At its best, The Teacher captures the intimate horrors of life under harrowing circumstances.

If the Trump administration wants more babies, it needs to embrace a different kind of parent.

The New Jersey senator broke congressional records by speaking for more than 25 hours. How?

In one tiny town, more than a dozen people were diagnosed with the rare neurodegenerative disease ALS. Why?

The “Hands Off” protest in Washington, D.C., drew thousands of people with a lot of feelings—but as-yet-inchoate anger at the Trump administration.

I was the only Jewish kid in my class, and I felt like an outcast.

A "collision between coastal liberal[s] and heartland conservatives," an "award-winning Main Street," and "the center of the American berry culture."

In Imperial Beach, a dramatic solution to coastal flooding

When children fall short, many parents’ instinct is to take away something they love. That’s the wrong impulse.

Why have some student athletes gone hungry while their schools have earned millions? The Atlantic staff writer and former college athlete Adam Harris explains.