Where the 'Bad Kids' Go to School
A 2016 documentary magnifies an often ignored part of the education world.
A 2016 documentary magnifies an often ignored part of the education world.
Human beings are really good at picking out cause-and-effect relationships. But they’re bad at predicting future consequences.
The Atlantic looks back at key cinematic moments in 2016, this time Barry Jenkins’s film about a young man’s life in three acts.
The 19th-century writer believed that the power of poetry and democracy came from an ability to make a unified whole out of disparate parts.
The desert is an unforgiving place. In a short film, meet the people who call it home.
The science of man-made global warming has only grown more conclusive. So why have Republicans become less convinced it’s real over the past decade and a half?
In a franchise first, Rogue One’s soundtrack isn’t helmed by the legendary composer.
His choices made unjust strikes predictable and inevitable––and with Donald Trump poised to take power, the precedents he set are all the more alarming.
The United States has voiced its displeasure with Israeli settlements. Or has it?
State-run outlets are essential to making the case for Putin’s intervention in Syria
A history of the first African American White House—and of what came next
In a humorous new documentary, an Indian American comedian gets help from his parents to find a wife.
Ta-Nehisi Coates speaks to PBS NewsHour about Obama’s childhood, his legacy, and how he connected with the American people.
A short film on a unique dining experience
A new documentary follows the battle for African Americans to retain their citizenship in Native American nations.
A performance of the Christmastime show puts a contemporary spin on a classic.
An exclusive look at a radical movement whose leaders hail the rise of Trump
The fourth in a series of conversations between the president and Ta-Nehisi Coates
Representative Mark Meadows, the group’s new chairman, is hoping an early push for deregulation will do the trick.
A nonproliferation expert puts the president-elect’s latest remarks in context
The country’s first black president never pursued policies bold enough to close the racial wealth gap.
An attempt to roll back the state’s controversial “bathroom bill” collapsed amid recriminations on Wednesday.
From fortified foods to nutrition labels, the legacy of an early financial crisis lives on in kitchens across the United States.
For women who left the workforce, their ambitions didn’t disappear so much as found a new target.
A labor dispute between the president-elect and workers at his hotel underscores the power he will wield in future conflicts.
As the appetite for online shopping grows, companies that protect packages in transit are profiting.
Capitalism changed how humans perceive the passage of hours, days, and weeks. This made people more productive, but did it make them any happier?
The state’s health-care system was expanded under the Affordable Care Act. Now, it may serve as a model nationwide.
Some women prioritize career. Others prioritize their kids. It's those who try to juggle both who often feel they aren’t succeeding at either.
The main source of meaning in American life is a meritocratic competition that makes those who struggle feel inferior.
Seven stories about women who were all set to rule the world—and how their careers shook out
The government is dismantling a dormant program that was used to track people from Muslim-majority countries.
Staff picks from the past year of coverage at The Atlantic
The play-by-plays from airports and bus rides offer the random, unpolished personal moments that the web has largely lost.
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.
A program that targeted visitors from Muslim-majority countries was phased out in 2011—but unless it’s dismantled completely, Donald Trump could easily reinstate it.
Praising the Russian leader while promising an arms race with him, the U.S. president-elect could bring back the most dangerous aspects of the Cold War.
As America gets ready for a presidential transition, a look at places where peaceful transfer of power is overdue.
They're perhaps the most formidable force in the fight against ISIS. But what happens when the Islamic State is gone?
“Very few actually comprehend the deadly and destructive capability of the motor vehicle,” an ISIS publication advises.
The highlights from seven days of reading about the world
The people who most need privacy often can’t afford the smartphones that provide it.
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.
It’s not clear that the next administration is ready to deal with an outbreak of Ebola, flu, or other emerging diseases.
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.
What happens when cutting-edge medicine offers up conflicting answers?
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.
Probably not, at least without Congress’s help.
Stripes laid down by tooth enamel could reveal why big mammals grow slower—and live longer—than small ones.
Arctic warming means more conflict between people and the giant predators.
The shooting of the Russian Ambassador to Turkey, Christmas around the world, robotic dinosaurs in Japan, a fireworks disaster in Mexico, big waves in Ireland, and much more.
As stars avoid inauguration bookings, the president-elect tries to divide America’s population from its popular culture.
The Atlantic looks back at key cinematic moments in 2016, this time a dystopian comedy about love and relationships.
J.A. Bayona’s tear-jerking fantasy film doesn’t come close to earning its inevitably devastating emotional climax.
Doubled quotes developed as indications of a rational world. Now they’re developing as indications of the opposite.
How much do you know about the films that, each year, insist on The Magic of Christmas? How much do you want to?
The Atlantic looks back at key cinematic moments in 2016, this time an escapist 1970s throwback from Richard Linklater.
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.
It’s unclear whether the Trump administration will also see the issue as a matter of civil rights.
Why are students still using calculators?
How frightful does the weather have to be to cancel school?
Helping children confront challenges requires a more nuanced understanding of the “growth mindset.”
A new report suggests most graduates don’t find the current offerings very helpful.
Seven days of stories about school
“These women hadn’t lost their ambition; instead they’d changed the definition of the word.”
Yep, thanks to its high birthrate and attractiveness to immigrants.
The Hungarian actress who starred in dozens of Hollywood films, died Sunday night in Los Angeles of a heart attack.
Legislators passed a slate of bills to sharply reduce the power of the incoming governor, over the heated objections of Democrats and hundreds of protestors.
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.
City officials blamed the stress of captivity.
Kern County, where Francisco Serna died Monday, had the highest per-capita rate of killings by officers in 2015.
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.
More than 304 people died when a ferry capsized in 2014. In a short film, their family members reflect on how they still struggle to move forward.
A writer reflects on the burden of fatherhood in a nation that elected Donald Trump.
State-run outlets are essential to making the case for Putin’s intervention in Syria
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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