Tanya Basu
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Frontline/PBS Who Are the Houthis?
In a new documentary, Safa al-Ahmad charts the rise of the mysterious rebel group now ruling much of Yemen.
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J. Scott Applewhite/AP Hindus Are Thriving in America, but There's Only One in Congress
Voters have a harder time recognizing their names—and don't identify with their religious backgrounds.
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Patrick T. Fallon/Reuters Why More Americans Accept Gay Marriage Than Ever
Jo Becker offers perspective on surging acceptance—and continued obstacles—in the fight for marriage equality.
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Mimu Maxi How the Internet Made Modest Fashion Cool
For plugged-in, religious Millennials, stylishness and faith have never been more compatible.
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Hot Gossip Italia/Flickr The Clooney Effect
Helen Fisher's latest study on American singles flips stereotypical relationship dynamics and introduces the age of the trophy husband.
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Isadora Ruyter-Harcourt/Flickr Behind 'the Disappeared' of Chicago’s Homan Square
A criminologist dissects the so-called black site, where military interrogation techniques are allegedly substituted for questioning.
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Tim Shaffer/Reuters Boomer Grannies: Soccer Moms 2.0
They were instrumental in determining elections during the 90s—and will play a key role in 2016.
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McCall's Why Fashion Magazines Matter
A century after being ridiculed in a 1911 Atlantic article, haute couture has evolved from pretty clothes into a powerful voice of our times.
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Jonathan Feinstein/Shutterstock The Mysterious, Murky Story Behind Soy-Sauce Packets
How Chinese takeout, a Jewish businessman from the Bronx, and NASA-approved packaging have shaped the 50-year reign of a well-loved American condiment
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Eric Miller/Reuters Glitterbombs Are Back
As the 2016 election cycle begins, a favorite tactic of the 2012 race makes a return.
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Horia Varlan/Flickr/The Atlantic 'V' Is for Very
The rise of the shortest possible abbreviation and what it means for the future of English
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Mike Segar/Reuters Who Owns Yoga?
India's appointment of a "Minister of Yoga" is just the latest development in an ongoing debate about who the practice "belongs" to, and who can rightfully make money from it.
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Tanya Basu A Very Tamale Non-Christmas
I don't celebrate the holiday but the Latin American goodies my Indian family makes are symbolic of the cross-cultural joy of December 25.
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Elise Bergerson/Serial Serial Episode 12: What We Don't Know
The final installment of the acclaimed podcast managed to deliver a satisfying ending, even if it left listeners with more questions than it answered.
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Kevork Djansezian/Reuters All the Silver Ladies
What to make of the new trend of young women dying their hair gray
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NPR Has Serial Run Out of Intrigue?
Four Atlantic staffers dissect the penultimate episode, "Rumors."
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Pantone The Problem With Pantone's Color of the Year
The company chose the muted scarlet "Marsala" for 2015, but immediate reactions to the hue have evoked bodily functions and decrepit buildings.
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John/Flickr Serial Episode 10: Did Racism Help Put Adnan in Prison?
Four Atlantic staffers discuss the podcast's newest installment, which appraises the cracks in the 1999 defense of Adnan Syed.
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Diana Taliun/Shutterstock The Secret Life of String Cheese
The inventor of the mozzarella cheese stick in your childhood brown bags wasn’t looking to be your lunchroom superstar.
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Arko Datta/Reuters The Politics of PDA in India
Why young people are taking to the streets just to kiss in public
