Entertainment
The Atlantic
The Coddling of the American Mind
In the name of emotional well-being, college students are increasingly demanding protection from words and ideas they don't like, and seeking punishment of those who give even accidental offense. Here's why that's disastrous for education - and likely to worsen mental health on campus.
10+ min |
September 2015
The Atlantic
Ta-Nehisi Coates - Letter To My Son
"And have brought humanity to the edge of oblivion: because they think they are white." - James Baldwin
10+ min |
September 2015
The Atlantic
American Foreign Policy and the Surge Fallacy
Having misunderstood the lessons of the Iraq War, Republicans are taking a dangerously hawkish turn on foreign policy.
8 min |
September 2015
The Atlantic
How The Bankers Stayed Out Of Jail
The probes into bank fraud leading up to the crash have been quietly closed. Has justice been done?
7 min |
September 2015
The Atlantic
Virtual Reality Gets Real
Will you ever see the sun again?
6 min |
October 2015
The Atlantic
The Black Family in the Age of Mass Incarceration: Part III-V
Two years after being named NBPA president, the Clippers guard dishes for the first time on Michele Roberts, Donald Sterling and the players looming battle with owners. (Hint: They want revenge.)
10+ min |
October 2015
The Atlantic
The Black Family in the Age of Mass Incarceration: Part VI-IX
In saving the sacred cow, those whose lives depend on dead animals are being robbed of their livelihood.
10+ min |
October 2015
The Atlantic
If You're Not Paranoid, You're Crazy
As government agencies and tech companies find ever more intrusive ways to influence and probe our thoughts and behavior, one man considers how to stay human in the panopticon.
10+ min |
November 2015
The Atlantic
Hollywood On The Yellow Sea
Wang Jianlin, one of Chinas richest men, is creating a rival to the American dream factory, from scratch.
10+ min |
December 2015
The Atlantic
The Women Who Changed Spycraft
An old-boy operation was transformed during World War II, and at last the unsung upstarts are getting their due.
10 min |
June 2019
The Atlantic
Ethiopia's Image-Maker
Aïda Muluneh, whose vibrant photographs explore national identity, wants to upend portrayals of Africa.
8 min |
June 2019
The Atlantic
Autocorrect
How advances in real-time fact-checking might improve our politics
10+ min |
June 2019
The Atlantic
Eat Food. All The Time. Mostly Junk.
How the “food revolution” turned us into snackers, guaranteeing the demise of healthy home cooking
9 min |
June 2019
The Atlantic
Liberalism's Last Stand
As Viktor Orbán systematically removed all impediments to his autocratic regime, one independent institution stood defiant: a university, in the heart of Budapest, founded by George Soros. The school’s survival became a test of liberalism’s ability to beat back its new ideological foe—in Hungary and beyond.
10+ min |
June 2019
The Atlantic
To Save The Church, Dismantle The Priesthood
Catholics must detach themselves from the clerical hierarchy— and take the faith back into their own hands.
10+ min |
June 2019
The Atlantic
Don't Worry, It's Just a Phase
Imagine a world without the concept of adolescence.
2 min |
May 2018
The Atlantic
Unicorn Fever
The mythical creature rises in uncertain times.
2 min |
May 2018
The Atlantic
Will Disney Kill Off The Movie Theater?
In its quest to beat Netix, it might have to.
9 min |
May 2018
The Atlantic
What Alexa Taught My Father
Legally blind since age 18, he missed out on the rst digital revolution.
6 min |
May 2018
The Atlantic
Mrs. Maisel's Secret
Amazon’s hit show is a fantasy of a woman living in two contradictory worlds at once.
6 min |
May 2018
The Atlantic
Iron Chefs
How automation is transforming the restaurant industry.
8 min |
January/February 2018
The Atlantic
The White House Mythmaker
How Arthur Schlesinger Jr.’s heroic vision of American presidents led him, and the country, astray
10+ min |
November 2017
The Atlantic
Why Are We So Angry?
The untold story of how we all got so mad at one another
10+ min |
January/February 2019
The Atlantic
What Really Killed The Dinosaurs?
A Princeton geologist has endured decades of ridicule for arguing that the fifth extinction was caused not by an asteroid but by a series of colossal volcanic eruptions. Her fight with the asteroid camp may be the nastiest feud in all of science— but she’s reopened a debate that had been considered closed.
10+ min |
September 2018
The Atlantic
Thanks For The Memories?
For the past 13 years, I’ve given Facebook my photos, my videos, my likes, and untold hours of my time. Sifting through the detritus was amusing and surprising—and weirdly sad.
7 min |
September 2018
The Atlantic
The Minister Of Self-Defense
John Correia, the most popular gun educator on YouTube, wants you to prepare for the worst day of your life.
9 min |
September 2018
The Atlantic
The Secrets In Your Inbox
Employee emails contain valuable insights into company morale—and might even serve as an early-warning system for uncovering malfeasance. Bosses are taking an interest.
8 min |
September 2018
The Atlantic
The Lie Of Little Women
Subversive secrets lurk in the gap between Louisa May Alcott’s real life and the story she tells.
9 min |
September 2018
The Atlantic
These Are The People In Your Neighborhood
Nextdoor, a hyperlocal social-media platform, highlights petty grievances—and proves that Americans have more in common than they think.
6 min |
July/August 2018
The Atlantic
Sam Shepard Saw It All Coming
The family battles he described foreshadowed our current national crisis.
9 min |