• America Has a Drinking Problem

    A little alcohol can boost creativity and strengthen social ties. But there’s nothing moderate, or convivial, about the way many Americans drink today. (From 2021)

    photo of brown liquor being poured over ice into multiple highball glasses
    Photograph by Chelsea Kyle; Prop Stylist: Amy Elise Wilson; Food Stylist: Sue Li
  • The Insurrectionists Next Door

    Ashli Babbitt’s mother and the wife of a notorious January 6 rioter are at the center of a new mythology on the right. They are also my neighbors. (From September)

    Sculpture of 3 three-story rowhouses, blue, white, red, with green grass and front steps. The middle house has an upside-down U.S. flag and Q-Anon flag, yard signs about J6, Trump flag in window, and other signs.
    Illustration by Fromm Studio. Sources: Michael A. McCoy / Getty; Stephanie Keith / Getty.
  • The Rise of the Troll

    They may seem like pranksters on the margins, but what happens when the most powerful people on Earth are trolls?

    An orange-scale illustration of a hooded person with eyes blurred out, typing into a laptop.
    Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Getty.

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