Me, My Future, and I
I had a conversation with an 80-year-old version of myself. I didn’t like her.
The Case for Finding Common Ground With RFK
A pro-vaccine doctor argues that the left should engage with Americans skeptical of public-health rules.
Best of How To: Make Small Talk
How do we overcome the awkwardness that keeps us from starting a conversation?
The Joy of Reading Books in High School
Atlantic staffers and readers share.
Are Young Men Really Becoming More Sexist?
What the research says about the gender divide across the world
Best of How To: Identify What You Enjoy
Arthur C. Brooks and Lori Gottlieb discuss the importance of fun, the cultural distortion of emotions as “good” or “bad,” and how envy can point you in the direction of your deepest desires.
Why Reading Books in High School Matters
You’ll understand when you’re older.
Does Democracy Even Work?
One researcher tests the limits of “deliverism.”
Best of How To: Waste Time
In a culture obsessed with productivity, what would it mean to let go?
Will January 6 Be Memory-Holed?
With Trump teasing pardons for Capitol rioters, Radio Atlantic shares host Hanna Rosin’s podcast series We Live Here Now, about the 2021 insurrection and its aftermath.
An American-Style Housing Crisis in New Zealand
What the United States can learn from the Pacific nation
Best of How To: The Infrastructure of Community
Physical spaces can either encourage or discourage relationships. But people also have to be willing to slow down and connect.
How Fragile Is Our Vaccine Infrastructure?
Anti-vaxxers in government could do real damage.
The Evidence on Policing and Crime
Revisiting the need for police, four years after international Black Lives Matter protests
Best of How To: Rest
Getting rest and going to the dentist aren’t as different as you might think.
Why Are You Still Cooking With That?
Black plastic spatulas, nonstick pans, and other Thanksgiving cooking worries
Is Ambivalence Killing Parenthood?
And can deciding to have kids even be a rational exercise in the first place?
Best of How To: Spend Time on What You Value
How to make the most of your downtime
What Pete Hegseth’s Nomination Is Really About
Revenge on the military is just the start of it.
Was Agriculture the Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race?
Did it solve scarcity or create it?