The ‘Significant Risk’ That Republicans Tank the Economy
How the GOP’s indecision in Congress could crash the markets
The Brands Are Very Sorry About Your Trauma
Why so many companies are inviting people to opt out of Mother’s Day emails
Why the Past 10 Years of American Life Have Been Uniquely Stupid
It’s not just a phase.
Airport Detentions Have Travelers ‘Freaked Out’
Fears of being detained are in overdrive, even if the Trump administration insists that they’re overblown.
Polyamory, the Ruling Class’s Latest Fad
Americans who most reap the benefits of marriage are the same class who get to declare monogamy passé and boring.
Why Are Young People Everywhere So Unhappy?
Here’s the answer to that—and what we can do about it.
An ‘Impossible’ Disease Outbreak in the Alps
In one tiny town, more than a dozen people were diagnosed with the rare neurodegenerative disease ALS. Why?
The Collapse of Feminism
Spice Girls slogans and reality-TV aesthetics: A new book traces how feminism morphed into clickable objectification.
History Will Judge the Complicit
Why have Republican leaders abandoned their principles in support of an immoral and dangerous president?
How Hitler Dismantled a Democracy in 53 Days
He used the constitution to shatter the constitution.
We’ve Been Thinking About Love All Wrong
What illness taught me about true friendship
How to Stay in Touch With Your Friends
The Atlantic’s writers and editors share what they do when life gets in the way.
Harvard and the Making of the Unabomber
A series of purposely brutalizing psychological experiments may have confirmed Theodore Kaczynski’s still-forming belief in the evil of science while he was in college.
Teens Are Forgoing a Classic Rite of Passage
Fewer young people are getting into relationships.