2015: The Best Year in History for the Average Human Being
Violence dominated the headlines this year. But by many measures, humanity is in better shape than it’s ever been.
The Year Behind, The Year Ahead
A look at what happened in 2015 and what to watch in 2016
The Year in Justice and Policing
Deaths, protests, and reforms
The Best Movies of 2015
The Atlantic’s film critic picks the top titles—and doles out some less conventional awards.
The Best Television Episodes of 2015
Staff selections from a year of great TV
The Global Conflicts to Watch in 2016
Concerns about the Middle East, and especially Syria, have displaced other threats.
The Year in Sports Scandals
2015 was a good year for bad athletics.
Our Favorite Songs of 2015
Staff selections, from Drake to Hamilton to Courtney Barnett
Five Books We Missed in 2015
And the titles their authors say they loved
How Comedy Soared in 2015
From Amy Schumer to late night’s new guard to Obama on ‘WTF,’ the medium proved it can thrive both in and outside the traditional network model.
The Best Book I Read This Year
The Atlantic’s editors and writers share their favorite titles—new, classic, or somewhere in between—from a year of reading.