Ben Schreckinger

GlobalPost

Ben Schreckinger is an Atlantic Media Fellow reporting for National Journal. He has written and reported for Slate, Boston Globe's Ideas section, and the Associated Press. He graduated from Brown University, where he was editor-in-chief of The Brown Daily Herald. He can be reached at B.Schreckinger@gmail.com.

Washington, DC elites prosper amid America’s rising income inequality

July 31, 2016Agence France-Presse

An unmistakable disparity in life expectancy and access to quality health care have become hallmarks of the Washington, DC area.

Measuring change in Myanmar at Yangon’s iconic Shwedagon Pagoda

July 30, 2016Politics

Watching the Orwellian ‘Big Mother’ on Burma’s state-owned TV

July 30, 2016Politics

A nation-state by any other name: Burma or Myanmar?

July 30, 2016Politics

Burma Road: China’s path to influence in Myanmar

July 30, 2016Agence France-Presse

Irish pubs face last call

July 30, 2016Lifestyle

They may be hugely popular around the world, but economic crisis and a new attitude toward drunk driving are helping end a way of life at home.

LGBT rights a late casualty of Northern Ireland’s Troubles

July 30, 2016Conflict

As the rest of the British Isles moves forward on LGBT rights, the North’s ruling party is fighting tooth-and-nail to preserve the status quo.