The growth of crypto—decentralized digital currency that doesn’t rely on the backing of a bank or government—is one of the most transformative financial developments of the 21st century. And yet ...

When Brandon Scott took office in late 2020 as one of the youngest mayors in Baltimore’s history, he pledged to reduce the number of homicides and incidents of gun violence. That year, there were 335 ...

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Trymaine Lee was in the middle of writing his first book when the unthinkable happened. At 38, a massive heart attack nearly took his life. That near-death experience ...

This week, President Donald Trump announced that his administration will remove homeless encampments from Washington, DC. It came at a press conference in which he declared a public safety emergency ...

A woman on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. holds up a billowing "Black Lives Matter" flag. Credit: Alex Brandon/AP Just a few years ago, historian and activist Dr. Ibram X. Kendi ...

Earlier this year, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists announced that it was moving the hands of the Doomsday Clock to 89 seconds before midnight, a symbolic hour signifying global catastrophe. The ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth attends the White House Easter Egg Roll in April. Credit: Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/Zuma In March, The Atlantic’s editor-in-chief, Jeffrey Goldberg, glanced at his phone ...

Mohsen Mahdawi, a Palestinian national, Vermont resident, and Columbia University student, was arrested by ICE agents in April when he showed up for a citizenship interview. Credit: Jessica ...

Retired Brigadier General Greg Smith spent 35 years in the Army National Guard. He’s seen riots. He’s protected political conventions. He led the military’s joint task force in response to the 2013 ...

Few have felt the whiplash of President Donald Trump’s on-again, off-again tariffs with China more than American farmers. The US is the world’s largest exporter of agricultural products, from corn to ...

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A record 45 million Americans were expected to travel this Memorial Day weekend, long considered the unofficial kickoff to summer. And most of them were hitting the road. Sarah Kendzior is no stranger ...