The Real ‘Deep State’
Lobbying firms have disguised their influence so well that it’s often barely visible even to savvy Washington insiders.
Lobbying firms have disguised their influence so well that it’s often barely visible even to savvy Washington insiders.
The state recently reclassified abortion pills as controlled dangerous substances.
Judith Jones edited culinary greats such as Julia Child and Edna Lewis—and identified the pleasure at the core of traditional “women’s work.”
If he loses, the Republicans have a problem. If he wins, they also have a problem.
The United States used to build nuclear-power plants affordably. To meet our climate goals, we’ll need to learn how to do it again.
Reading too much into the language seems, at this point, to be less of a danger than reading too little into it.
A new show hosted by Jerusalem Demsas questions what we really know about the narratives driving public conversation.
A little green puppet from an old children’s TV show is healing hearts for a new generation of viewers.
The Atlantic’s writers and editors have chosen fiction and nonfiction to match all sorts of moods.
How we rediscovered the tragedy in Mississippi that ushered us into the Great Migration
What happens in our brains as we try to distinguish between truth and falsehood.
“God has cared for these trees, saved them from drought, disease, and avalanches; but he cannot save them from fools, — only Uncle Sam can do that.” (From 1897)
“The mission of the dog … is the same as the mission of Christianity, namely, to teach mankind that the universe is ruled by love.” (From 1910)
“There is a battle going on between two worldviews, but the divisions aren’t geographical. They’re in people’s heads.”
What happens in our brains as we try to distinguish between truth and falsehood.