The American Detention Machine
“U.S. history is not about the nation of immigrants.”
Radio Atlantic: How Innocence Becomes Irrelevant
The story of Benjamine Spencer shows a legal system that prefers naming someone guilty over figuring out who really is.
When Gun Owners Become Like Hypocritical Hippies
David Frum questions the “self-indulgent permissiveness” of Republican gun law.
How The Atlantic Covered Billy Graham at the Start of His Career
Sixty years ago, the late evangelist went to Scotland, preached the gospel, and cost the magazine subscribers.
The Power of the Parkland Town Hall
The CNN-hosted event highlighted the voices of student activists, and showed why the gun debate might actually be different this time around.
The Issue at the Heart of MLB's Free-Agency Debate
Baseball’s labor rules are at odds with the larger, evolving understanding of the worth of aging superstars.
Could Conservatives Actually Pull Off a Coup Against House Leadership?
“There are some who believe being relevant means throwing a hand grenade in the middle of the conference.”
What I Saw Treating the Victims From Parkland Should Change the Debate on Guns
They weren’t the first mass-shooting victims the Florida radiologist saw—but their wounds were radically different.
My High School’s Tragedy Actually Led to Change
When seven of my classmates were killed, the government acted swiftly and decisively to prevent a recurrence. That’s because of one crucial difference.
'Sex Invades the Schoolhouse'
Fifty years ago, panicked parents helped spread sex-ed programs to schools across the country, even as panicked critics mobilized to stop them.
What Clarence Thomas Gets Wrong About the Second Amendment
The justice’s consistent pro-gun arguments fail to reconcile rights with their lived consequences.
Trump’s Hollow Gesture on Guns
Experts and advocates on both sides of the gun debate say the president’s proposal to ban bump stocks is more performative than meaningful.
Where Gun-Control Advocates Could Win in 2018
There’s a clear path to rebuilding a House majority that supports restrictive measures. It runs through America’s suburbs.
Photos: Teenagers Demand 'Never Again' in an Age of Mass Shootings
A week after 17 people were murdered in a mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, teenagers across South Florida, in areas near Washington, D.C., and in other parts of the United States walked out of their classrooms to stage protests against the horror of school shootings and to advocate for gun law reforms.
This Average Joe Is the Most Quoted Man in News
A retired highway maintenance worker has been interviewed by American media outlets over a thousand times.
The Chasm Between Racial Optimism and Reality
Five decades after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., equality, for many, remains a distant dream.
A Mentor's Advice to UCLA's Campus Republicans
The sociologist Gabriel Rossman offered valuable advice to UCLA students on the responsibilities that accompany free speech—and modeled the importance of having conservative faculty on campus.
Radio Atlantic: Who Killed Jeffrey Young?
The second of three parts in our story about Benjamine Spencer, who’s spent most of his life in prison for a murder in Dallas
The FBI's War on Black-Owned Bookstores
At the height of the Black Power movement, the Bureau focused on the unlikeliest of public enemies: black independent booksellers.
Selfishness Is Killing Liberalism
The path to its revival lies in self-sacrifice, and in placing collective interests ahead of the narrowly personal.