Dear Therapist: No One Wants to Host My In-Laws for the Holidays
My husband’s parents are divorcing, and they are worried about being alone.
How the Ivy League Broke America
The meritocracy isn’t working. We need something new.
Revenge of the COVID Contrarians
They’re angry at the public-health establishment. Now they’re in control of it.
The Right Has a Bluesky Problem
The X exodus is weakening a way for conservatives to speak to the masses.
What the Broligarchs Want From Trump
Tremendous power is flowing to tech and finance magnates.
The Business-School Scandal That Just Keeps Getting Bigger
The rot runs deeper than almost anyone has guessed.
Best of How To: Spend Time on What You Value
How to make the most of your downtime
Donald Trump’s Most Dangerous Cabinet Pick
Pete Hegseth considers himself to be at war with basically everybody to Trump’s left, and it is by no means clear that he means war metaphorically.
A Good Country’s Bad Choice
And what I got wrong about the 2024 election
Three Ways to Become a Deeper Thinker
You don’t have to become a Buddhist monk to realize the value of contemplating hard questions without clear answers.
What Pete Hegseth Doesn’t Get About Women in Combat
Trump’s allies treat every change in social norms as a DEI project gone wrong.
The Fairy Tale We’ve Been Retelling for 125 Years
Every generation has an Oz story, but one retelling best captures what makes L. Frank Baum’s world sing.
A Ridiculous, Perfect Way to Make Friends
Group fitness classes aren’t just about exercise.
Climate Diplomacy’s $300 Billion Failure
Climate negotiations at COP29 ended in a deal that mostly showed how far the world is from facing climate change’s real dangers.
The Sense That Most Defines a Culture
Yáng Shuāng-zǐ’s Taiwan Travelogue shows how colonization shapes a country’s culinary landscape.
The Atlantic Gift Guide
The Atlantic has chosen 65 gifts for bringing more merriment, adventure, and wonder to the ones you love.
The Long-Held Habits You Might Need to Reconsider
One of the most humbling parts of being alive is realizing you’ve been doing a simple thing wrong.
The ‘Democracy’ Gap
Almost all Americans say they support democracy—but they have very different ideas about what the word means.
The Elite College Students Who Can’t Read Books
To read a book in college, it helps to have read a book in high school.
Why the Past 10 Years of American Life Have Been Uniquely Stupid
It’s not just a phase.