Should We Be Afraid of Our Food?
America’s food-safety system is being methodically dismantled by the Trump administration.
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Illustration by The Atlantic. Sources: Bridgeman Images; Jerry Cooke / Getty; Mary Evans / Bridgeman Images; The Alligator Alcatraz Boondoggle
The immigrant-detention facility, which may soon be shut down, has been a cruel and costly publicity stunt.
Illustration by The Atlantic. Sources: Getty; TNS / ABACA / Reuters. ‘We Voted for Retribution’
Over the next four years, some $45 billion will be spent on ICE detention centers, which will hold mainly people who have never been convicted of any crime.
ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP / Getty Do We Really Want a Food Cartel?
Mergers and acquisitions have created food oligopolies that are inefficient, barely regulated, unfair, and even dangerous.
Millennium Images / Gallery Stock The Greatest Nuclear Threat We Face Is a Russian Victory
Putin’s blackmail is dangerous; its success would be even worse.
Anton Petrus / Getty; Getty; Anthony Gerace What If Russia Uses Nuclear Weapons in Ukraine?
A look at the grim scenarios—and the U.S. playbook for each
Paul Spella / The Atlantic; Picture Post / Getty; Universal History Archive / Getty The Essentials: How We’re Killing the People Who Feed Us
The industry practice of making hundreds of workers stand close together at a production line—with sharp knives and a fast line speed—endangers not only their safety, but also food safety and public health.
Tommaso Boddi/Getty Why It’s Immigrants Who Pack Your Meat
What Trump has called an “invasion” was actually a corporate recruitment drive.
Rogelio V. Solis / Associated Press Access to Good, Healthy Food Should Be a Basic Human Right
In an afterword to Prince Charles' speech on the future of food, Eric Schlosser and Will Allen make the case for a new, diverse food system.
