In the Florida Keys, the Turtle Hospital is fighting to save the dwindling population of American sea turtles. The hospital, which works to rehabilitate sick and injured sea turtles, treats human-c...
Donald Trump’s propositions for healthcare reform would lead to a decline in quality and quantity of coverage across the country, explains Atlantic staff writer Vann R. Newkirk II. In this short vi...
Americans are constantly being told that ISIS is a massive threat—but what does that mean? Are there ways to quantify how big the Islamic State actually is? Atlantic senior editor Kathy Gilsinan br...
When The Atlantic’s national correspondent Ta-Nehisi Coates was pegged to write the next installment of Black Panther, he was predictably nervous to venture into a new and different type of writing...
In August of 2012, Barack Obama made a statement that Bashar al-Assad’s use of chemical weapons would constitute a “red line.” When Assad’s army killed more than 1,400 people with sarin gas one yea...
Writer Greg Lukianoff sits down with Atlantic editor in chief James Bennet to discuss the response to his cover story, "The Coddling of the American Mind," a critical look at the effects of trigger...
Deputy National-Security Adviser Ben Rhodes speaks to Jeffrey Goldberg in this interview centered around Obama’s foreign policy regarding Cuba. For more about the president’s foreign policy, read T...
Miami Beach could be underwater this century. The sea level around the tourist paradise has risen steadily in recent decades and flooding in the streets has become more frequent and severe. Most of...
Introducing our April cover story: "The Obama Doctrine." This piece offers the most extensive assessment of President Obama's foreign policy legacy to date. Look for it tomorrow, March 10, at TheAt...
When Sonia Vallabh and Eric Minikel discovered that Sonia had inherited the gene for a fatal neurodegenerative disease, they quit their jobs to dedicate themselves to finding a treatment. President...
Inside a nondescript building at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, NASA engineers are assembling the most powerful space telescope ever created. Once completed, the James Web...