Science
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 |
July - August 2015
The Atlantic
Hunted By The Mob
The Italian investigative journalist Roberto Saviano, in exile in New York City.
7 min |
July - August 2015
The Atlantic
Havana On The Brink
City officials are striking a difficult balance between preserving the historic district as a residential neighborhood and reviving its tourist industry. What happens when the Americans arrive?
2 min |
September 2015
The Atlantic
The Mayor of New Orleans Takes On The City's Murder Problem
Since 1980, more than 260,000 black men have been killed in America - nearly five times more Americans than died in the Vietnam War. Mitch Landrieu, the mayor of New Orleans, is on a crusade to stop the killing and break the cycle of violence.
10+ min |
September 2015
The Atlantic
The Test-Tube Chef
Herv This, the father of molecular gastronomy, thinks the meals of the future should be constructed from chemical compounds.
8 min |
September 2015
The Atlantic
Why I Put My Wife's Career First
Most mothers cannot do more. Greater numbers of fathers must take on primary parenting roles - as I have. The well-being of children, the status of women, and the happiness of men all depend on it.
10+ min |
October 2015
The Atlantic
Our Fragile Constitution
Misreading history, the Founders established a fundamentally flawed system of government. America's best hope may be to have less faith in it.
7 min |
October 2015
The Atlantic
The Anti-Redskin
In the fight over the team's name, Ray Halbritter is an adversary unlike any the NFL has faced before.
9 min |
October 2015
The Atlantic
Why Some Doctors Are Prescribing More Time Outdoors
Why some doctors are writing prescriptions for time outdoors.
7 min |
October 2015
The Atlantic
The Black Family in the Age of Mass Incarceration: Part I-II
After decades of mass incarceration that have left the United States with the largest incarcerated population in the world, politicians of all stripes are suddenly declaring the policy a mistake. But their pronouncements have failed to reckon with the phenomenon's deep historical roots, or with the damage it has done to black families. Fifty years after Daniel Patrick Moynihan's report on "The Negro Family"tragically helped launch this assault, it's time to reclaim his original intent.
10+ min |
October 2015
The Atlantic
Bill Gates - "We Need An Energy Miracle"
Bill Gates has committed his intellect, his influence, and his personal fortune to propelling the world beyond fossil fuels fast enough to outrace potentially cataclysmic climate change.
10+ min |
November 2015
The Atlantic
The Investment Secrets Of Al Gore
Al Gore has in mind nothing less than a new version of capitalism - one that reduces environmental and social damage, while still rewarding investors. The record of his 10-year-old firm, Generation Investment Management, suggests he may be onto something.
10+ min |
November 2015
The Atlantic
The Front-Runner Fallacy
Early presidential polls have tended to be wildly off-target. There’s no reason to think this time is different.
8 min |