Rebecca J. Rosen

Being truly supportive of someone who is in pain requires strength, patience, self-knowledge, and discipline, “Dear Therapist” writes.

Tough conversations provide opportunities for pain and conflict, but also for growth and healing, “Dear Therapist” writes.

Loss often feels utterly isolating, but seeking out connection and support can help you find a way forward, “Dear Therapist” writes.

Parent-child relationships are constantly evolving, and as children grow, “Dear Therapist” writes, parents have to recalibrate what their role is.

In some cases, “Dear Therapist” columns help us understand a situation from another person’s point of view; in others, they give us the language we need to name a situation.

Moving forward doesn’t mean leaving the past behind—it means figuring out how to make sense of it in the present.

Talking honestly and openly won’t necessarily save a troubled relationship, but doing so can clarify whether one can and should be saved.

Change can bring on a mixture of feelings; compassion is how you navigate them.

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Donald Trump’s grim view of the world was obvious from the day he was inaugurated.

Three stories of women who came to America looking for a better life, but instead found astonishing cruelty

Millennials may have loved the big-box chain as kids, but as parents, they’d rather shop online.

The former acting solicitor general said that the Republican blockade against the onetime Supreme Court nominee represented a breakdown of checks and balances.

A Stanford professor argues that a profit imperative is in tension with the needs of a democratic society.

The Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. says improving schools is the way to open the middle class up to more black and white Americans.

The Facebook COO opens up about what she’s learned since the sudden death of her husband in 2015.

In a powerful new book, the legal scholar Ganesh Sitaraman argues that America’s government will fall apart as inequality deepens.

Seven stories about women who were all set to rule the world—and how their careers shook out

Donald J. Trump on why he hoped for the housing market to collapse

A little light reading, recommended by The Atlantic's Business editors

In the 20th century, America invested in policies that created widespread prosperity. Can the country do so again?

Consumers don’t want to be locked into long-term deals, and that’s a real problem for arts institutions.

There’s more to life than can be measured in monetary returns.

And why managers are so bad at it

There’s no escaping the pressure that U.S. inequality exerts on parents to make sure their kids succeed.

The problem isn’t so much not having it all, but having way too much.

For years, conservatives have been saying that wedlock is a ticket out of destitution. So why are so many married people poor?

The economist John Maynard Keynes predicted a society so prosperous that people would hardly have to work. But that isn’t exactly how things have played out.

Experts on banking and labor markets offer their reasons for optimism and pessimism going into 2016.

Experts on race, gender, and labor offer their reasons for optimism and pessimism going into 2016.

Experts on business, labor, and corporate governance offer their reasons for optimism and pessimism going into 2016.

Experts on the economy and the labor market offer their reasons for optimism and pessimism going into 2016.

Experts on ecology, conservation, and climate change offer their reasons for optimism and pessimism going into 2016.

A conversation with the sociologist Allison Pugh, who studies why children want what they want and how moms and dads navigate those desires

School ends at 3 and the workday ends at 6. Discuss.

For the most successful Americans, prosperity feels fragile.

For families without a stay-at-home parent, there just aren’t enough hours in the day.

A legal strategy designed to provide people with second chances is instead being used to protect businesses.