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Shira Inbar / The Atlantic Have you fallen for a famous great ape, the most lovable star of something called the “MonsterVerse”? You’re Kong-pilled. Have you been convinced by a local restaurateur that an imported Italian oil is actually worth the expense? You’re truffle-pilled. Have you inadvertently become entranced by Marxist perspectives on mass media and popular culture? You’re Horkheimer and Adorno–pilled. All over the internet, people are claiming to be “pilled” by anythi...

The Atlantic Scientists think it’s valuable, but they’re not quite sure why. Millennium Images / Gallery Stock Anyone who has ever chucked a tennis ball in the general vicinity of a border collie knows that some animals take play very seriously—the intense stare, the tremble of anticipation, the apparent joy with every bounce, all in pursuit of inedible prey that tastes like the backyard. Dogs are far from the only animals that devote considerable time and energy to play. Juvenile wasps w...

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Mandel Ngan / Getty / The Atlantic The battle to protect voting rights needs a field general. Vice President Kamala Harris needs a cause to define her tenure. The second problem suggests the answer to the first: President Joe Biden could designate Harris as the administration’s point person in combatting the onslaught against voter access now advancing in Republican-controlled states. Both Biden and Harris are speaking more explicitly now than they have in the past about that threat; each del...

The Atlantic Online learning hasn’t been easy for them. Elena Xausa Editor’s Note: Every Tuesday, Abby Freireich and Brian Platzer take questions from readers about their kids’ education. Have one? Email them at homeroom@theatlantic.com. Dear Abby and Brian, I’m trying to supervise my 9-year-old grandson through online learning. He has ADHD, is extremely smart, and gets bored with the slow pace set by the teacher, who’s trying valiantly to engage 28 different students. Often, once he ...

The Atlantic Sister Souljah, the author of The Coldest Winter Ever, a formative work of “street lit,” returns with a sequel after 22 years. From the first pages of Sister Souljah’s 1999 debut novel, The Coldest Winter Ever, the teenage protagonist declares that she’s been a style icon since birth. “The same night I got home my pops gave me a diamond ring set in 24-karat gold,” Winter Santiaga says. Practical considerations, such as whether her infant fingers could even hold up th...

The Atlantic Growing My Faith in the Face of Death I spent a lifetime counseling others before my diagnosis. Will I be able to take my own advice? March 7, 2021 Trent Parke/ Magnum I have spent a good part of my life talking with people about the role of faith in the face of imminent death. Since I became an ordained Presbyterian minister in 1975, I have sat at countless bedsides, and occasionally even watched someone take their final breath. I recently wrote a small book, On Death, relating a...

MBA Timeline: Key Target Dates for MBA Applicants Mar 4, 07:27 AM Comments [0] Spring and summer of your application season is for research, test-taking, and application strategy and development September and October—Round 1 deadlines  Early January—Round 2 deadlines Late March/early April—Round 3 deadlines. Spring deadlines are ideal for deferred MBA admissions for college seniors, part-time and EMBA programs.  Are you planning to apply to business school in th...

Florence, Italy, the word itself conjures up images of vineyards, fantastic renaissance art and delicious food. While you may think that things have stayed the same since the Renaissance, you will find that the city has changed with time and has become modern. To get to Florence, Italy you can fly into 2 different airports. The best airport to get to Florence is the Peretola Airport, also officially known as the Amerigo Vespucci Airport. There is also the Galileo Galilei Airport that is not as ...

The Atlantic Welcome to the Post-pandemic Dream Home Work “nooks,” sanitizer-stocked mudrooms, and other new features might soon appear in American houses—for those who can afford them. Updated at 6:19 p.m. ET on February 9, 2021. With all the additional time Americans are spending at home, the pandemic has made many people hyperaware of what they like—and what they don’t—about the space they live in: Natural light went from being a perk to a lifeline; an open-concept floor plan wen...