The Atlanticflipped into All StoriesBaking The Pandemic Has Reminded Americans They Are Capable of Baking The Atlantic - Amanda MullA yearning for basic sustenance has overwhelmed the nation’s flour supply. Over the past few months, the best place to trace America’s deepening pandemic anxieties has been the shelves of grocery and stores.
The Atlanticflipped into All StoriesPolitics Trump Has Lost the Plot The Atlantic - David FrumThe president is talking about things most Americans can’t comprehend, let alone care about. A couple of years ago, BuzzFeed asked a former White House official to explain the logic behind some bizarre
The Atlanticflipped into All StoriesBusiness I Got Fired Over Zoom The Atlantic - Deborah CopakenThe private Slack message arrived at 12:15 p.m., as I was toasting a year-old bagel, exhumed from my freezer: “Are you around?” It was the CEO, my direct manager. Normally she texts my phone when she to
The Atlanticflipped into All StoriesHong Kong Don’t Give Hong Kong’s Government the Credit The Atlantic - Zeynep TufekciCarrie Lam’s administration flailed until the city’s people organized their own coronavirus response. It was January when I first heard about the mysterious viral pneumonia circulating in Wuhan, China.
The Atlanticflipped into All StoriesCulture Baseball’s Strange and Poignant Return to TV The Atlantic - Robert O'ConnellThe first live sports games to air in the U.S. since the start of the pandemic provide a hopeful, yet harrowing, look at the future. For the first time since March, Americans can watch major team sports
The Atlanticflipped into PoliticsU.S. Politics How Trump Plans to Weaponize COVID-19 Against Biden The Atlantic - Peter NicholasCOVID-19 has shattered the basic economic rationale President Donald Trump had put forward in running for reelection and forced him to come up with another: Joe Biden’s handling of the catastrophe would
The Atlanticflipped into All StoriesCulture Emma Donoghue Talks About Her New Novel, The Pull of the Stars The Atlantic - Thomas Gebremedhin“An epidemic is a narrative gold mine: It ups the stakes for the most everyday interaction between characters, because every kiss becomes a gamble.” Editor's Note: Read “The Blood Tax,” new fiction from
The Atlanticflipped into GlobalNews When Will We Want to Be in a Room Full of Strangers Again? The Atlantic - Helen LewisTheater, an industry full of optimists, is reckoning with a heartbreaking realization. Editor’s Note: This article is part of Uncharted, a series about the world we’re leaving behind, and the one being
The Atlanticflipped into IdeasClarence Thomas Not Everyone Is Happy With the Supreme Court’s Live Broadcasts The Atlantic - Garrett EppsLyle Denniston, one of the most seasoned Court watchers of all time, is unimpressed by the new format. It would be nice to have a serious discussion of the Supreme Court’s new telephone-argument format.
The Atlanticflipped into All StoriesPolitics Donald Trump Has No Plan The Atlantic - David A. GrahamThousands are dying each week, the economy is cratering, and the president is at a total loss. It’s been 111 days since the first reported case of the coronavirus in the United States. It’s been 57 days
The Atlanticflipped into All StoriesHeroin Addiction I Didn’t Get to Graduate Either The Atlantic - Bridget PhetasyIn May 1998, I should have been finishing my first year at an Ivy League college. Instead, I was in a state-funded halfway house in Minneapolis trying to recover from a heroin addiction. Editor's Note:
The Atlanticflipped into All StoriesCulture The Sitcom Dad Who Made Grouchiness Into an Art Form The Atlantic - David SimsThe actor Jerry Stiller, who died yesterday at age 92, was unforgettable as the irascible Frank Costanza on Seinfeld. When George Costanza’s father, Frank, is introduced in Season 4 of Seinfeld, he is
The Atlanticflipped into All StoriesLibraries The Post-pandemic Future of Libraries The Atlantic - Deborah FallowsEven before librarians closed their doors against the pandemic, they started moving fast to keep their work going. They began shifting regular programming online; distributing stockpiles of mobile technology
The Atlanticflipped into All Stories The Atlantic Daily: Air Travel After the Outbreak The Atlantic - Caroline Mimbs NyceFlying already sucked before the pandemic arrived. Now it’s worse—and don’t expect things to go back to normal soon. Every weekday evening, our editors guide you through the biggest stories of the day,
