Five Books to Give Your Mind a Workout in 2025

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Each of these titles exercises a different kind of reading muscle so that you can choose the one that will push you most

Parents Put Down Your Phone Cameras

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In trying to capture so much of our kids lives we risk missing out

What Liberals Got Wrong About 1989

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The error of their mythology matters because we face another such moment of historical rupture today

How Far Is John Ratcliffe Willing to Go

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A partisan loyalist with a history of politicizing intelligence will soon be running the CIA

The Rock amp Roll Hall of Fame Should Not Exist

The Atlantic [Feed] on 1/2/25 at 4:49pm

A bad idea gets worse every year

You Dont Know Your Habits

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The science of habits reveals that they can be invisible to us and unresponsive to our desires

Rise and Shine

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Getting up early could be the best resolution you ever keep

Me My Future and I

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I had a conversation with an 80-year-old version of myself I didnt like her

Your Body Has 30 Trillion Genomes

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Mutations that happen throughout a persons life may contribute to disease more than doctors have realized

Were All in Dark Mode Now

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How light-on-black became a way of life

Village Parenting and Intensive Parenting Dont Mix

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What I learned from unintentionally creating a communal child-care swap

Weirdly a Card Game Didnt Fix My Relationship

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Can a marriage ever truly be equal

A Retiring Congressmans Advice to New Members of the House

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Representative Earl Blumenauer thinks more lawmakers should eat well exercise and develop deep connections with their colleagues

LAs Twin Crises Finally Seem Fixable

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The city is gradually revamping Americas most infamous sprawl

Narendra Modis Populist Facade Is Cracking

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India is now a testing ground for whether demagoguery or deteriorating living conditions exert a greater sway on voters

The Most Effective Antidote to ISIS Attacks

The Atlantic [Feed] on 1/1/25 at 8:01pm

The best way to prevent a recurrence of the terror in New Orleans is to dismantle the Islamic State and relegate it to obscurity

Dont Let Terror Shut America Down

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Playing the Sugar Bowland defiantly proceeding with our livesis the best response to an attack

Birthmark

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A poem for Wednesday

Grover Cleveland Did It First

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Trump robbed his greatest claim to fame Cleveland enthusiasts arent thrilled

The Controversy Over Baby Names

The Atlantic [Feed] on 12/31/24 at 3:23pm

Annual baby-name lists dont always stir the pot but last years did

My Boyfriend Is About to Move In With His Ex

The Atlantic [Feed] on 12/31/24 at 8:00am

Am I wrong for thinking this is a deal-breaker

Ashley Parker and Michael Scherer to Join The Atlantic as Staff Writers

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The Atlantic is announcing the hires of political reporters Ashley Parker and Michael Scherer who will both become staff writers in mid-Janu...

Why Do Humans Love to Imagine Their Own Demise

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A new history of the apocalyptic impulse

The Case for Finding Common Ground With RFK

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A pro-vaccine doctor argues that the left should engage with Americans skeptical of public-health rules

An Astonishing Level of Dehumanization

The Atlantic [Feed] on 12/31/24 at 5:00am

There is no defense of those who celebrated the murder of Brian Thompson

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