Why Reading Books in High School Matters
You’ll understand when you’re older.
Does Democracy Even Work?
One researcher tests the limits of “deliverism.”
Best of How To: Waste Time
In a culture obsessed with productivity, what would it mean to let go?
Will January 6 Be Memory-Holed?
With Trump teasing pardons for Capitol rioters, Radio Atlantic shares host Hanna Rosin’s podcast series We Live Here Now, about the 2021 insurrection and its aftermath.
An American-Style Housing Crisis in New Zealand
What the United States can learn from the Pacific nation
Best of How To: The Infrastructure of Community
Physical spaces can either encourage or discourage relationships. But people also have to be willing to slow down and connect.
How Fragile Is Our Vaccine Infrastructure?
Anti-vaxxers in government could do real damage.
The Evidence on Policing and Crime
Revisiting the need for police, four years after international Black Lives Matter protests
Best of How To: Rest
Getting rest and going to the dentist aren’t as different as you might think.
Why Are You Still Cooking With That?
Black plastic spatulas, nonstick pans, and other Thanksgiving cooking worries
Is Ambivalence Killing Parenthood?
And can deciding to have kids even be a rational exercise in the first place?
Best of How To: Spend Time on What You Value
How to make the most of your downtime
What Pete Hegseth’s Nomination Is Really About
Revenge on the military is just the start of it.
Was Agriculture the Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race?
Did it solve scarcity or create it?
Democrats’ Immigration Problem
A warning from Representative Ritchie Torres of New York
A Former Republican Strategist on Why Harris Lost
Inflation, moderation, and candidate effects
Are We Living in a Different America?
A postelection conversation with staff writers Anne Applebaum and McKay Coppins
The Immigration-Wage Myth
Does the American worker have good reason to fear immigration?
Does America Want Chaos?
Donald Trump has lost all discipline. Will that affect the outcome of the election?
Is Journalism Ready for a Second Trump Administration?
A conversation with The Atlantic’s editor in chief, Jeffrey Goldberg