Technology
The Atlantic
Broken Spies For A Broken
Mick Herron is the John le Carré of the Brexit era.
6 min |
October 2019
The Atlantic
It's Time For Congress To Judge The President's Fitness To Serve
Starting the process will rein in a president who is undermining American ideals— and bring the debate about his fitness for office into Congress, where it belongs.
10+ min |
March 2019
The Atlantic
Will Donald Trump Destroy The Presidency
He disdains the rule of law, He's trampling norms of presidential behavior. And he's bringing vital institutions down with him
10+ min |
October 2017
The Atlantic
What Inspired The Summer Of Love?
Love, sure-but mostly drugs
6 min |
July/August 2017
The Atlantic
What Is the Most Underappreciated Medical Invention In History?
What Is the Most Underappreciated Medical Invention In History?
2 min |
July/August 2017
The Atlantic
Can A Black Woman Win The Presidency Today?
The senator from California has always been cautious, but since announcing her candidacy she’s grown bolder. Can a black woman win the presidency today—and what compromises must she make to do so?
10+ min |
May 2019
The Atlantic
How To Die
As a psychotherapist, Irvin Yalom has helped others grapple with their mortality. Now he is preparing for his own end.
9 min |
October 2017
The Atlantic
License-Plate Marriages
YOU CAN marry for love, you can marry for money, or, in Beijing, you can marry for a license plate.
2 min |
October 2017
The Atlantic
The Big Question
Q: What Crime Most Changed The Course Of History?
2 min |
October 2017
The Atlantic
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A YELLOW TAXI CIRCLES the airport; mist over LaGuardia; rumor of improvised explosive device; a bald Nigerian hack listening to incensed propagandists on WOR, his cab merging with the vortex; and behind the Plexiglas, an entrepreneurial American capitalist half his age, iPhone perpetually to her per fect pink ear, hair dark as a tiger’s stripe.
8 min |
October 2016
The Atlantic
How the New Preschool Is Crushing Kids
Today’s young children are working more, but learning less.
10 min |
January 2016
The Atlantic
The Future of Pets
Of micropigs and tweeting dogs.
6 min |
January 2016
The Atlantic
Marc Maron’s Brilliant Mistakes
The star podcaster’s success is rooted in his earlier failure and despair.
6 min |
January 2016
The Atlantic
The Great Republican Revolt
The GOP planned a dynastic restoration in 2016. Instead, it triggered an internal class war. Can the party reconcile the demands of its donors with the interests of its rank and file?
10+ min |
January 2016
The Atlantic
A Surging Group of American Teens Are Excelling At Advanced Math. Why?
What’s behind the surge in American teens who are highly fluent in high-order math.
10+ min |
March 2016
The Atlantic
Why Attacking ISIS Won’t Make Americans Safer
Presidential candidates claim that attacking ISIS will make Americans safer. The opposite is true.
7 min |
March 2016
The Atlantic
Can This Man Save U.S. Soccer?
An expert teacher’s efforts to rescue the sport from mediocrity, by starting with its coaches.
9 min |
March 2016
The Atlantic
How America Is Putting Itself Back Together
Most Americans believe the country is going to hell. They’re wrong. What a three-year journey by single-engine plane reveals about reinvention and renewal and about how the Second Gilded Age might end.
10+ min |
March 2016
The Atlantic
Inside a Plot to Overthrow the President of the Gambia
What happened when 11 audacious exiles armed themselves for a violent night in the Gambia.
10+ min |
March 2016
The Atlantic
TV's Fake Language Master
How one linguist creates obsessively detailed and fully functional languages for Game of Thrones and other shows.
9 min |
April 2016
The Atlantic
The Future Will Be Quiet
Why you might not hear sirens, airplanes, or leaf blowers anymore.
6 min |
April 2016
The Atlantic
A Midlife Career Shift Could Help You Live Longer
A midlife career shift can be good for cognition, well-being, and even longevity.
10 min |
April 2016
The Atlantic
The Art of Marketing Marijuana
How to make pot seem as all-American as an ice-cold beer.
7 min |
April 2016
The Atlantic
The Resurrections of David Bowie
What made him one of rock’s most potent lyricists.
7 min |
April 2016
The Atlantic
The Truth About Abolition
The movement gets the big, bold history it deserves.
9 min |
April 2016
The Atlantic
A Guide to Escaping the Algorithms and Your Own Musical Ruts
A guide to escaping the algorithms and your own musical ruts.
9 min |
April 2016
The Atlantic
The Return of the Black Panther!
A behind-the-scenes look at the revival of Marvel’s first black superhero series, from its fantastical and historical inspirations to early sketches - plus an exclusive preview of the first issue.
5 min |
April 2016
The Atlantic
The Obama Doctrine, in the President's Own Words
The president explains his hardest decisions about America’s role in the world.
10+ mins |
April 2016
The Atlantic
Payday Lending: Will Anything Better Replace It?
Payday lending is a scam, a scourge, an abomination and as the backlash against it grows, it is slowly being regulated out of existence. Will anything better replace it?
10+ min |
May 2016
The Atlantic
How Warren Buffett's Son Would Feed the World
Howard G. Buffett has spent most of his life as a farmer, with little financial support from his father until recently. Now he runs a multibillion-dollar foundation dedicated to ending world hunger.
10+ min |