The AtlanticNowA Nobel Laureate Walks Into a Supermarketverified_publisherThe Atlantic - Gal BeckermanAnnie Ernaux on the malaise of the grocery store When the French author Annie Ernaux won the Nobel Prize last fall, it was for her highly personal books—autobiographical narratives in which she places herself on an operating table and also acts as the surgeon, splaying out her thoughts and anxieties …
The Atlantic1 hour agoA Labor Shortage Is a Great Problem to Haveverified_publisherThe Atlantic - Oren CassThings are finally looking up for the American worker. Why does the government see that as a crisis? Today’s jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows the unemployment rate continuing to hold close to its lowest level in 70 years, despite a slight uptick last month. This might seem like …
The Atlantic1 hour agoThe Chance to Make Child Care a Right Is Slipping Awayverified_publisherThe Atlantic - Elliot HaspelAmerica is returning to a tired old playbook: If at first you fail to make something a universal right, try making it an employee benefit. For a brief moment, it looked like America could get a real child-care system—one that wasn’t defined by lengthy waitlists, sky-high fees, and crossed-fingers …
The Atlantic2 hours agoInside the Meltdown at CNNverified_publisherThe Atlantic - Tim AlbertaCEO Chris Licht felt he was on a mission to restore the network’s reputation for serious journalism. How did it all go wrong? “How are we gonna cover Trump? That’s not something I stay up at night thinking about,” Chris Licht told me. “It’s very simple.” It was the fall of 2022. This was the first of …
The Atlantic4 hours agoAmerica’s Dysfunction Has Two Main Causesverified_publisherThe Atlantic - Peter TurchinAs most Americans’ quality of life declines, growing competition among elites is tipping the U.S. toward collapse. How has America slid into its current age of discord? Why has our trust in institutions collapsed, and why have our democratic norms unraveled? All human societies experience recurrent …
The Atlantic4 hours agoHow Europe Won the Gas War With Russiaverified_publisherThe Atlantic - David FrumPutin’s gambit to deter support for Ukraine by restricting energy supplies flopped—thanks to concerted action by European countries. The most significant defeat in Russia’s war on Ukraine was suffered not on a battlefield but in the marketplace. The Russian aggressors had expected to use natural gas …
