A Masterful Depiction of Male Cruelty
For decades, Claire Keegan has been exploring the shabby way the world treats women.
Spotify Doesn’t Know Who You Are
It’s okay if you’ve listened to Steely Dan 42,031 times this year. Really.
Henry Kissinger’s Real Legacy
The Atlantic’s writing and reporting on one of the most controversial and influential foreign-policy thinkers of the past 50 years
Something Big Just Happened at COP
Wealthy countries might finally pay for the climate change they caused.
Bradley Cooper’s Leonard Bernstein Biopic Is Fantastic
Maestro is a wonderful look at the composer that dives headfirst into his brilliant work and complicated inner life.
Netanyahu’s Odd Embrace of Elon Musk
The Israeli prime minister is playing a seedily transactional game.
We’re Living the Reality of the Pandemic’s Simplest Math
Sick season will be worse from now on.
Three Ways to Tell If Research Is Bunk
Here are some rules for deciding whether a new social-science finding is really useful to you.
Ammon Bundy Has Disappeared
An anti-government extremist seemed on the verge of another standoff with the law. Then he vanished.
Now It’s Nikki Haley
She’s squarely challenging Ron DeSantis for second place in the Republican primary, no matter how second that place may be.
How We Turned the Tide in the Roach Wars
Forty years ago, scientists did the impossible. Why doesn’t anyone remember?
The People Who Didn’t Matter to Henry Kissinger
Lauded for his strategic insights, the former secretary of state is better remembered for his callousness toward the victims of global conflict.
The Republicans Who Won’t Quit Trump
The GOP establishment is coming home to the former president—again.
BMI Won’t Die
The outdated, much-maligned health measure now determines who gets obesity drugs—and who doesn’t.
Christmas Markets and Christmas Lights
A collection of holiday cheer and light, wrapped up in 25 photographs
The Dual Threat of Donald Trump
Bad things happen when political candidates fear personal consequences of an electoral loss.
My New Coat
A poem for Wednesday
Hypnosis Could Work Wonders on IBS
As far-fetched as it may seem, research suggests that hypnotherapy can help patients find relief from all sorts of gut disorders.
Beware Populist Politicians Who Threaten to Kill
A country that once peacefully ousted a dictator chose a murderous autocrat as its leader.
Putin’s Deal With Wife Killers
The most violent criminals get a Kremlin pardon if they agree to fight in Ukraine.