“T he art of life lies in taking pleasures as they pass,” said the ancient Greek philosopher Aristippus, “and the keenest ...

This is an edition of Time-Travel Thursdays, a journey through The Atlantic’s archives to contextualize the present and ...

Depictions of a quiet, peaceful manger scene miss the point of Christmas.

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, scientists have found a record-breaking distant galaxy observed just 290 million years ...

Even the camera seems to fear the grunting, shadowy demon in Nosferatu.

I’m typically quiet and mind my own business. But in recent weeks, I’ve been having conflicts with people over minor things.

The state raised the minimum wage for fast-food workers—and employment kept rising. So why has the law been proclaimed a ...

New research suggests that the company makes the communities it operates in poorer—even taking into account its famous low prices.

His politics aren’t predictable, though. He does not, for example, own a gun. Instead, he likes to say that he keeps giant ...

The protagonists of "Babygirl" and "Black Doves" are stuck in their “perfect” lives—and find illicit fulfillment outside them ...

For centuries, eggnog has been a part of America’s Christmas festivities. George Washington was rumored to have his own ...

The president has commuted the sentences of 37 men on federal death row to life without parole, a historic move.