Derek Thompson
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Shutterstock / Katie Martin / The Atlantic We’re Never Going Back to the 1950s
The year 2020 shattered America’s shared reality.
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Seb Agresti How Civilization Broke Our Brains
What can hunter-gatherer societies teach us about work, time, and happiness?
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Getty / The Atlantic American Elites Still Don’t Understand How COVID-19 Works
Nine months into the pandemic, government leaders can’t comprehend—or refuse to clearly say—what this virus is or how it spreads.
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The Atlantic What Will Happen to Cities in 2021
Sifting through today’s clues to forecast the future
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Go Nakamura/Getty Go Home Now
U.S. COVID-19 statistics are about to look better—even though the reality is almost certainly getting worse. It’s time to hibernate.
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The Atlantic Why Big-City Dominance Is a Problem for Democrats
Metro power comes with huge political and cultural drawbacks.
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The Atlantic The Most Important Divide in American Politics Isn’t Race
The polarization of place and the depolarization of race are the stories of the moment.
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The Atlantic Forget the Exit Polls, Watch Florida, Ignore Pennsylvania
An hour-by-hour guide to remaining patient, prepared, and epistemically humble throughout tonight (and tomorrow morning)
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Chip Somodevilla; Win McNamee / Getty / The ... A Math Whiz on How to Stop Stressing About Election Forecasts
An interview with the mathematician Jordan Ellenberg about politics, election forecasting, and how to think about the future like a pro
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The Atlantic Don’t Sweat the Polls
Why the 2020 election won’t be a 2016 sequel
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Getty / The Atlantic The COVID-19 Fall Surge Is Here. We Can Stop It.
What we can learn from other countries to avoid the worst-case scenario
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Getty / The Atlantic Do Trump’s Taxes Show He’s a Failure, a Cheat, or a Criminal?
Three possible explanations for why he only paid $750.
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Getty / The Atlantic How Voting by Mail Could Cost Biden the Election
While in-person voting looks safer than expected, mail-in voting looks more dangerous—not because of fraud, but because of human error and partisan politics.
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Brendan Smialowski / AFP / Getty We Live in a Potemkin Autocracy Now
The White House memo declaring New York City, Portland, and Seattle “anarchist jurisdictions” isn’t federalism; it’s half-baked feudalism.
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Chris Lee / VII / Redux Where Joe Biden Is Underperforming Hillary Clinton
The Democratic nominee has a Latino-voter problem.
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Tom Pennington / Getty The Reason Trump Isn’t Trying to Save the Economy
He is stuck in a Pollyannaish fantasy of his own making.
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Getty / The Atlantic What Young, Healthy People Have to Fear From COVID-19
The White House’s new science adviser says: nothing. The science disagrees.
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Illustration by Mark Harris; images from Interborough Rapid ... Get Ready for the Great Urban Comeback
Visionary responses to catastrophes have changed city life for the better.
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Wilfredo Lee / Kamil Zihnioglu / Matt Dunham ... Mask Up and Shut Up
COVID-19 transmission would go down if we spoke less, or less loudly, in public spaces. Why aren’t more people saying so?
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Shutterstock / The Atlantic The Workforce Is About to Change Dramatically
Three predictions for what the future might look like
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