Washington Ideas Forum 2016
Dispatches from Washington Ideas Week
How Should Universities Atone for Their Past Mistakes?
Ta-Nehisi Coates talks with the presidents of Harvard and Georgetown about the ways higher-education institutions are acknowledging their histories of slavery and discrimination.
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Max Taylor Photography John Kerry Calls Bombing of Aleppo ‘Beyond the Pale’
Fighting in the Syrian city has led to a devastating, and worsening, humanitarian crisis.
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Alan Diaz / AP What Happened While America Waited for Zika Funding
Congress finally approved a $1.1 billion deal—but Zika has already done real damage in the United States.
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Max Taylor Photography Paul Ryan Promises to ‘Work With Whoever Wins’
That won’t be easy for the Republican House speaker, regardless of the election’s outcome.
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Max Taylor Photography Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie on When Language Fails Her
The writer spoke about police killings in America.
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Max Taylor Photography CIA Director Calls 9/11 Legislation 'Badly Misguided'
Congress delivered a historic rebuke to the administration on Wednesday by overriding Obama’s veto.
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Angeliki Panagiotou / Corbis / Getty Taking the Fear and Desperation Out of Online Dating
The quest for a calmer, gentler dating app
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Max Taylor Photography ‘Allowing America to Confront Its Tortured Racial Past’
How the National Museum of African American History and Culture recounts black history in the United States
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters How a Museum Reckons With Black Pain
The Smithsonian’s new memorial of African American history and culture is at once triumphant and crushing.
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Keith Srakocic / AP A New Era for the Automobile
In long-awaited federal guidelines on self-driving cars, officials hint at a new kind of DMV.
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Douglas Remley / Smithsonian How a Museum Captures African American History
A floor-by-floor preview of the Smithsonian’s National African American Museum of History and Culture
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Shutterstock / Katie Martin / The Atlantic Tiny Vampires
On living with mosquitoes in the time of Zika
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Jacquelyn Martin / AP Why Georgetown's Offer Falls Short
Treating the descendants of the slaves Georgetown sold just like the children of university alumni during the admissions process ignores a financial responsibility.
