The New Propaganda War
Autocrats in China, Russia, and elsewhere are now making common cause with MAGA Republicans to discredit liberalism and freedom around the world.
June 2024
In This Issue
The new propaganda war, Ozempic and obesity, Suleika Jaouad's art of survival, and a Mississippi family driven north by tragedy. Plus Daniel Radcliffe, Albert Brooks, sunscreen absolutism, a female-midlife-crisis novel, airport lounges, hypochondria, and more.
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The Art of Survival
In living with cancer, Suleika Jaouad has learned to wrench meaning from our short time on Earth.
Ozempic or Bust
America has been trying to address the obesity epidemic for four decades now. So far, each new “solution” has failed to live up to its early promise.
The Lynching That Sent My Family North
How we rediscovered the tragedy in Mississippi that ushered us into the Great Migration
The Godfather of American Comedy
The funniest people on the planet think there’s no funnier person than Albert Brooks.
How Daniel Radcliffe Outran Harry Potter
He was the world’s most famous child star. Then he had to figure out what came next.
Dispatches
Illustration by Gabriela Pesqueira. Source: Dimarik / Getty. Against Sunscreen Absolutism
Moderate sun exposure can be good for you. Why won’t American experts acknowledge that?
Illustration by Max Guther The One Place in Airports People Actually Want to Be
Inside the competition to lure affluent travelers with luxurious lounges
Illustration by Lucy Murray Willis The Mysteries of Plant ‘Intelligence’
Scientists are debating whether concepts such as memory, consciousness, and communication can be applied beyond the animal kingdom.
Jennifer Emerling American Beauty
Scenes from our national parks
Culture & Critics
Photo-illustration by Gabriela Pesqueira. Sources: Arthur Morris / Getty; Maximum Film / Alamy. Can a ’90s Cult Classic Save the Comic-Book Movie?
The engrossing darkness of The Crow
Photo-Illustration by Joan Wong. Sources: Kean Collection / Getty; Print Collector / Getty; Hulton Archive / Getty; Print Collector / Getty. The Wild Blood Dynasty
What a little-known family reveals about the nation’s untamed spirit
Illustration by Joanne Joo The Female-Midlife-Crisis Novel
Miranda July’s new book is full of estrangement, eroticism, and whimsy.
Illustration by Timo Lenzen Hypochondria Never Dies
The diagnosis is officially gone, but health anxiety is everywhere.
Departments
The Atlantic The Commons: The 248th Anniversary of America’s Jewish Golden Age
Readers respond to our April 2024 cover story and more.
Caleb's Inferno: June 2024
A devilish crossword puzzle
Poetry
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