Garance Franke-Ruta is a former senior editor covering national politics at The Atlantic .

Reuters/The Atlantic 3 Big Obamacare Numbers to Start Off the New Year Where things stand as the law goes into effect

Getty Images The Fanfictionalization of Politics People have always imposed their own narratives on politicians, but today the narratives are weirder than ever.

Reuters Know Who Else Is Ready for Hillary? Republicans Democrats adore Clinton, but the deep dislike for her on the other side of the aisle means 2016 could be one of the most polarizing presidential contests ever.

Getty Images The Mysterious Surge of Higher-Income Obamacare Enrollees Only 40 percent of those getting cleared to sign up through the exchanges so far are eligible for subsidies, far short of the 90 percent predicted.

AFP/Getty Images The Obama 'Selfie' Photog Speaks: 'Photos Can Lie' The journalist who snapped the picture seen 'round the world says everyone's getting the story wrong.

AFP/Getty Images The Sexist Hype Around the Obamas and Helle Thorning-Schmidt The toxic effect of a pervasive expectation about how female political leaders ought to look

Reuters When Jimmy Carter Was the Computer-Driven Candidate The Georgia Democrat's campaign used email a few times a day in late 1976.

Reuters It Doesn't Matter If Most Millennials Are Skeptical of Obamacare The exchanges don't need that many young people to sign up in order to get off to a good start.

Kevin Lamarque/Reuters The Social Science Behind Obama's Economic-Mobility Speech Robert Putnam, of Bowling Alone fame, has been arguing since 2012 for one approach the president took yesterday.

Larry Downing/Reuters Why Millennials Fell Out of Love With Obama The economy, the Edward Snowden revelations, and the Affordable Care Act have all stressed the president's relationship with young Americans.

Reuters Obama Goes on Offense on Healthcare The White House has been eager to fight back against Republicans, but felt it had to wait for the website to be working to do so.

Reuters Is the Effort to Repeal Obamacare Finally Dead? Or is it just waiting for the right time to reappear?

Healthcare.gov The Biggest News in the Healthcare.gov Report: Just How Bad It Was In order to boast how far the federal site has come, HHS laid out how poorly it used to run.

Library of Congress Obamacare Is Not a 'Train Wreck' The problem with Republicans' metaphor of choice

Enroll America What Conservatives Don't Get About Obamacare's Holiday Push It's not about Millennials haranguing their parents. It's about moms and dads making sure the kids are all right.

Reuters The Deadline for Fixing Obamacare Is Saturday—Here's What to Watch For Don't expect a clear victory nor a total disaster for the White House. The reality will be much muddier.

Reuters Obama Keeps Delaying Parts of the Law He Fought to Not Delay While fending off GOP attempts to delay the individual mandate, the administration has announced at least eight delays to parts of the Affordable Care Act.

Reuters Why Is Maternity Care Such an Issue for Obamacare Opponents? The ACA demands insurers fully cover 22 different women's health tests and visit types—yet few have raised conservative ire like covering expectant mothers.

Reuters The Real People Behind the Drop in Obama's Poll Numbers The glitchy launch of ACA has led millions of Americans to have negative experiences that can't be undone—even when Healthcare.gov is up and running.