Folk Culture

My godson, Michael, is a playful, energetic 15-year-old, with a deep love of Star Wars, a wry smile, and an...

Americans are unusually likely to die young compared with citizens of other developed countries. The U.S. has more fatalities from...

A decade ago, cultural norms in elite American institutions took a sharply illiberal turn. Professors would get disciplined, journalists fired,...

Earlier this month, nearly 1,500 Americans found themselves the recipients of very good news: President Joe Biden had granted them...

On the internet, there exists a $102 loaf of bread that people talk about like it’s a drug. It’s a...

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

Gavin McInnes, a co-founder of the Proud Boys, was extremely upset with me. He started listing things that I should...

Now that the election is over, Donald Trump has returned to one of his most cherished pastimes: filing nuisance lawsuits....

When the tanker ships come toward the tiny town of Cameron, Louisiana, Travis Dardar, a shrimp fisherman, can hear their...

NASA, ESA, K. Stapelfeldt, G. KoberDay 18 of the 2024 Space Telescope Advent Calendar: an energetic protostar. FS Tau is...