Olga Khazan
She is the author of Weird: The Power of Being an Outsider in an Insider World. She has also written for The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, and other publications. She is a two-time recipient of the International Reporting Project’s journalism fellowship and the winner of the 2017 National Headliner Award for Magazine Online Writing.
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Bráulio Amado Introducing How to Start Over
Your one-stop shop for navigating the challenges of changing your life
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Patrick Smith / Getty You Were Right About COVID, and Then You Weren’t
Understanding when to abandon beliefs and when to recommit to them can help us ride out this pandemic and prepare for the next one.
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Oskar Poss / ullstein bild / Getty Republicans Have Sex Ed All Wrong
Some pundits say that talking with little kids about sex and gender primes them to be taken advantage of. Sex-ed researchers say that the opposite is true.
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Fototeca Gilardi / Getty; Paul Spella / The … A Yacht Owner’s Worst Nightmare
Nabbing a billionaire’s large boat is more complicated than you might think.
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Getty; The Atlantic Why People Are Acting So Weird
Crime, “unruly passenger” incidents, and other types of strange behavior have all soared recently. Why?
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Millennium Images / Gallery Stock What It’s Like to Get Worse at Something
I had been skiing since childhood. Why was I suddenly bad at it?
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Nanna Heitmann / Magnum I Watched Russian TV So You Don’t Have To
According to Russian state TV, Putin is the good guy. Many Russians believe it.
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Getty; The Atlantic Red Parent, Blue Parent
When it comes to masks, vaccines, and curricula, parents are divided over what matters most: parents’ rights, or the common good?
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Illustration by Gabriela Pesqueira; photographs by Devin Christopher … I Gave Myself Three Months to Change My Personality
The results were mixed.
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The Atlantic The Real Reason Americans Aren’t Isolating
Many workers with COVID-19 still—still!—can’t afford to isolate, because they don’t have paid sick leave.
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Ivan Nanita / EyeEm / Getty One-Way Masking Works
If you’re vaccinated, boosted, and wearing an N95, you’re protected—no matter what others are doing.
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Adam Maida / The Atlantic It’s Okay If You Don’t Have Baby Fever!
A deep, sudden longing for babies is certainly real, but it’s not a prerequisite for having kids.
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Peter Cade / Getty Why America Can’t Test Like Europe
America’s complicated health-care system means everything is harder—even rapid testing.
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Getty; The Atlantic What’s Really Behind Global Vaccine Hesitancy
Countries with low vaccination rates are suffering from more than just inequity.
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Spencer Platt/Getty Rural America’s False Sense of Security
People in rural America say things are back to normal, even though rural America is precisely where the pandemic is worst.
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Getty; The Atlantic America’s Real ‘Wokeness’ Divide
A new poll finds little difference between people with and without college degrees on questions about “wokeness.”
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Getty; The Atlantic The Forgotten Secret of Trump’s Success
Celebrity candidates bring distinct advantages to their races, but Democrats say they don’t want to recruit more of them. Here’s why.
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H. Armstrong Roberts / ClassicStock / Getty; The … The New Question Haunting Adoption
At a glance, America’s shortage of adoptable babies may seem like a problem. But is adoption meant to provide babies for families, or families for babies?
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Adam Maida / The Atlantic The Abortion Backup Plan No One Is Talking About
Even in states with the strictest abortion laws, pregnant people have a safe, inexpensive option to terminate their pregnancies. But few know about it.
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The Atlantic What Slack Does for Women
For years, women have had to control their voice, posture, and demeanor in the workplace. With Slack, we don’t have to worry about any of that.
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