A Campaign-Song Nightmare
Yes, Rachel Platten knows exactly how you felt about “Fight Song.”
You Won’t Believe Who Our New Neighbors Are
The first episode of We Live Here Now, a new podcast from The Atlantic.
When Fact-Checks Backfire
New research shows their promise—and limits.
Autocrats Win by Capturing the Courts
When justice seems like a joke, autocracy becomes more serious.
She Won the Psychological Battle, But …
Will that win her the election?
Why Police Officers Rarely Change Jobs
What happens when officers feel stuck in a department?
The End of Democracy Has Already Begun
In the first episode of our new podcast, a look at how lies prime a society for a fall
The Neck Fans Are Coming
Wearable tech doesn’t have to be expensive to be revolutionary.
How to Know What’s Really Propaganda
The history of propaganda helps us understand our current reality.
Who’s Responsible for the Housing Crisis?
How local governments broke America’s housing markets
Laughing at Trump
Democrats are testing a new strategy.
Introducing: We Live Here Now
We found out that our new neighbors were supporting January 6 insurrectionists. Coming September 18.
The Rights of American Slaves
The hidden history of how some enslaved people exercised legal rights
Ketamine’s Catch-22
The drug has a hard-partying past—and a promising future in treating depression.
You May Miss Wokeness
“Wokeness” has few defenders left. That doesn’t mean there’s nothing to defend.
Introducing Autocracy in America
A new podcast coming September 6
A Dangerous Idea About How the Brain Works
The chemical-imbalance theory in mental health influenced the way we talk and think about these conditions. But is it right?
Can a VP Candidate Actually Move the Needle?
Matt Yglesias on what the choice of Tim Walz really tells us about the Harris campaign
The Drug That Could Help End the Opioid Epidemic
One medication has the potential to drastically reduce the number of deaths involving opioids. Yet few people are taking it. Why?
What Do We Really Know About the Maternal-Mortality Crisis?
How a measurement change fueled a crisis narrative