The Study-Abroad Accent Might Be the Real Deal
Our speech patterns can change with remarkable speed—if we want them to.
Our speech patterns can change with remarkable speed—if we want them to.
Many of us feel pulled toward the places where we grew up. But it can be weird when old and new selves collide.
You’re bound to come across the “Dark Triad” type of malignant narcissists in life—and they can be superficially appealing. Better to look for their exact opposite.
Babes isn’t perfect, but its refreshing candor still feels like an R-rated public service.
People are discovering the truth about their biological parents with DNA—and learning that incest is far more common than many think.
There is no age or time of life that isn’t still an opportunity for personal progress.
Some go to great lengths to give kids their own room. But children can thrive without their own space.
The Atlantic’s writers and editors have chosen fiction and nonfiction to match all sorts of moods.
Last night’s House Oversight Committee hearing marked a new low in American politics.
Stunt work doesn’t have its own category at the Oscars. Here’s why that should change.
The environment in which kids grow up today is hostile to human development.
Autocrats in China, Russia, and elsewhere are now making common cause with MAGA Republicans to discredit liberalism and freedom around the world.
Repressing dissent, putting innocent people in prison, flubbing operations abroad—Iran just can’t seem to get out of its own way.
He was the world’s most famous child star. Then he had to figure out what came next.
Lara Logan was once a respected 60 Minutes correspondent. Now she trades in conspiracy theories that even far-right media disavow. What happened?
Life is not measured by a moment. Focus on getting the big things right.
Does the Republican Party still believe in American leadership abroad?
What’s left when your kid abandons your dreams and retires from competition?
Plastic allows farmers to use less water and fertilizer. But at the end of each season, they’re left with a pile of waste.
In rural Virginia, religious and community groups are filling cavities, treating diabetes, and stepping into a health-care void.