Emma Green

Emma Green is an associate editor at The Atlantic.

Even Successful Internet Entrepreneurs Have 'Epic Fails'

Even Successful Internet Entrepreneurs Have 'Epic Fails'

Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian on what he learned from rejection More »

Why Widows and Widowers Don't Vote

Why Widows and Widowers Don't Vote

The problem of the "lonely non-voter": A new study finds those who have just lost a spouse are less likely to cast a ballot -- though the reasons are unclear. More »

Anna Deavere Smith: Being Broke Might Improve Your Acting

Anna Deavere Smith: Being Broke Might Improve Your Acting

She couldn't afford to hire other actors, so she found a new way of telling stories.   More »

Mapping the 'Geography' of the Internet

Mapping the 'Geography' of the Internet

The Internet isn't a place where everyone shouts at each other. It's a collection of lots of small places where people are chatting among themselves. More »

Why Mona Eltahawy Is 'Happy to Be Called a Radical'

Why Mona Eltahawy Is 'Happy to Be Called a Radical'

The writer describes the advice she ignored on her way to becoming an activist. More »

What It's Like to Write for <i>Girls</i>

What It's Like to Write for Girls

Lessons from 29-year-old Sarah Heyward More »

The Case for Helping Syria's Children&mdash;One Hundred Years Ago

The Case for Helping Syria's Children—One Hundred Years Ago

Images from a century ago, advocating for American aid to children in Syria and Turkey after they became victims of genocide More »

Ezra Klein Wishes He Had More Creative Epiphanies in the Shower

Ezra Klein Wishes He Had More Creative Epiphanies in the Shower

The veteran journalist discusses the slow, hard work of writing about politics. More »

Can Twitter Chatter Get Obamacare Defunded?

Can Twitter Chatter Get Obamacare Defunded?

Here’s why social media isn’t a good way to force action on Capitol Hill. More »

Annie Lennox on How to 'Catch' Creative Ideas

Annie Lennox on How to 'Catch' Creative Ideas

The Eurythmics star discusses insights from her life as a musician, AIDS activist, mother, and more. 
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How Surveillance Has Changed Since Nixon

How Surveillance Has Changed Since Nixon

The technology is very different, but is the spirit? More »

Trying to Make Richard Nixon's 'Henchmen' Seem Human

Trying to Make Richard Nixon's 'Henchmen' Seem Human

The home movies of Our Nixon bring out more dimensions of the president and his staff than history usually allows. More »

The Time Some Guy Accidentally Joined Richard Nixon's Phone Call

The Time Some Guy Accidentally Joined Richard Nixon's Phone Call

Oh, how far we've come since the 1970s. More »

How the Nixon Administration Tried to Woo Women

How the Nixon Administration Tried to Woo Women

It turns out that the Republican strategy on women in the 1970s was about as nimble as "binders full of women." More »

Young People Are Fleeing TV As a Main Source of News

Young People Are Fleeing TV As a Main Source of News

And yet it's still bigger than newspapers and radio combined. More »

Should Coffeehouse Culture Be Protected by the Government?

Should Coffeehouse Culture Be Protected by the Government?

An upside: "The threat of instant Turkish coffee would be prevented." More »

Why Would a Millennial Become a Priest or a Nun?

Why Would a Millennial Become a Priest or a Nun?

The Pope, the Lord, and Lena Dunham: voices of a generation? More »

What Does Silicon Valley Win by Backing Cory Booker?

What Does Silicon Valley Win by Backing Cory Booker?

It's more than political capital -- ideological capital matters, too. More »

Jean Bethke Elshtain, a Political Scientist Unafraid to Talk God, Has Died

Jean Bethke Elshtain, a Political Scientist Unafraid to Talk God, Has Died

"We're in real danger of reducing the person to his or her genotype," she warned in 2001. More »

SEC Chair Mary Jo White Is Edna Mode From <i>The Incredibles</i>

SEC Chair Mary Jo White Is Edna Mode From The Incredibles

The SEC's spree of enforcement actions makes the parallels plain: Both are diminutive, bespectacled, and part of a crime-fighting organization. More »

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