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The state’s GOP leadership tried to make the state more business-friendly. Now residents are saying their water isn’t safe to drink.

Read text version here: https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/04/north-carolina-a-preview-of-life-under-a-trump-weakened-epa/521211/

The Saga of North Carolina’s Contaminated Water - The Atlantic - Alana Semuels

The controversial cityhood movement recently created an unlikely political alliance and redrew the lines of metro Atlanta. Meet the city’s newest neighbors.

Read text edition here: https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/04/here-comes-the-neighborhood/523884/

Here Comes the Neighborhood - The Atlantic - Sam Rosen

In three short months, Jaelyn Young and Muhammad Dakhlalla found themselves at the center of America’s debate over radicalization.
Read the text version here: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/05/mississippi-young-dakhlalla/524751/

The Mississippi College Students Who Tried to Join ISIS - The Atlantic - Emma Green

Trainings and workshops geared toward eliminating people’s hidden prejudices are all the rage—but most don’t work. Now the psychologist who made the case for "implicit bias" wants to cure it.
Read text version here: https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/1857/11/unconscious-bias-discrimination-end/525405/

Is This How Discrimination Ends? - The Atlantic - Jessica Nordell

In order to survive, Gallaudet University has to blend a diverse student body from very different backgrounds: deaf culture and hearing culture. Can football players show the school how?

Full text edition here: https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2017/05/americas-deaf-team-tackles-identity-politics/525945/

'America's Deaf Team' Tackles Identity Politics - The Atlantic - Matthew Davis

The condition has long been considered untreatable. Experts can spot it in a child as young as 3 or 4. But a new clinical approach offers hope.

Read text version here: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/06/when-your-child-is-a-psychopath/524502/

When Your Child Is A Psychopath - The Atlantic - Barbara Bradley Hagerty

The story of a decades-long lead-poisoning lawsuit in New Orleans illustrates how the toxin destroys black families and communities alike. Read text version here: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/05/the-poisoned-generation/527229/

The Poisoned Generation - The Atlantic - Vann Newkirk II

Extreme libertarians built blockchain to decentralize government and corporate power. It could consolidate their control instead.

Read text edition here: https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/05/blockchain-of-command/528543/

Cryptocurrency Might be a Path to Authoritarianism -  The Atlantic - Ian Bogost

A small group of programmers wants to change how we code—before catastrophe strikes.

The Coming Software Apocalypse - The Atlantic - James Somers

As America has turned away from searching for extraterrestrial intelligence, China has built the world’s largest radio dish for precisely that purpose.

What Happens If China Makes First Contact? - The Atlantic - Ross Andersen

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