Science
The Atlantic
Is the American Idea Over?
Not yet—but it has precious few supporters on either the left or the right.
8 min |
November 2017
The Atlantic
The Secret Shame of Middle-Class Americans
Nearly half of Americans would have trouble finding $400 to pay for an emergency. I’m one of them.
10+ min |
May 2016
The Atlantic
Why Luck Matters More Than You Might Think
The luckiest people overlook their good fortune. This is bad news for us all.
10 min |
May 2016
The Atlantic
Is Grit Overrated? The Downside of Persistence
The psychologist Angela Duckworth argues that dogged, single-minded persistence is a key to career success—but it carries downsides, too.
9 min |
May 2016
The Atlantic
How to Reverse Citizens United
What campaign-finance reformers can learn from the NRA.
8 min |
April 2016
The Atlantic
The Electric Surge of Miles Davis
The Electric Surge of Miles Davis How his highest-wattage phase secured his legacy—and ultimately burned him out.
6 min |
July - August 2016
The Atlantic
The Nancy Pelosi Problem
The first female speaker of the House has become the most effec tive congressional leader of modern times—and, not coincidentally, the most vilified.
7 min |
April 2018
The Atlantic
Where Fantasy Meets Black Lives Matter
A much-anticipated young-adult debut taps into a tradition of speculative fiction rooted in African culture.
6 min |
April 2018
The Atlantic
The Poet Laureate Of Englishness
Revisiting A. E. Housman in the age of Brexit
7 min |
October 2017
The Atlantic
What Lies Beneath
Buried deep under an island in the Baltic, the world’s first permanent nuclear-waste repository is nearing completion. If all goes according to plan, future generations may not know it’s there.
4 min |
October 2017
The Atlantic
The First White President
DONALD TRUMP’S PRESIDENCY IS PREDICATED NEARLY ENTIRELY ON THE NEGATION OF A BLACK PRESIDENT. AND THE CONSTITUENCIES HE HAS ACTIVATED ARE NOT GOING AWAY.
10+ min |
October 2017
The Atlantic
Reality's End
The current era of “fake news” may soon seem quaint. Video manipulation is eroding society’s ability to agree on what’s true—or what’s even real.
8 min |
May 2018
The Atlantic
Measles As Metaphor
What the disease’s return tells us about America’s ailing culture.
10 min |
August 2019
The Atlantic
Carry Me Back
Race, history, and memories of a Virginia girlhood.
10+ min |
August 2019
The Atlantic
The Martyr And The Pope
What The Canonization Of scar Romero Says About The Catholic Church And Its Embattled Leader
10+ min |
November 2018
The Atlantic
Can We Build Ethical A.I?
A.I. will solve some of our biggest problems. How do we stop it from creating new ones?
2 min |
November 2018
The Atlantic
Raised By Youtube!
A boisterous new age of global childrens entertainment has arrivedand it's not at all what we adults were expecting.
10+ min |
November 2018
The Atlantic
Alexa, How Will You Change Us?”
The voice revolution has only just begun. Today, Alexa is a humble servant. Very soon, she will be much more a teacher, a therapist, a confidant, an informant.
10+ min |
November 2018
The Atlantic
The Pakistan Trap
How Afghanistan’s neighbor has subverted U.S. policy in America’s longest war
9 min |
March 2018
The Atlantic
Donald Trump Builds His Autocracy!
Will American democracy survive Trump? And will the midterms matter?
10 min |
October 2018
The Atlantic
A Warning From Europe
Polarization. Conspiracy theories. Attacks on the free press. An obsession with loyalty. Recent events in the United States follow a pattern Europeans know all too well.
10+ min |
October 2018
The Atlantic
Losing The Democratic Habit
Americans once learned self-governance by practicing it constantlyin lodge halls, neighborhood associations, and labor unions. As participation in these institutions has dwindled, so has public faith in democracy. To restore it, we must return democratic practices to everyday life.
10 min |
October 2018
The Atlantic
Adison Vs. The Mob
The founders designed a government that would be insulated from the heat of popular sentiment, but they didnt anticipate the unbridled passions of the digital age.Here show the constitutional order can survive.
10+ min |
October 2018
The Atlantic
The Next Populist Revolution
Establishment Democrats believe that poor immigrants and their children will be part of an emerging majority. They could be very wrong.
10 min |
September 2018
The Atlantic
How Ice Went Rogue
A long-running inferiority complex, vast statutory power, a chilling new directive from the top—inside America’s unfolding immigration tragedy.
10+ min |
September 2018
The Atlantic
May It Please the Court
In more than a decade as a trial lawyer, I’ve watched in frustration as male attorneys rely on a range of courtroom tactics that are off-limits to women. Judges and juries reward men for being domineering— and expect women to be deferential. This cultural bias runs deep and won’t be easily overcome. I have the trial transcripts to prove it.
10+ min |
September 2018
The Atlantic
The Trouble With Dentistry
You likely don’t need to go to the dentist every six months. Those microcavities might heal without a filling. And you may want a second opinion before getting that root canal. An inquiry into a profession that’s much less scientific—and far more prone to gratuitous procedures—than you might think.
10+ min |
May 2019
The Atlantic
Donald Trump's Second Term
If it comes to pass, it will be far more consequential than his first.
9 min |
May 2019
The Atlantic
What Happens When Robots Take Our Jobs?
For centuries, experts have predicated that machines would soon make workers obsolete. What if they weren't wrong, but only premature? An exploration of what society without jobs look like - and how we can prepare.
10+ min |
July - August 2015
The Atlantic
What Becomes Of Babies Born To Mothers Behind Bars?
What becomes of babies born to mothers behind bars? Research suggests that having nurseries in prisons leads to lower recidivism rates among incarcerated mothers and better outcomes for their children.
10+ min |