How It All Went Wrong for Eric Adams
The many crises of New York’s enigmatic mayor
Illustration by Matteo Giuseppe Pani. Sources: Getty. 
Eric McCandless / Disney
Kamil Kraczynski / AFP / Getty What Trump Supporters Think When He Mocks People With Disabilities
Trump fans don’t like how he demeans people. They’ll vote for him anyway.
Illustration by Jan Buchczik 
Illustration by Matteo Giuseppe Pani. Source: Getty. Whatever Happened to All Those Care Robots?
So far, companion robots haven’t lived up to the hype—and might even exacerbate the problems they’re meant to solve.
Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Maggie Shannon The Smartphone Kids Are Not All Right
Jonathan Haidt’s new book, The Anxious Generation, makes the case against devices for children—even if they desperately want them.
/media/img/mt/2024/03/care_2_1/original.gif)
Illustration by The Atlantic. Sources: The Herald Sun; courtesy of Steve Edsel. DNA Tests Are Uncovering the True Prevalence of Incest
People are discovering the truth about their biological parents with DNA—and learning that incest is far more common than many think.
Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Viktoriia Oleinichenko / Getty. The IRS Finally Has an Answer to TurboTax
Against all odds, the government has created an actually good piece of technology.
Illustration by Matteo Giuseppe Pani. Sources: Getty. The Art of Communing With Trees
What are we to make of a life that can age and grow young again at the turn of the seasons?
Dennis Stock / Magnum
End the Phone-Based Childhood Now
The environment in which kids grow up today is hostile to human development.
You’re Probably Complaining the Wrong Way
The psychologist Guy Winch’s method for getting people to do things differently
Damir Sagolj / Reuters 
Photo-illustration by Joanne Imperio / The Atlantic. Source: HBO Max. Relativity and the Absurdities of Alice
“Since 1913, a number of gentlemen wearing glasses and looking wondrous wise, and no doubt as wise as they look, have proved to us that it can always be teatime if we care to figure it out properly.” (From 1921)
Peter Newell / New York Public Library What Has Happened to the American Dream?
In 1961, Eleanor Roosevelt called for Americans to rededicate themselves to the country’s democratic ideals. (From 1961)
Library of Congress
Enjoy unlimited access to all of The Atlantic’s journalism, in the print edition and online.
Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Maggie Shannon. radio atlantic?Episode 64The Smartphone Kids Are Not All Right
Jonathan Haidt’s new book, The Anxious Generation, makes the case against devices for children—even if they desperately want them.
Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Getty. how to keep time?Episode 6Can We Keep Time?
Do photos, social posts, and diaries actually help us remember better?
/media/img/mt/2024/03/care_2_1/original.gif)
Scroll →
