Science
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
China's Great Leap Backward
China is less free, less open, and more belligerent than it was five years ago, or even 10. It has become repressive in a way that it has not been since the Cultural Revolution. Our correspondent, long a China optimist, considers a darker future—and asks what a more dangerous and adversarial China would mean for the United States.
10+ min |
December 2016
The Atlantic
The Crisis In Democracy
The national constitution center, in Philadelphia, is a monument to the benefits of pessimism. The center, which is situated across an open expanse from Independence Hall, is a superior educational institution, but, understood correctly, it is also a warning about the fragility of the American experiment.
6 min |
October 2018
The Atlantic
The Brutal Truth About Climate Change
William T.Vollmanns latest opus is one of the most honest and fatalisticbooks about global warming yet written.
9 min |
October 2018
The Atlantic
Nietzsche's Guide To Better Living
If philosophy can serve as therapy, its not by offering solace but by jolting the soul.
8 min |
October 2018
The Atlantic
How AI Could Give Rise To Tyranny
Artificial Intelligence could erase many practical advantages of democracy, and erode the ideals of liberty and equality. It will further concentrate power among a small elite if we dont take steps to stop it.
10+ min |
October 2018
The Atlantic
The Personal Cost Of Black Success
Two men chronicle their rise into the meritocratic elite, exposing pernicious myths and brutal realities along the way.
10+ min |
November 2018
The Atlantic
Women Are Angry. Now What?
Rebecca Traister Invokes Fury To Unify Women In A Battle Against Men, But Being Mad Can Prove Divisive, Too.
9 min |
November 2018
The Atlantic
Newt Gingrich Says You're Welcome
He turned politics into a vicious blood sport, broke Congress, and paved the way for Trumps rise. Now hes reveling in his achievements.
10+ min |
November 2018
The Atlantic
Can The Pentagon Weaponize The Brain?
The Pentagons R&D arm, DARPA, gave us drones and the internet. Now the agency has a new mission: to fold computers into the brain and nervous systemor maybe vice versa. Silicon Valley is eating all of this up.
10+ min |
November 2018
The Atlantic
Wait A Minute!
Instantaneous communication can be destructive.We need to tweak our digital platforms to make time for extra eyes, cooler heads, and second thoughts.
6 min |
August 2019
The Atlantic
The Metamorphosis
AI will bring many wonders. It may also destabilize everything from nuclear détente to human friendships. We need to think much harder about how to adapt.
9 min |
August 2019
The Atlantic
Raj Chetty's American Dream
The economist whose work dispelled the myth of social mobility in the U.S. Has a plan to make it a reality.
10+ min |
August 2019
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 |
August 2019
The Atlantic
The Stock-Buy Back Swindle
American corporations are spending trillions of dollars to repurchase their own stock. The practice is enriching CEOs—at the expense of everyone else.
7 min |
August 2019
The Atlantic
Why The Police Fail To Catch Serial Rapists?
What new research reveals about sexual predators, and why police fail to catch them.
10+ min |
August 2019
The Atlantic
How Walking Became Pedestrian
Glorified for its creative benefits, the pastime has become yet another goal-driven pursuit.
8 min |