Podcast: Dealing With Post-pandemic Trauma
The Atlantic staff writer Ed Yong talks with James Hamblin and Maeve Higgins about the ways, large and small, in which we’ve all suffered.
The Atlantic staff writer Ed Yong talks with James Hamblin and Maeve Higgins about the ways, large and small, in which we’ve all suffered.
Lecrae, a major Christian rapper, found his religion in a culture where evangelicalism and politics were tightly tied. When he realized he couldn’t live with that anymore, the consequences were devastating.
What difference could it make worldwide if the U.S. waived patents for vaccines?
White evangelicals have succeeded in becoming the most powerful voting bloc in America, one church mailing list at a time. But is the cost of victory too high?
A long-COVID patient and an immunologist help us understand the mysterious condition.
What a guilty-pleasure reality show teaches us about immigration and democracy in America
“One country’s crisis is every country’s crisis.”
A widely criticized legal principle disproportionately puts youth of color and women behind bars. But is it the only way to hold police accountable when they kill?
The rules need to change after vaccination. But carefully.
What the “pause” in Johnson & Johnson vaccinations means
The story of our national parks, sometimes called “America’s best idea,” leaves out a very big group of people. The Ojibwe writer David Treuer is trying to change that.
Vaccine passports, explained
Jeffrey Young’s patients say he helped them like nobody else could, but prosecutors indicted him following a huge painkiller bust. His case offers a unique look at the opioid crisis.
Where do our rights over our own bodies end and our duties to others begin? An answer lies in the story of a 1905 Supreme Court case about government-mandated vaccines.
What a spiritual adviser saw when the federal government executed a man on death row.
Yusuf Ahmed Nur volunteered to counsel a man on death row. He never intended to witness the execution.
The answer involves Chicanos, the census, and Celia Cruz.
What does it take to overcome one of the oldest disinformation campaigns in American history?
James Hamblin answers questions from callers with mild COVID-19 cases.
Why Filipino nurses have been disproportionately affected by the coronavirus pandemic