The Atlanticflipped into All StoriesLong-form Journalism Putin Is Well on His Way to Stealing the Next Election The Atlantic - Franklin FoerJack Cable sat down at the desk in his cramped dorm room to become an adult in the eyes of democracy. The rangy teenager, with neatly manicured brown hair and chunky glasses, had recently arrived at Stanford—his
The Atlanticflipped into GlobalPhotos Winners of the 2020 BigPicture Natural World Photography Competition The Atlantic - Alan TaylorEntrants in this year’s contest were invited to submit images showcasing the Earth’s biodiversity and showing some of the mounting threats to the natural world. These images originally appeared on bioGraphic,
The Atlanticflipped into All StoriesTechnology It’s Cool to Look Terrifying on Pandemic Instagram The Atlantic - Kaitlyn TiffanyLife is just four walls for many of us right now, but bizarre augmented-reality filters give us the illusion that it’s not. I am alone in my apartment, as always, and I’ve just replaced my left eyeball
The Atlanticflipped into IdeasMichael Flynn What Judge Sullivan Should Do The Atlantic - Quinta Jurecic, Benjamin WittesThe Justice Department has requested that he dismiss the case against Michael Flynn. Here are 13 questions the judge should ask of government counsel. U.S. District Judge Emmet G. Sullivan probably has
The Atlanticflipped into All StoriesCulture The Day the Live Concert Returns The Atlantic - Dave GrohlI don’t know when it will be safe to sing arm in arm at the top of our lungs. But we will do it again, because we have to. Editor’s Note: This article is part of Uncharted, a series about the world we’re
The Atlanticflipped into CultureCulture Good Riddance to the Handshake The Atlantic - Megan GarberEditor’s Note: This article is part of Uncharted, a series about the world we’re leaving behind, and the one being remade by the pandemic. In February 1958, Science Digest, inspired by the launch of Sputnik
The Atlanticflipped into All StoriesJoe Biden What Tara Reade Deserves The Atlantic - Moira DoneganHer suffering is viewed as a tool for other agendas, rather than as a moral emergency in and of itself. Even given the comparatively strict evidentiary standards applied to sexual-assault allegations,
The Atlanticflipped into IdeasHuman Interest Air Travel Is Going to Be Very Bad, for a Very Long Time The Atlantic - James FallowsFlying used to be unpleasant. But scarcity, low demand, and public-health risks could make it unbearable. Editor’s Note: This article is part of “Uncharted,” a series about the world we’re leaving behind,
The Atlanticflipped into All StoriesCollege & University Dear Therapist: I Staked My Identity on Attending an Ivy League School The Atlantic - Lori GottliebI’m trying to accept that the school I’m going to is where I am meant to be, but I feel like my accomplishments mean nothing now. Editor's Note: Every Monday, Lori Gottlieb answers questions from readers
The Atlanticflipped into All StoriesRelationships Listen: Will You Merge Bubbles With Me? The AtlanticOn this episode of the Social Distance podcast, staff writer Joe Pinsker joins James Hamblin and Katherine Wells to discuss the new rituals and ethical conundrums of dating and socializing in this moment.
The Atlanticflipped into IdeasHarvard Medical School Quarantine Fatigue Is Real The Atlantic - Julia MarcusInstead of an all-or-nothing approach to risk prevention, Americans need a manual on how to have a life in a pandemic. In the earliest years of the HIV epidemic, confusion and fear reigned. AIDS was still
The Atlanticflipped into IdeasPolitics The Supreme Court Case That Could Destroy the Balance of Powers The Atlantic - Quinta JurecicBy accepting Trump’s argument for keeping his finances secret, the Court could strip Congress of its ability to hold this, or any, president to account. In 1922, the United States Senate launched an investigation
The Atlanticflipped into IdeasPolitics Why No One Is Calling on Trump to Resign The Atlantic - Michael SteinbergerTrump’s shamelessness, his unwillingness to express contrition, seems to have become a kind of shield. In late March, The Boston Globe published an editorial excoriating President Donald Trump over his
The Atlanticflipped into All StoriesPhotos Kentucky: Images of the Bluegrass State The Atlantic - Alan TaylorThe state of Kentucky is home to about 4.5 million people, with more than half of them living in the Bluegrass region in northern Kentucky, near its two largest cities, Louisville and Lexington. Terrain
