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Anton Petrus / Getty A Major New Index Fund Should Unnerve Climate-Skeptical CEOs
The hedge fund that staged a revolt at Exxon last month is now recruiting an army of mom-and-pop investors for future battles.
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Getty; The Atlantic Cancel Prime
The subscription service is Amazon’s greatest—and most terrifying—invention.
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The Atlantic Our New Postracial Myth
The postracial idea is the most sophisticated racist idea ever produced.
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Addie Borchert The Rich, Weird, and Frustrating World of Depression-Era Travel Guides
The American Guides were unusual not only for their shaggy opulence and Americana maximalism, but also for their source of funding: the federal government.
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Peter Dazeley / Getty; The Atlantic Hate-Crime Laws Don’t Work as Their Supporters Intended
Prosecutors aren’t charging suspects with hate crimes, even in clear-cut cases.
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Getty; The Atlantic What It Means That Kickstarter Is Trying a 4-Day Workweek
The experiment will be a valuable test of the theory that a shorter schedule can be good, or at least neutral, for businesses’ bottom line.
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Yuri Gripas / Bloomberg / Getty; Michael Reynolds … Trump’s Campaign to Overturn the Election Was Inane
Recently released emails reveal a helter-skelter pressure campaign on the Justice Department.
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Katie Martin The Unintended Consequences of Returning the National Parks to the Tribes
Readers respond to David Treuer’s May 2021 cover story.
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The Atlantic The Atlantic Daily: The Summer of Quitting
Americans are leaving their jobs. That might be a good sign for the labor market.
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Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images Remember Who Tucker Carlson Is
When a flagrantly unreliable narrator narrated his own story, people across the media spectrum responded as if he could be trusted. Why?
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Yasin Akgul / AFP / Getty Photos: Turkey’s Sea-Snot Disaster
A collection of images from the Sea of Marmara, along Turkey’s coast, where a thick layer of glop known as mucilage, or “sea snot,” has covered shorelines for months.
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Sebnem Coskun / Anadolu Agency via Getty A Slimy Calamity Is Creeping Across the Sea
The sea snot blanketing Turkey’s coastline isn’t just gross—it’s also smothering animals underwater.
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The Atlantic I’m Scared of the Person TikTok Thinks I Am
TikTok’s recommendation algorithm is known for its accuracy and even its “magic.” What does it mean if the videos it picks for you are totally disgusting?
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Illustration by Danielle Del Plato The Authoritarian Instincts of Police Unions
They condition their members to see themselves as soldiers at war with the public they are meant to serve, and above the laws they are meant to enforce.
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Adam Maida / The Atlantic The Most Effective Way to Thank Your Significant Other
One fact of long-term relationships is that humans often take their partner for granted. Think of gratitude as a buffer against that.
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Illustration by Oliver Munday; images from François Duhamel … How Disney Mismanaged the Star Wars Universe
And how The Mandalorian can restore the true power of George Lucas’s galaxy
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Getty The Real Problem With Corporate Landlords
Tenants of large, unaccountable housing investors suffer in ways that don’t necessarily show up in data.
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Chris Jobs / Alamy; Evgenia Vasileva / Getty; … The Fight Over Canada’s Founding Prime Minister
Attacks on symbols of nationhood are not merely symbolic actions. They strike at the nationhood the symbol represents.
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Dean Chalkley / Camera Press / Redux What Quitters Understand About the Job Market
More Americans are telling their boss to shove it. Is the workplace undergoing a revolution—or just a post-pandemic spasm?
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Anthony Wallace / AFP / Getty The Countries Stuck in Coronavirus Purgatory
Much of Asia cannot (or will not) yet get jabbed, so the region is still having to rely on suppression tactics.
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Atta Kenare / AFP / Getty; The Atlantic Iran Stops Pretending
The rigged “election” of Ebrahim Raisi as Iran’s next president has the potential to be a turning point for the country. But its significance will be fully understood only in hindsight.
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George Nikitin / AP Janet Malcolm the Magician
The late author could be bracingly clear or confidingly sympathetic, but her most consistent modus operandi was to obscure and complicate.
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Wulong Tommy / Quanta Magazine Blue Animals Are Different From All the Rest
Some of the colors we see on creatures such as blue jays and poison-dart frogs aren’t created by pigments at all.
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Apple+; AMC; Disney; The Atlantic TV Can’t Stop Thinking About the Female Gaze
On the heels of WandaVision, two new series—Kevin Can F**k Himself and Physical—explore how pop culture can limit the roles that women play in real life.
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Marcos del Mazo / Getty; Kean Collection / … The Vaccine Donations Aren’t Enough
The pandemic won’t be over until it’s under control around the world.
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Alamy / Ben Shmulevitch The Real Problem With Globalization
International crises demand international solutions.
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Associated Press Modern China’s First Diplomats
“To Americans, the arrival of the Chinese delegation seemed like the sudden appearance of aliens.”
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Aaron Ontiveroz / MediaNews Group / The Denver … Chris Paul Bears the Brunt of Pro Sports’ Vaccination Problem
Leagues are seeing the downside of treating vaccines as simply a matter of personal choice.
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Xia Yang / Getty / The Atlantic Expect the Unexpected From the Delta Variant
There’s no way of knowing how bad things will get in the U.S. In a way, that’s a luxury.
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Didier Ruef / LUZphoto / Redux The Books Briefing: Finding Place as a Black American
Carving out room for freedom and self-identification: Your weekly guide to the best in books
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