Folk Culture

In 2020, two major protest movements defined our political landscape: the racial justice protests after the murder of George Floyd...

For weeks leading up to January 6, 2021, I and others on the Biden campaign had been working through Donald...

A Meatball at SeaFor the May 2024 issue, Gary Shteyngart spent seven nights aboard the biggest cruise ship that has...

This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day,...

Alex Jones couldn’t help himself. On Friday, just before a federal judge was set to decide the fate of Infowars,...

Our brains are wired to be deceived. I’m married to a professional magician, so I’m intimately familiar with the kinds...

Watch a few minutes of the NBA Finals, and you’ll likely notice how the Dallas Mavericks’ Luka Doncic argues with...

When I was a boy, I loved climbing the old oak trees in New Orleans City Park. I would hang...

Ten-month-old Emerson fixed his big brown eyes on me and yawned. Still groggy from a nap, the koala rubbed his...

In the world of American wedding etiquette, plus-ones are straightforward, officially speaking. According to Lizzie Post, the great-great-granddaughter of the...