Amanda Mull
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Dustin Chambers / Bloomberg via Getty Georgia’s Experiment in Human Sacrifice
The state is about to find out how many people need to lose their lives to shore up the economy.
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Arsh Raziuddin / The Atlantic Pandemic Advertising Got Weird Fast
Welcome to disastertising.
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Jamiel Law Generation C Has Nowhere to Turn
Recent history suggests young people could see their careers derailed, finances shattered, and social lives upended.
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Asia Pietrzyk After the Pandemic, the Office Dress Code Should Never Come Back
Are “fancy” sweatpants here for good?
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Arsh Raziuddin / The Atlantic Isolation Is Changing How You Look
If you’re stuck at home and feeling out of sorts, it might be time to experiment with a box of hair dye.
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Chaloner Woods / Getty What You’re Feeling Is Plague Dread
During a pandemic, terror and tedium can go hand in hand.
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Asia Pietrzyk It’s All So … Premiocre
What do fake Eames chairs, extra legroom, and $40 scented candles have in common?
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The Atlantic How You Should Get Food During the Pandemic
The coronavirus makes an age-old dilemma much more fraught: Order in, or cook at home?
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Paul Spella / The Atlantic The Coronavirus Customer-Service Crisis
When the public panics, service workers are the first to deal with it.
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Robert Nickelsberg / Getty The Problem With Telling Sick Workers to Stay Home
Even with the coronavirus spreading, lax labor laws and little sick leave mean that many people can’t afford to skip work.
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Katie Martin / The Atlantic Meat Trimmings Are a Health Food Now
People love fancy Slim Jims.
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Giacomo Bagnara Why the Restoration Hardware Catalog Won’t Die
The surprising persistence of the mail-order business
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H. Armstrong Roberts / ClassicStock; Getty; Arsh Raziuddin ... How Your Laptop Ruined Your Life
Smartphones aren’t the only killers of work-life balance.
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GIACOMO BAGNARA The New Trophies of Domesticity
For many young Americans, stability and sophistication look like a KitchenAid mixer.
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Netflix Cheer Is Built on a Pyramid of Broken Bodies
Netflix’s new docuseries doesn’t flinch at the danger that cheerleaders regularly subject themselves to.
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Mario Tama / Getty Gadgets for Life on a Miserable Planet
At the Consumer Electronics Show, the only solution for technology-induced stress is more technology.
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Shutterstock / Sundry Photography Workplace Wellness Comes for the Working Class
U-Haul is the latest American company seeking more control of its employees’ lives.
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Shutterstock / rblfmr America Loves Its Unregulated Wellness Chemicals
CBD was just the beginning.
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New York Daily News Archive / Getty The 2000s Never Ended
Don’t let the 2010s fool you.
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Loomis Dean / The Life Picture Collection via ... Social Media Made America Tired of Rich People
It used to be easier to hide your wine cave.
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