America’s Lonely Future
What happens when the nation takes a zero-sum approach to the world?
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Oxford’s controversial Word of the Year captures how chronically online life has become.
Maria Klenner / Agentur Focus / Redux Why Syria Matters to the Kremlin
It is not just a military outpost. It is a cornerstone of Russia’s claim to great-power status.
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Anything is forgivable as long as it comes from people they like.
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Illustration by Ben Hickey Misogyny Comes Roaring Back
Donald Trump will return to Washington flanked by an entourage intent on imposing its archaic vision of gender politics on the nation.
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Even botched plots to seize power damage democratic institutions and norms.
The Evidence on Policing and Crime
Revisiting the need for police, four years after international Black Lives Matter protests
This Influencer Says You Can’t Parent Too Gently
Chelsey Hauge-Zavaleta wants parents to avoid punishing their kids and focus on “loving connection” instead. Do her methods work—or do they turn kids into little tyrants?
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Thirty years after the genocide in Rwanda, survivors and perpetrators live side by side.
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“Skill to do comes of doing; knowledge comes by eyes always open, and working hands; and there is no knowledge that is not power.” (From 1862)
Library of Congress The Scab
“Such is the tangle of conflicting interests in a tooth-and-nail society that people cannot avoid being scabs, are often made so against their desires, and unconsciously.” (From 1904)
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Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Nebojsa Mitrovic / Getty. radio atlantic•Episode 101Why Are You Still Cooking With That?
Black plastic spatulas, nonstick pans, and other Thanksgiving cooking worries
Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Douglas Sacha / Getty. good on paper•Episode 27The Evidence on Policing and Crime
Revisiting the need for police, four years after international Black Lives Matter protests
Illustration by Colin Hunter / The Atlantic. Source: Twitter. we live here now•Episode 6Is Civility Enough?
What happens when you really get to know someone who is your political opposite
Illustration by Colin Hunter / The Atlantic autocracy in america•Episode 6When Neighbors Live in Different Worlds
What would you do if you found out that January 6 supporters were your new neighbors?
