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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?

What Porn Taught a Generation of Women

It colored our ambitions, our sense of self, our relationships, our bodies, our work, and our art.

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.

A Ticking Clock on American Freedom

It’s later than you think, but it’s not too late.

Columbia University’s Anti-Semitism Problem

If the bullying of Jewish students had happened to any other group, the institution would be appalled.

Lighthouse Parents Have More Confident Kids

Sometimes, the best thing a parent can do is nothing at all.

How the Ivy League Broke America

The meritocracy isn’t working. We need something new.

Signalgate, Trump, and The Atlantic

Denial and attack have worked exceedingly well for the president. But there are limits.

How the Trump Administration Flipped on Kilmar Abrego Garcia

Officials were developing a plan to get him back to the United States. Why did they stop?

America’s Future Is Hungary

MAGA conservatives love Viktor Orbán. But he’s left his country corrupt, stagnant, and impoverished.

What the Press Got Wrong About Hitler

Journalists accurately reported that the führer was a “Little Man” whom the whole world was laughing at. It didn’t matter.