Science
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 |
May 2016
The Atlantic
How Islam Created Europe
In late antiquity, Islam split the Mediterranean world in two. Now it is remaking the Continent.
4 min |
May 2016
The Atlantic
How Americans Lost Faith In The Presidency
The Vietnam War opened the credibility gap. What we’ve learned since has only widened it.
8 min |
October 2017
The Atlantic
The Ideas Of The Year 2015
A guide to the intellectual trends that, for better or worse, are informing our national conversation and shaping our lives.
10+ min |
July - August 2015
The Atlantic
How The New Political Correctness Is Ruining Education
Todays college students can't seem to take a joke.
10+ min |
September 2015
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 |