There Will Be 2 Types of Post-pandemic Socializers
One group will say yes as often as it can. The other won’t be able to...
The Books Briefing: The New Literature of Burnout
A memoir of life in Silicon Valley, a capitalist satire, a novel that envisions a better...
Eliminating the Filibuster Won’t Matter as Much as You Think
The bigger obstacle to any party’s agenda is party disunity.
The Surreality of Documenting 2020
“What will resonate in a year or a decade? It’s just a bunch of pictures of...
The Rise of Ron DeSantis
The Florida governor’s sudden prominence is partly about him, partly about his critics, but mostly about...
Low-Skill Workers Aren’t a Problem to Be Fixed
The label “low-skill” flattens workers to a single attribute, ignoring the capacities they have and devaluing...
Photos of the Week: Happy Cows, Bird Paradise, Big Merino
A deadly second wave of COVID-19 in India, a moose in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, a...
Podcast: When Can I Take Off My Mask?
The rules need to change after vaccination. But carefully.
The Atlantic Daily: Our Personal Relationships With Nature Are Changing
People are reevaluating their climate actions, including recycling, what they eat, and caring for plants.
Show Your Immune System Some Love
Antibodies are great and all, but macrophages, B cells, and helper T cells deserve some attention...
Can Biden Win Over the Latinos He Lost to Trump?
Neither party should feel confident about how this bloc is going to vote in 2024.
American Police Are Inadequately Trained
Officers in the United States don’t get as much instruction as police in other rich countries.
Don’t Wish for Happiness. Work for It.
If you want to improve your well-being, you need to make a plan and act on...
Navalny Has a Lesson for the World
The Russian opposition leader is showing what courage means.
George Floyd Was Also a Father
For many of us, when we see the Floyds, we see our family.
Winners of the 2021 Sony World Photography Awards
Some of the winning and shortlisted photos from this year’s competition
What HBO’s New Crime Show Gets Exactly Right
Mare of Easttown, starring Kate Winslet as a Delaware County detective, is brilliantly specific in its...
What Grief Tastes Like
Michelle Zauner’s Crying in H Mart shows the possibilities and limitations of the food memoir.
We Are Turning COVID-19 Into a Young Person’s Disease
Even as cases drop among vaccinated Americans, the coronavirus still can spread among unvaccinated people—who will...
The Suicide Wave That Never Was
The notion that lockdowns increased the rate of death by suicide last year has become common...
There Will Be More Derek Chauvins
Powerful political actors are committed to ensuring that the system of American policing remains unchanged.
Facebook Should Dial Down the Toxicity Much More Often
But platforms can train their systems to recognize this “borderline content” and make engagement look like...
The Dark Side of the Houseplant Boom
Sindha Agha It started, as so many of life’s journeys do, at IKEA. We went one...
Homeroom: My Kid Can’t Write an Essay Without Having a Meltdown
You’ll want to sit down with her and say something like “I know essay writing has...
The Two Memos With Enormous Constitutional Consequences
Kimberly Wehle: 4 ways to prevent a future insurrectionLacking concrete law for guidance, the OLC manufactured...
The Commons: We Mourn for All We Do Not Know
The May 2020 Atlantic was the last issue our staff started working on in person, and...
Who Wants to Watch Black Pain?
Indeed, I was apprehensive about diving into Them, even before the most recent cycle of police-brutality-related...
