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?
What Mike Johnson’s Rise Tells Us About the GOP
Watch the full episode of Washington Week With The Atlantic, October 27, 2023
A Halloween Reading List for Adults
Channeling the joy of the most childish holiday
Spiders Might Be Quietly Disappearing
But scientists won’t know for sure unless we get over our ick factor.
Where Is Mike Johnson’s Ironclad Oath?
How America treats those who flirt with rebellion
What Financial Engineering Does to Hospitals
Investors borrowed money to buy health-care institutions and enrich themselves.
Why AI Doesn’t Get Slang
And why that’s a good thing
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