America’s Shifting Attitudes Toward Marijuana
The myths that fueled the drug’s criminalization have deep roots. This is an edition of Time-Travel Thursdays, a journey ...
The West has to believe that democracy will prevail.
The temptation of pessimism is real. In the face of what feels like an endless war and an onslaught of propaganda, it is ...
The Civil War
On the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, we present this commemorative issue featuring Atlantic stories by Mark Twain, ...
The Schools Without ChatGPT Plagiarism
Among the most tangible and immediate effects of the generative-AI boom has been a total upending of English classes. On ...
The Least-Loved Type of Memoir
Political autobiographies are usually dreck, but some rise above their genre. This is an edition of the Books Briefing, our ...
July/August 2022
How animals perceive the world, a return to Chagos, Steve Bannon, and a mad hunt for Civil War gold. Plus Jack White, how the U.S. has no nuclear strategy, dad rage, Ulysses at 100, one family’s doll ...
The Death of American Exceptionalism
Despite being unrealistic, such beliefs have benefits: Overly positive people are happier, cope better with adversity, and ...
‘Okay, I Will Join the Marines’
The story of Lefty Leflar, who died earlier this month, epitomizes the experience of countless young Americans for whom the ...
The Democrats’ Hail Mary
Cheney and her fellow anti-Trump surrogates have run with that message in recent weeks, sometimes even joining Harris herself ...
Just Be Anxious About the Election
Americans are anxious about the election. The American Psychological Association’s annual Stress in America survey found that ...