The Most American City
Searching for the nation’s future in Phoenix, Arizona
I almost never spoke about my past as an addict. Then adolescence came for my son.
He demonstrates contempt for Americans in uniform while claiming to adore them—but wants service members to “revolt” for him at the ballot box.
Returning the planet to some sort of climate equilibrium is a universal interest.
A centuries-long tradition of authoritarian rule and disregard for individual rights underpins Vladimir Putin’s imperial project.
Viral videos and their outraging, perception-changing, galvanizing effects may have propelled both outraged skepticism of tough-on-crime tactics and the backlash to it.
No matter the obstacles that Donald Trump creates for himself, Joe Biden’s candidacy remains an existentially risky, perhaps disastrous, proposition.
A short story has velocity and verve, and the best ones create an immediate, instinctual bond between the reader and the characters.
The president has repeatedly disparaged the intelligence of service members, and asked that wounded veterans be kept out of military parades, multiple sources tell The Atlantic. (From 2020)
Families are shrinking. But the weirdest family role is a vital one. (From 2023)
“Since 1913, a number of gentlemen wearing glasses and looking wondrous wise, and no doubt as wise as they look, have proved to us that it can always be tea-time if we care to figure it out properly.” (From 1921)
City of Grants Pass v. Johnson skips over the real issues.
We can learn things from games that can make us better at life.
According to one study, women with more job experience suffer the most.