Six Essential Reads to Understand Juneteenth

The Atlantic [Feed] on 6/19/23 at 3:00am

Spend time with beautiful pieces of writing that highlight the fortitude of Black Americans

Why Some Boycotts WorkAnd Others Fizzle

The Atlantic [Feed] on 6/19/23 at 2:30am

The right-wing backlash against a promotion involving a trans influencer has cost Bud Light millions What made Americas best-selling beer so...

My Familys Best Friend

The Atlantic [Feed] on 6/19/23 at 2:00am

Romeos love was simple uncomplicated and limitless

Chris Christie Liberal Hero

The Atlantic [Feed] on 6/19/23 at 2:00am

The former New Jersey governor hasnt caught on among Republican voters but pundits are swooning

The Failure of Affirmative Action

The Atlantic [Feed] on 6/19/23 at 2:00am

For the Black poor a world without affirmative action is just the world as it isno different than before

ltemgtHow to Talk to Peopleltemgt How to Know Your Neighbors

The Atlantic [Feed] on 6/19/23 at 12:00am

A commitment to knowing our neighbors can help us feel more connectedand may allow us to experiment with the feeling of being known

The Summer My Father Was a Cowboy

The Atlantic [Feed] on 6/18/23 at 3:00am

A poem for Sunday

A Hamlet for Our Age of Racial Reckoning

The Atlantic [Feed] on 6/18/23 at 3:00am

A conversation between a leading Shakespeare scholar and this summers Shakespeare in the Park director about staging Hamlet in the Atlanta o...

The Case for Postponing Must-See TV

The Atlantic [Feed] on 6/18/23 at 3:00am

Entertainment musts from Maya Chung

Feminists Against the Sexual Revolution

The Atlantic [Feed] on 6/18/23 at 2:30am

An emerging strand of feminism zeroes in on the differences between male and female bodies

What Emma Lazarus Got Wrong About Immigration

The Atlantic [Feed] on 6/18/23 at 2:00am

Immigrants arent a call upon Americas charity Theyre far more likely to start a businessand employ other workersthan native-born Americans

Morality Is for Trump What Colors Are to the Color-blind

The Atlantic [Feed] on 6/18/23 at 1:00am

The majority of his enablers though still know right from wrong

Killer Whales Are Not Our Friends

The Atlantic [Feed] on 6/17/23 at 3:30am

Stop rooting for the orcas ramming boats

Is the Beach Actually Any Fun

The Atlantic [Feed] on 6/17/23 at 3:00am

Perspectives from all sides of the ocean-holiday debate

ltemgtBlack Mirrorltemgt Gets an Unnecessary Update

The Atlantic [Feed] on 6/17/23 at 3:00am

The newest season of Netflixs anthology series is a stale collection of shallow unfulfilling stories

Is Crypto Dead

The Atlantic [Feed] on 6/17/23 at 2:31am

Or can the industry recover

Is Aileen Cannon Ready for This

The Atlantic [Feed] on 6/17/23 at 2:30am

The inexperienced judge issued favorable rulings to Donald Trump last summer but Democratic lawyers arent worried about her handling his tri...

What ltemgtI Think You Should Leaveltemgt Reveals About Office Culture

The Atlantic [Feed] on 6/17/23 at 2:00am

In the comedys office sketches the eccentric colleague isnt the only punch line The boring co-workers are too

Why It Matters Who Caused Inflation

The Atlantic [Feed] on 6/16/23 at 1:01pm

Disentangling the many drivers of the trend is difficult but who we blame for it also shapes what we do about it

The End of Affirmative Action For Real This Time

The Atlantic [Feed] on 6/16/23 at 10:42am

Two Supreme Court decisions expected next week could profoundly change the makeup of higher education

The Powerful Weirdness of Cormac McCarthy

The Atlantic [Feed] on 6/16/23 at 6:00am

On the death of a singular writer

What Youth Activists Do That Adults Cant

The Atlantic [Feed] on 6/16/23 at 5:25am

Furious girls capture peoples attention They also bear an impossible weight of expectation

The Age of Pleasure Is Here

The Atlantic [Feed] on 6/16/23 at 4:47am

New albums by Janelle Monáe Jake Shears and Jessie Ware offer uninhibited takes on life after stir-craziness

What Does It Mean to Be Latino

The Atlantic [Feed] on 6/16/23 at 4:23am

In his new book Héctor Tobar tries to pin down an inherently slippery concept

Your Next Rental Car May Save the PlanetAnd Annoy You

The Atlantic [Feed] on 6/16/23 at 4:19am

Surprise electric vehicles are not ambassadors for change

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