Science
The Atlantic
Sally Rooney Addresses Her Critics
The Irish writer has been accused of being overly sentimental and insufficiently political. In her new novel, she makes the case for her approach to fiction.
10+ min |
September 2021
The Atlantic
The Heroine's Journey
In Joseph Campbell’s classic study of world myths, women were in the background. A new book puts them at the center of the story.
6 min |
September 2021
The Atlantic
Twenty Years Gone
One family’s struggle to make sense of 9/11
10+ min |
September 2021
The Atlantic
The Four Americas
Competing visions of the country’s purpose and meaning are tearing it apart. Is reconciliation possible?
10+ min |
July - August 2021
The Atlantic
The Trees Are Talking
Pioneering research has revealed how social cooperation thrives in the forest.
10+ min |
July - August 2021
The Atlantic
Drinking Alone
A little alcohol can boost creativity and strengthen social ties. But there’s nothing moderate, or convivial, about the way many Americans drink today.
10+ min |
July - August 2021
The Atlantic
The Weird Science of Edgar Allan Poe
Known as a master of horror, he also understood the power—and the limits—of empiricism.
10+ min |
July - August 2021
The Atlantic
Can Bollywood Survive Modi?
Its films have always celebrated a pluralistic India, making the industry—and its Muslim elite—a target of Hindu nationalists.
9 min |
July - August 2021
The Atlantic
Bust The Police Unions
They don’t just protect members at all costs—they condition officers to see themselves as above the law.
10+ min |
July - August 2021
The Atlantic
Admit It, You Miss Your Commute
You may have thought its only purpose was to get you to and from work. But it was doing something more.
8 min |
July - August 2021
The Atlantic
A New Hope for Star Wars
What The Mandalorian teaches us about the true power of George Lucas’s galaxy—and how to restore it
9 min |
July - August 2021
The Atlantic
Estebanico's America
The story of Africans on this continent is longer and more varied than the version I was taught in school.
10+ min |
June 2021
The Atlantic
Fiction – Bump
To those who accuse me of immoderate desire, I say look at the oil executives. Look at the Gold Rush. Look at all the women who want a ring and romance and lifelong commitment, and then look again at me.
10+ min |
June 2021
The Atlantic
Stacey Abrams Writes A Thriller
How she became a novelist, what politics and writing have in common, and why, at the end of every good story, someone’s got to die
10 min |
June 2021
The Atlantic
PULLING COUNT
MY SIX MONTHS ON THE LINE IN A DODGE CITY MEATPACKING PLANT
10+ min |
July - August 2021
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Infomercial for America
The timeless appeal of Top Gun
7 min |
July - August 2021
The Atlantic
The Power of Refusal
New novels by Rachel Cusk and Jhumpa Lahiri explore women’s struggle to withdraw and create.
9 min |
June 2021
The Atlantic
Whose Side Is Kavanaugh On?
Conservatives hope to weaponize his bitterness. Liberals are inviting him over for dinner.
10+ min |
June 2021
The Atlantic
Elvis Reenters The Building
In rural Ohio, a performer bookends a year of struggle and survival.
9 min |
June 2021
The Atlantic
Alison Bechdel's Spiritual Sprint
In her new memoir, the cartoonist runs, climbs, bikes, skis, spins, and Solo exes her way toward transcendence.
6 min |
June 2021
The Atlantic
Purgatory At Sea
Off the coast of Italy, cruise ships are being repurposed as holding pens for migrants rescued from the mediterranean.
10+ min |
June 2021
The Atlantic
How To End Extreme Child Poverty
Buried deep in the latest pandemic stimulus package is a transformative approach to helping families.
10+ min |
June 2021
The Atlantic
Burn All The Leggings
What do you wear to the reopening of society?
9 min |
June 2021
The Atlantic
The Awful Wisdom of the Hostage
What a new memoir reveals about endurance—and extreme remorse
10 min |
May 2021
The Atlantic
The Diplomat Who Disappeared
In 1974, John Patterson, an american diplomat on his first assignment abroad, was abducted by the People’s Liberation Army of Mexico—a group no one had heard of before. The kidnappers wanted $500,000 and insisted that Patterson’s wife deliver the ransom.
10+ min |
May 2021
The Atlantic
What Richard Wright Knew
A previously unpublished novel reveals his bleak prescience about race in America.
8 min |
June 2021
The Atlantic
THE WAR ON NOSTALGIA
The myth of the Lost Cause is passed down like an heirloom. What would it take for the truth to break through?
10+ min |
June 2021
The Atlantic
Return the National Parks to the Tribes
The jewels of America’s landscape should belong to America’s original peoples.
10+ min |
May 2021
The Atlantic
The Boutique In Your Bedroom
As stores disappear, shopping in your own closet becomes the ultimate luxury.
9 min |
May 2021
The Atlantic
The Human Side of Fracking
Living with the allure and danger of a lucrative, dirty industry
10+ min |