Like many activists of my generation, my political awakening came through my involvement in the fight for reproductive rights. In 1986, I joined a busload of college students on a trip from New Haven to Washington, DC, holding a handmade sign in support of preserving Roe v. Wade. It was during law school that I …
Joe Biden Faces Union Backlash Over Lack of Support for Well-Paid Jobs in Green Economy Joe Biden had promised to be the most pro-union president in American history, but his administration’s actions are facing criticism from one of the country’s prominent unions, the United Auto Workers (UAW). UAW President Shawn Fain recently released a scathing …
Life is full of unavoidable annoyances: aging knees, complicated tax codes, and Pete Davidson. Yet, some annoyances are deliberately imposed by corporations seeking to exploit their market power for financial gain. The iPhone cord falls into the latter category. For over a decade, Apple’s Lightning cable has been synonymous with consumer electronics. It’s both exorbitantly …
This article originally appeared in One Story to Read Today, a newsletter that features must-read articles from The Atlantic. If you’re interested, you can sign up for the newsletter here. Up until last month, I hadn’t had a landline phone at home since 2004. I viewed it as pointless, to the point where I even …
Matt Warshaw still vividly remembers the shock he experienced when he noticed the camera on the flagpole. It was September 2000, ten years after he left his job as Surfing magazine editor and relocated from Southern California to the solitary waves of San Francisco’s Ocean Beach. His initial anger towards the camera and its broadcasting …
One evening in September 2022, a group of Ukrainian sea drones embarked on a mission in the Black Sea to target ships stationed in Russian-occupied Crimea. However, their plan faced a setback when Starlink, the satellite-communications system used by Ukraine, suddenly stopped working. Concerned about the potential consequences, people reached out to Elon Musk, the …
This article was featured in One Story to Read Today, a newsletter in which our editors recommend a single must-read from The Atlantic, Monday through Friday. Sign up for it here. In the past year or so, since the public release of OpenAI’s ChatGPT, people have been making their peace with the idea that an …
Worrying about the dangers ahead is a bit like focusing on the risk that chemotherapy poses to a cancer patient’s health.Jared Bartman / The Atlantic. Source: Getty. September 6, 2023, 9:52 AM ET With four separate criminal cases moving forward against Donald Trump, the rule of law in America appears both commanding and startlingly fragile. …
Arrow Zhang arrived at Yale University with a sense of excitement and a desire to explore new interests. In high school, she had dedicated most of her free time to writing and playing the piano. However, at Yale, she envisioned herself engaging in a variety of activities ranging from finance to international relations. Unfortunately, Zhang …
Pregnancy is a time of excitement and anticipation for expectant parents, but it can also come with serious health risks. Complications such as preeclampsia and preterm birth can endanger the well-being of both the parent and the unborn child. Currently, doctors rely on limited measures to determine the risk of these complications, but advancements in …