How ISIS Territory Has Changed Since the U.S. Bombing Campaign Began
An animated depiction of a stalemate
An animated depiction of a stalemate
The tennis star’s quest for a history was interrupted by a 300-to-1 underdog.
Rick Perry becomes the first Republican to drop out of the hunt.
Through a Port Authority-run program, thousands of pieces of World Trade Center steel have been turned into memorials in all 50 states.
The collapse of a construction crane in Islam’s holiest city has caused dozens of deaths.
And all 19 of the Late Show’s writers are white. So.
A new federal policy seeks to tackle the college sexual-assault problem—but can it change the status quo?
The vice president and the comedy star commiserate over tragedy and confront the donkey in the room.
Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, a Democratic rising star, has been buffeted by a rising homicide rate and fallout from the death of Freddie Gray in April.
A recent scholarly paper on “microaggressions” uses them to chart the ascendance of a new moral code.
A federal judge proposes a set of reforms to make serving on a jury more attractive.
“It’s good that they’re talking about it,” says Natalie Portman of the controversial term she’s become a symbol of.
The sketch show’s series finale embodied how well it balanced over-the-top comedy with truth-telling.
Modern pop does imitate her for profit, but that’s not such a bad thing.
An unexpected entry in the 1964 edition captures the magic of flying.
My friends, let us respectfully tell you how passive-aggressive language has become.
Coming soon: The Atlantic's October cover story on the effects of the disproportionate imprisonment of black men
Rehabilitation and reform in America's largest maximum security prison
Meet Larry Johnson, renowned feline portraitist.
And why they aren’t getting much in the way of government assistance
Words such as “job,” “employment,” and “work” fail to capture what is happening in today’s labor market.
As inequality spreads, support for sharing economic gains should increase. So why is it fading?
Per a new policy, the Department of Justice will go after individual wrongdoers instead of their employers.
Governor Andrew Cuomo has backed a proposal for $15 minimum wage in New York state.
In the fight over the team’s name, Ray Halbritter is an adversary unlike any the NFL has faced before.
Endangered animals can be tracked by sequencing DNA from the creatures that drink their blood.
The inside story behind a spectacular new hominin find
Research suggests little ones know they're interacting with others in a way that’s more profound than watching Sesame Street.
The ongoing dispute over the authenticity of a scrap of papyrus from the ancient world highlights a larger question.
A huge project unexpectedly led to a way of finding disease genes without needing to know about diseases.
In its magazine Dabiq, the Islamic State displays Aylan Kurdi’s photo as a warning to those trying to flee.
The Israeli prime minister mobilized the world to confront Tehran. But the world’s definition of success was not his.
Ahead of Pope Francis’s visit, Raul Castro ordered the release of more than 3,500 prisoners. Is the gesture meaningful?
Defenders of Stephen Harper are dismissing criticism of him as delusional. Here’s why they’re wrong.
The scale of Europe’s current efforts pales in comparison to Syria’s own recent history of housing migrants.
In his October cover story, Ta-Nehisi Coates explores how mass incarceration has affected African American families.
Please don't be a viral marketing campaign, please don't be a viral marketing campaign.
At the heart of “smart” tech is the idea that machines are better at detecting feelings than people are at describing them.
Here are all the ways the government can use your phone to watch you.
Slack’s diversity data mirrors the rest of the industry: Mostly white and male.
The company’s new upgrade program signals that iPhones are becoming a utility.
Consumer goods are increasingly made of synthetic materials and coatings that give off carcinogens when they burn.
The agency has to figure out how to regulate drug advertisements in new forms of communication technology.
Email gets a bad rap, but new research shows just how romantic it can be.
“A big part of this is being able to laugh at how much life sucks. If you can laugh at it, you don’t take it as personally.”
The country is struggling to solve its shortage of classroom educators—sort of.
Turnover is highest in the neediest schools, and competition for new educators is getting stiffer.
Talks between the union and the school district broke down Tuesday—the eve of the first day of school.
A debate over whether School-Based Health Centers should be able to offer IUDs
New York’s police commissioner insists it wasn’t a factor when the former tennis star was wrongly thrown to the ground and handcuffed.
At St. Lydia’s church, every service is a dinner party, and belief is counter-cultural.
One in eleven Americans say that they’re Catholic—but that Catholicism isn’t their religion.
The CEO of United Airlines has stepped down amid a federal investigation.
The former president is heir to a long tradition of church-based education as a means of moral improvement.
Forest fires in Indonesia, a field of sunflowers in Kansas, fireworks in Moscow, a pyrotechnic show in Britain, a vertical forest in Italy, a new view of Pluto, and much more.
“It’s hard to focus on what you need to do when you’re hungry, your parents aren’t earning enough money, and they’re worrying about keeping the electricity on.”
Lacking the votes to derail the nuclear agreement, opponents are trying to force the Republican leadership into a more confrontational strategy.
What fueled the Wisconsin governor’s success in state and local politics are working against him on the national stage.
The well-being of children, the status of women, and the happiness of men will depend on whether more fathers are willing to take on primary parenting roles.
His best film in more than a decade is still not very good.
Authors are turning social media into a literary genre, 140 characters at a time.
The FXX series understands viewers don’t need a happy ending.
The case against your dad’s favorite social-media platform being used to “connect” with younger women
Unprecedented rain in Japan unleashed heavy floods on Friday that tore houses from their foundations, uprooted trees, and forced more than 100,000 people from their homes.