The People Most Ignored by the Criminal-Justice System
Victims are rarely the priority of institutions focused on punishment.
Political Analysis Needs More Witchcraft
You can’t understand politics just by being rational. Where would QAnon and sorcery fit in?
Stop Asking Americans in Diners About Foreign Aid
Instead, keep explaining it.
What Matthew Perry Knew About Comedy
The actor gave his signature character on Friends a quality that is all too rare in sitcoms: vulnerability.
The White House Is Preparing for an AI-Dominated Future
President Biden’s big swing on AI is as impressive and confusing as the technology itself.
Photos From Acapulco in the Aftermath of Hurricane Otis
Recent images from the storm-affected state of Guerrero, Mexico, after the passage of a Category 5 hurricane
Why Congress Keeps Failing to Protect Kids Online
Americans are broadly united in support of laws to make the internet safer for kids. So why doesn’t Congress act?
Six Books That Will Scare You—And Make You Think
Black writers have long used science fiction, fantasy, and horror to dramatize the terrors of racism or to tell frightening tales.
The Secretive Industry Devouring the U.S. Economy
Private equity has made one-fifth of the market effectively invisible to investors, the media, and regulators.
Dear Therapist: I Cannot Support My Mother’s Marriage
Her soon-to-be husband abused her and traumatized me.
Capitalism Has Plans for Menopause
Feminists made the subject speakable. Now influencers and corporations are moving in.
Who Made the Oxford English Dictionary?
A new book gives life to one of the world’s greatest crowdsourcing efforts.
Everything I Thought I Knew About Nasal Congestion Is Wrong
Start with this: You really have two noses.
This Halloween, Let’s Really Think About Death
Christmas, Thanksgiving, and the Fourth of July commemorate events. Halloween memorializes the occasion of death.
The Simple Truths of Nate Bargatze on SNL
The show leaned into the comic’s understated humor, to refreshing effect.
The Old-Fashioned Charm of The Golden Bachelor
Entertainment musts from Sarah Laskow
A Greek Statue
Published in The Atlantic in 2007
‘I Am a Practicing Catholic and I Am a Proud Jew’
Newly opened Vatican files detail the desperate circumstances of Italian Jewish families under Fascism—including the family of the prominent American jurist Guido Calabresi.
How a Muslim Movie Star Triumphed in Hindu-Nationalist India
Under Narendra Modi’s Hindu-nationalist government, a Muslim movie star’s success has taken on a larger significance.
The Viral Threat Almost No One Is Thinking About
Flu viruses and coronavirus started the last few pandemics. Could the next one be a paramyxovirus?
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