It Will Never Be a Good Time to Buy a House
Maybe in 2030?
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Illustration by The Atlantic. Sources: Barry James Gilmour / Getty; Kean Collection / Getty; Library of Congress / Getty. Why America Abandoned the Greatest Economy in History
Was the country’s turn toward free-market fundamentalism driven by race, class, or something else? Yes.
Harry Gruyaert / Magnum The Plight of the Eldest Daughter
Women are expected to be nurturers. Firstborns are expected to be exemplars. Being both is exhausting.
Gueorgui Pinkhassov / Magnum How I Lost the Russia That Never Was
I sometimes felt that we told the truth only at the funerals of our assassinated friends. Was this what Russia had been all along?
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Clement Pascal / David Kordansky Gallery ‘Post-Victimhood’ Storytelling
Chase Hall makes art made of coffee, cotton, and his own fierce individuality.
Illustration by The Atlantic Watching a Line Cook Flip Eggs for Six Hours
TikTok has become a home to people broadcasting themselves live at work. Viewers are captivated.
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Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Amy Sussman / Getty; Dustin Satloff / Getty Travis Kelce Is Another Puzzle for Taylor Swift Fans to Crack
The pop star’s relationship with an NFL player gives fans a peculiar form of gratification.
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The Tyranny of Stuff
The letters of Seamus Heaney reveal that he was bedeviled by the same problem that overwhelms all of us.
Na Kim 25 Feel-Good Films You’ll Want to Watch Again—And Again
Anxious? Here are some of the best and most rewatch-friendly movies to soothe your mind. (From 2020)
Jonathan Wenk / Columbia Pictures / Everett Collection Love in America
“It is as if the experience of being in love could only be one of two things: a superhuman ecstasy, the way of reaching heaven on earth and in pairs; or a psychopathic condition to be treated by specialists.” (From 1933)
AP Waiting for the Weekend
A whole two days off from work, in which we can do what we please, has only recently become a near-universal right. What we choose to do looks increasingly like work, and idleness has acquired a bad name. Herein, a history of leisure. (From 1991)
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