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Yes, Third-Trimester Abortions Are Happening in America
Democrats tend to brush off questions about whether these abortions should be restricted.
Emma CampOctober 7, 2024
Who Decides What Makes a Poem Great?
In the debate over whether a byline should be Yi-Fen Chou or Michael Derrick Hudson, everything is subjective.
Megan GarberSeptember 8, 2015
Study: Parents Who 'Clean' Pacifiers With Their Mouths May Be Protecting Kids From Asthma, Allergies
At 18 months, babies who had come into repeated contact with their parents' saliva were 12 percent less likely to have asthma and 37 percent less likely to develop eczema.
Lindsay AbramsMay 13, 2013
The Deep GOP Roots of Romney's 47% Remarks
Far from a gaffe, his remarks reflected both a long-standing belief among conservatives that the nation faces a "tipping point."
Ronald BrownsteinSeptember 19, 2012
Between ‘the Drive to Forget and the Obligation to Remember’
Argentina’s unfinished reckoning shows how difficult it can be to recover from state terror.
Julia M. KleinJuly 11, 2025
Some Immigrant Parents Fear Losing Their Children Forever
Immigrant children separated from their parents can spend months, even years, in American foster homes. There have even been rare cases in which state officials have authorized permanent adoptions without notifying deported parents.
Jeremy RaffOctober 18, 2018
Study: Parents Only as Happy as Their Unhappiest Child
Child-centric parenting lets parents find more meaning in childcare.
Julie BeckNovember 5, 2013
The Bitter 30's: From a Personal History
One of the ranking literary critics in America, ALFRED KAZIN Was educated at the College of the City of New York. He began his literary career as a book reviewer for the NEW REPUBLIC in the hot, desperate summer of 1934. Here he tells of his coming of age in the Depression and of the excitement, aspiration, and loneliness which beset him by turns during this revolutionary period. A collection of his critical essays, CONTEMPORARIES, appears this month under the Atlantic-Little, Brown imprint.
Alfred KazinMay 1962 Issue
Should Literary Journals Charge Writers Just to Read Their Work?
Publications are increasingly charging fees to consider submissions—a practice that’s bad for the writing community at every level.
Joy LanzendorferOctober 25, 2015
Archivists Aren’t Ready for the ‘Very Online’ Era
The challenge: how to catalog and derive meaning from so much digital clutter
Michael WatersJune 4, 2025

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