The Atlantic’s crossword puzzle gets a little more challenging every day, with the biggest puzzle on Sunday.
Persistent hype around mRNA vaccine technology is now distracting us from other ways to end the pandemic.
Hilda BastianThe creative class was supposed to foster progressive values and economic growth. Instead we got resentment, alienation, and endless political dysfunction.
David BrooksSo many of us have been raised to see strangers as dangerous and scary. What would happen if we instead saw them as potential sources of comfort and belonging?
Joe KeohaneGet the adults in your community vaccinated.
Olga KhazanA doctor nagged his twin brother to lose weight—but family arguments about food can be destructive.
Helen LewisThe basketball coach who in recent years has questioned the soul of America brought home the gold for Team USA.
Jack McCallumMore and more, the international spectacle has become synonymous with overspending, corruption, and autocratic regimes.
Yasmeen Serhan“Defund the Police” is a disaster. Under-policing is a form of oppression too.
Conor FriedersdorfThe vice president needs to win over the voters who approve of Biden, but not of her performance.
Peter Nicholas