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Photo-illustration by Joanne Imperio / The Atlantic. Source: … Why Is Everyone Watching TV With the Subtitles On?
It’s not just you.
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Tony Luong for The Atlantic Moneyball Broke Baseball
But now the whiz kids who nearly ruined the national pastime have returned to save it.
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Illustration by Todd St. John How Parking Ruined Everything
America has paid a steep price for devoting too much space to storing cars.
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Mark Peterson / Redux for The Atlantic Inside the Meltdown at CNN
CEO Chris Licht felt he was on a mission to restore the network’s reputation for serious journalism. How did it all go wrong?
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Jordan Gale America’s Approach to Addiction Has Gone Off the Rails
In a time of fentanyl and meth, we need to use law enforcement differently—and more often.
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Illustration by Ben Hickey Semi-Retirees Know the Key to Work-Life Balance
More and more older adults are working—in large part because they want to.
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Max Slobodda The Aspects of Manifestation We Shouldn’t Discount
Identifying our desires can point us to our deeper values.
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Illustration by Mark Pernice Local Politics Was Already Messy. Then Came Nextdoor.
Community moderators say the social network is being exploited for political gain.
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Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Alex Zabusik / … The First Social-Media Babies Are Growing Up—And They’re Horrified
How would you feel if millions of people watched your childhood tantrums?
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Photograph by Bill McCullough for The Atlantic Inside the Garden of Evil
Harlan Crow wants to stop talking about Clarence Thomas.
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Illustration by The Atlantic Did Scientists Accidentally Invent an Anti-addiction Drug?
People taking Ozempic for weight loss say they have also stopped drinking, smoking, shopping, and even nail biting.
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Illustration by Erik Carter / The Atlantic The First Year of AI College Ends in Ruin
There’s an arms race on campus, and professors are losing.
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Claudette Barius / HBO There’s No Secret to How Wealthy People Dress
“Stealth wealth” may be the next big thing in fashion. Or maybe everyone’s spending too much time on TikTok.
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Photograph by Joanna Kulesza for The Atlantic The Abortion Absolutist
Warren Hern has been performing late abortions for half a century. After Roe, he is as busy with patients as ever.
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Alex Majoli / Magnum / Vatican for The … My Night in the Sistine Chapel
After the tourists go home, a museum’s collection tells its own story.
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Nada Hayek Surrender to Steely Dan
How the insufferably perfectionist duo captured the hearts of a new generation of listeners
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Illustration by Gabriela Pesqueira / The Atlantic Raising a Daughter With a Body Like Mine
I worried that any child of mine could become collateral damage in my eating disorder. Instead, she’s allowed me to see myself through the eyes of a mother.
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Maxime Mouysset The Billion-Dollar Ponzi Scheme That Hooked Warren Buffett and the U.S. Treasury
How a small-town auto mechanic peddling a green-energy breakthrough pulled off a massive scam
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Illustration by Twisha Patni AI Is About to Make Social Media (Much) More Toxic
We must prepare now.
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Vartika Sharma The Outer Limits of Liberalism
What happens when a society takes individualism to its logical conclusion?
