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In an animated interview, the filmmaker gives advice on creativity.

After growing up with Transcendental Meditation as a spiritual practice, the author visits public schools where it’s being used as a simple tool for stress-reduction and well-being.

The photographer Joe Samberg remembers how drugs destroyed the Telegraph Avenue scene.

When it comes to treating pain and chronic disease, many doctors are turning to treatments like acupuncture and meditation—but using them as part of a larger, integrative approach to health. 

After the Battle of Antietam, Oliver Wendell Holmes wrote a gripping story about his search for his wounded son. But one of the most memorable lines had nothing to do with the Civil War.

The author of Funny Girl, Fever Pitch, and High Fidelity champions the virtue in adapting other people's work and explains why he never wants to write a sequel.

Pay close attention as you watch Paramount Pictures’ classic holiday animations: You may spot a six-pointed star on the Christmas tree.

Nick Drake, who died 40 years ago, was too ethereal to compete with 1970s showmen like David Bowie and Elton John. But he was the perfect musician for the digital era.

On the 100th anniversary of Jonas Salk's birth, his son Peter talks about the backlash against vaccines and other human factors that make it difficult to eradicate deadly viruses.

The former actor and writer for The Office has found a mischievous way to entertain preschoolers through the written word alone.

His New York Times reply to his daughter's accusations only made a terrible situation worse.

The ultra-collaborative folksinger wasn't quite sure what to make of the television medium. But for a brief period, he made it entirely his own.

When the poet died 75 years ago, three of his most brutal poems were in the current issue of The Atlantic.

Before Norman Rockwell immortalized Ruby Bridges in a painting, an Atlantic writer followed her for two years and reported on her daily battles. 

Sage Stossel, author of the graphic novel Starling, talks about her unconventional heroine, her creative process, and her own memories of growing up with an anxious brother.

The artist's wholesome realism seemed outdated even in the age of Leave It to Beaver.

The Democratic strategist traced the GOP's transformation back to the presidential race of 2004.

The New America Foundation president updates her views on gender and the workplace

Twenty-five years after the record's release, the world needs its dynamic optimism more than ever.

Even at 22, the author was smart, acerbic, and fascinated by human limitations.

John Roberts appointed every judge on the secretive and influential FISA court. Maybe it's time to spread around the authority.

A colorful 1974 account shows how the 37th president set elaborate verbal traps for his closest allies.

Are touch-screen devices harming kids' brains or making them smarter? Hanna Rosin shares her findings, with the help of her four-year-old son.

An awkward dinner party scene displays the best and worst of the reality franchise.

Christopher Orr shares scenes from The Philadelphia Story, Annie Hall, When Harry Met Sally, and other classics.

For some adolescents, the pranks that take place on the Internet can veer into dangerous territory. Here's what adults are doing about it.

Grand romantic yearnings have given way to something more satisfying and intimate.

In a vintage Atlantic essay, a child of Italian immigrants rejected the "melting pot" ideal.

The children's author drew more than 400 fantastical political cartoons in the early years of World War II.

The Atlantic ran the writer's first published story -- and then annoyed him by asking him to write under his "Christian name."

Jesse Eisinger describes what's really going on inside Wells Fargo and other large institutions.