An Utterly Misleading Book About Rural America
White Rural Rage has become a best seller—and kindled an academic controversy.
The Trump Two-Step
Once you recognize the pattern, you’ll see it everywhere.
The Great Democratic Success Story That Wasn’t
America can’t deliver Myanmar from its dictatorship, but it can do more than shift the burden and look away.
Do Voters Care About Policy Even a Little?
Joe Biden turned one of the highest-polling ideas in politics into reality. Few voters have even noticed.
The One Big Thing You Can Do for Your Kids
The research shows that you probably have less effect on your kids than you think—with one major exception: Your love will make them happy.
Crying Myself to Sleep on the Biggest Cruise Ship Ever
Seven agonizing nights aboard the Icon of the Seas
During the Eclipse, Don’t Just Look Up
There’s so much more to experience.
A Great Day for The Atlantic
For the third consecutive year, the American Society of Magazine Editors has bestowed upon The Atlantic its top prize.
The Atlantic’s 2024 National Magazine Award Winners and Finalists
Read the stories that were recognized at this year’s ASMEs.
Seven Books to Read in the Sunshine
Enjoying literature at a park, a beach, or an open-air café encourages a particular leisurely frame of mind.
There Is More Good Than Evil in This Country
In a new book, two sociologists reconstruct the lives of people who were abandoned in death.
The Coming Birth-Control Revolution
An abundance of new methods for men could transform women’s contraception too.
If Teenage Girls Ran America
Girls State is a sharp study of how a well-meaning civics program can simultaneously inspire and limit young women.
The Politics of Gun Safety Are Changing. I Should Know.
I encourage people who, like me, are impatient for change to look around, because something is happening.
Helen of Troy Meets Her First Husband
A poem for Wednesday
The True Cost of the Churchgoing Bust
Many Americans seem to have found no alternative method to build a sense of community.
A Study in Senate Cowardice
Republicans like Rob Portman could have ended Donald Trump’s political career. They chose not to.
The Big Money of College Basketball
Major promotional deals and gambling are reshaping the economics of the game.
A Tour Through Solar Eclipses of the Past
Images from the recent (and not-so-recent) past of previous eclipses, seen around the world
A 600-Year-Old Blueprint for Weathering Climate Change
During the Little Ice Age, Native North Americans devised whole new economic, social, and political structures.
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