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Adam Maida / The Atlantic It’s Almost Impossible to Be a Running Fan
Doping controversies are just the start of what spectators have to worry about in this year’s Olympics.
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Getty ; The Atlantic ‘I Would Go Tomorrow to Get the Third Shot’
An infectious-disease doctor on what we know about the Delta variant and the risks that lie ahead.
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Drew Angerer / Getty The Insurrection Was Just Part of the Plot
The full contours of Trump’s effort to overturn the election are coming into view.
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Getty ; The Atlantic Time for Covidnomics
Government has done what it can. Now we need to use the power of free markets to fight the pandemic.
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John Whitlock The Books Briefing: The Many Sides of Identity
Works that illuminate the intricacies of how we form communities and relate to one another: Your weekly guide to the best in books
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, July 27, … How Did It Come to This?
The Delta variant is winning, for the moment, and the CDC’s coronavirus map shows that we’re failing to fight it.
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Getty; The Atlantic Delta Is Ruining the Summer, and It’s Anti-vaxxers’ Fault
The vaccines promised freedom, but political opportunists have spoiled that.
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Adam Maida / The Atlantic We’re Talking About Vaccines All Wrong
To reach vaccine conspiracists and other skeptics, focus on what they care about most: freedom without repercussions.
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Getty; The Atlantic Millennials, What Will It Take for You to Buy Life Insurance?
Start-ups are going to ridiculous lengths to rebrand an industry in desperate need of some younger customers.
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Tim Lahan Down With Morning People
Morning people fizzle. Non-morning people get stronger as they day wears on.
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Harold M. Lambert / Keystone / Getty ; … Germany Found a Way to Reduce Polarization. Could It Work in the U.S.?
The country’s robust investment in public media has helped it reduce political divisions.
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Paras Griffin / Getty Lil Nas X, DaBaby, and the Incoherence of Homophobia
Anti-gay bigotry is on the defensive in hip-hop right now.
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Drew Angerer / Getty; The Atlantic The Return of Hypocrisy
Lofty prodemocracy rhetoric is back, but the Biden administration isn’t doing enough to thwart a coup in Tunisia.
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Lindsey Wasson / Reuters Photos of the Week: Wooden Troll, Violin Boat, River Mary
Scenes from the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, wildfires in Turkey and Russia, a spacecraft in Earth’s orbit, migrants crossing the Mediterranean, flooding in China, and much more
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The Atlantic The Atlantic Daily: Is This the Start of a Healthier Era of Sports?
Simon Biles’s withdrawal from the Olympics reminds us that there are humans behind unfathomable athletic feats.
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Francois Nel / Getty Simone Biles’s Critics Don’t Understand This Generation of Athletes
The world’s best gymnast doesn’t need to look invincible.
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Fabrice Coffrini / AFP / Getty Do Olympic-Level Achievements Make People Happy?
The promise of success can propel us forward, but it comes with pitfalls that can undermine the satisfaction of actually succeeding.
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Adam Maida / The Atlantic The MyPillow Guy Really Could Destroy Democracy
In the time I spent with Mike Lindell, I came to learn that he is affable, devout, philanthropic—and a clear threat to the nation.
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ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO) / Benisty et al. This Picture Has Major Moon Potential
A newly discovered disk of cosmic dust around a faraway exoplanet could one day become something more.
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Ben Brody ‘How Does One Process Defeat?’
A letter to a civilian who deployed to Afghanistan
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Copyright © 2021 by Kristen Radtke. Excerpted from … Why Do We Look Down On Lonely People?
A new graphic novel argues that even though social isolation is extremely common, it is too easily maligned.
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Jason Fulford and Tamara Shopsin Why So Many Millennials Are Obsessed With Dogs
The only thing getting me through my 30s is a cranky, agoraphobic chihuahua named Midge.
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John Moore / Getty The Lines of Connection
States make millions off phone-call fees from incarcerated people, but the cost can be even higher for their families.
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The Atlantic The Invisible Tech Behemoth
How has Microsoft escaped the scrutiny of reinvigorated antitrust regulators?
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Jan Buchczik What Immigrants Know About Happiness
The act of migration involves taking risks in pursuit of a meaningful reward and having faith in the future. Everyone should try to live more like that.
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Lars Tunbjörk / Agence VU / Redux Why Managers Fear a Remote-Work Future
Like it or not, the way we work has already evolved.
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Steve Cheng The Experiment Podcast: The NCAA Sold Fans a Multibillion-Dollar Story. It May Finally Be Coming Apart.
Why have some student athletes gone hungry while their schools have earned millions? The Atlantic staff writer and former college athlete Adam Harris explains.
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The Atlantic The Atlantic Daily: How the Government Learned to Waste Your Time
The “time tax,” one of our writers argues, is a scourge, and the government needs to take responsibility for it.
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Cheng Min / Xinhua / Eyevine / Redux What Simone Biles Understands About Greatness
In walking away from an Olympic event, the world’s best gymnast rejected the false dichotomy between personal well-being and professional excellence.
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David Swanson / Reuters Photos of California’s Dixie Fire
Scenes from the Golden State’s largest wildfire of 2021 so far
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