good data point for inferring the mood of consumers.
Seven stories about women who were all set to rule the world—and how their careers shook out
Humanitarian groups are reevaluating their work in light of how easy (and efficient) it is to just give cash to those who need help.
Researchers found that the losses of the Great Recession do not entirely explain why people aren’t giving very much money to charity.
But they may make things harder for women who aren't great at their jobs.
A semi-comprehensive list of the business concerns that may influence the president-elect as he prepares for the nation’s highest office
Since its invention in the 19th century, the footwear has been about much more than athletics—conveying ideas about national identity, class, race, and other forms of social meaning.
When men actually began to be diagnosed as “hysterics,” doctors searched for a cause. They found a chemical that may be on the rise again today.
Web publications tend to favor straight quotation marks, a pragmatic approach to typography that old-school stylists can’t stand.
The play-by-plays from airports and bus rides offer the random, unpolished personal moments that the web has largely lost.
Staff picks from the past year of coverage at The Atlantic
The government is dismantling a dormant program that was used to track people from Muslim-majority countries.
After exploring a virtual world, some users can’t shake the unsettling sense that the actual world isn’t real, either.
Who can use a pocket, and what it can carry, has historically depended on the person doing the pocketing. An Object Lesson.
President Obama said the expulsion of 35 diplomats and the measures against intelligence agencies are “not the sum total sum” of the U.S. response to Russian hacking.
Russia and Turkey say Syrian government forces and rebels will begin a truce at midnight on December 30. Other details are thin.
The president-elect’s plans to defeat ISIS will rely heavily on elite soldiers already on the verge of burnout.
“Settlements are not the cause of the conflict,” he said, “but no one can ignore the reality of the threat they pose to peace.”
The top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee criticizes Donald Trump, and the leader and members of his own party, for mishandling a “grave danger” to the republic.
Companies are paying “white hat” hackers to probe their cybersecurity systems for weaknesses—but some say that so far, they aren’t paying enough.
Several of Trump’s cabinet nominees have been outspoken critics of using embryonic stem cells and fetal tissue in research, and now some scientists fear the worst.
Researchers may have found a less-contentious way to deal with the NFL’s concussion epidemic than marijuana.
Trump supporters in southern Pennsylvania say the Affordable Care Act has been a letdown. Here’s what they’d like instead.
New research estimates that if all physicians were female, 32,000 fewer Americans would die every year.
The agency tasked with safeguarding America’s greatest public lands has neglected to protect its workers.
The American medical system requires dangerous feats of sleep deprivation. It doesn’t have to.
The genomic revolution has led to easy sequencing and cheap “ancestry" tests. White nationalists are paying attention.
Geochemical signals from near the planet’s core are beginning to shed light on its first 50 million years, a period long viewed as inaccessible to science.
A new study suggests that half the world's fastest cats will be gone in 15 years—and that's being optimistic.
Probably not, at least without Congress’s help.
The oozing yellow organism has no neurons, but it can solve mazes, make decisions, and learn by merging together.
David Biello, author of The Unnatural World, talks about the paradox of climate change in the Trumpocene.
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.
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.
From “Formation” onwards, the singer tried to build bridges while celebrating her identity—and revealed just how divided the country is.
The Spanish auteur has been accused of making films with misogynistic themes. But too infrequently have critics considered an important factor: the director’s sexuality.
He proved he could still move records even after he discarded his teen idol image, and after the world knew he was gay.
The Atlantic looks back at key cinematic moments in 2016, this time Josh Kriegman and Elyse Steinberg’s documentary about the titular, doomed politician.
Highlights from 12 months of interviews with writers about their craft and the authors they love
As stars avoid inauguration bookings, the president-elect tries to divide America’s population from its popular culture.
Animated movies like Zootopia and Finding Dory gave adults the tools to talk about serious issues with children this year.
The playwright and professor Anna Deveare Smith explored the link between schools and incarceration in her one-woman show Notes From the Field.
A 2016 documentary magnifies an often ignored part of the education world.
Take a stroll down memory lane, a scroll through some #TBTs, or whatever the school kids are calling a throwback these days. Here are our favorite education stories The Atlantic published this year.
Late-night hosts including John Oliver and Samantha Bee devoted air time to school-related issues this year, pushing the topics into mainstream conversation.
Why are students still using calculators?
It’s unclear whether the Trump administration will also see the issue as a matter of civil rights.
Sales of mobile homes are a good data point for inferring the mood of consumers.
The motion asks for a psychological evaluation based on facts that have emerged since Roof’s last competency hearing in November.
The monuments include the Bears Ears region in southern Utah and the Gold Butte region in southern Nevada.
The iconic actress, writer, and comedian—who died at the age of 60—was the kind of star Hollywood only sees once in a lifetime.
Observations of the daily commute made by workers in big cities from photographer Cassandra Zampini.
Yep, thanks to its high birthrate and attractiveness to immigrants.
A short film on a unique dining experience
Ta-Nehisi Coates speaks to PBS NewsHour about Obama’s childhood, his legacy, and how he connected with the American people.
From chroniclers of war to a revered spy to a conscientious objector, a look back
We’ll sit down with Atlantic senior editor James Hamblin to discuss his new book, If Our Bodies Could Talk: A Guide to Operating and Maintaining a Human Body, a handbook for tackling life’s most pressing health concerns and curiosities.
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