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Photos: Eid al-Fitr and the End of Ramadan 2026

March 23, 2026

A young person, dressed in a white robe, stands on a beach, with many others dressed in white in the background.

The Left Shouldn’t Demonize Homeowners

March 9, 2026

Aerial photograph of Nehemiah houses in Brooklyn

What Mamdani Doesn’t Know About Tenants

February 11, 2026

Color photograph of Zohran Mamdani in an apartment with a tenant, standing beside a rusty stovetop.

Photos: Snow and Ice Blanket the U.S.

January 26, 2026

A bronze statue of a bluegrass singer stands outside an auditorium, covered in ice.

The Bones of Children’s Mouths Are Being Wrenched Apart

January 9, 2026

mouths repeating

What I Lost When I Gave Up My Catholicism

Xochitl Gonzalez

December 24, 2025

The ‘Filthy Little Slum Child’ Who Remade the American Right

December 18, 2025

A photograph of an older Norman Podhoretz sitting in an armchair in a home library

The 10 Best Albums of 2025

Spencer Kornhaber

December 12, 2025

multicolored film reel

The One Line Americans (Weirdly) Choose to Wait In

December 4, 2025

A black-and-white vintage photo of people wearing dresses, waiting in line

The Rabbi Who Negotiated With the Terrorist

Angela Buchdahl

October 12, 2025

a photo of a synagogue and the author with her family

The Right Is Changing the Rules of the Culture War

Thomas Chatterton Williams

September 13, 2025

An illustration showing a speech bubble split in half

One Simple Hack to Ruin Your Easter

Kaitlyn Tiffany

April 16, 2025

egg carton with dyed potatoes

The Atlantic Daily

The Perfect Show for Family Entertainment

February 23, 2025

A still from the TV show The Amazing Race featuring a couple team in light orange athletic clothing running through an airport terminal

How Tortillas Lost Their Magic

Kristen V. Brown

December 23, 2024

Stacks of tortillas

A ‘Radical’ Approach to Reclaiming Your Attention

Kaitlyn Tiffany

December 2, 2024

Illustration of an eye with a hand placing puzzle pieces within it

You Are Going to Die

November 2024 Issue

A color photograph of a white man standing with arms crossed on a green lawn surrounded by dark trees

Bus Rides Feel Different When You’re a New Mother

December 12, 2023

photo of a woman on the bus from outside the window

This Week in Books: The Rare Novel With a Happy Parent

September 22, 2023

A boy blowing out candles on a birthday cake

The ‘Whiteboy Brooklyn Novelist’ Grows Up

Xochitl Gonzalez

September 18, 2023

BW image of a man on a rooftop looking at the camera with his hand on his hip

A Year of Confronting the Gentrification of Self

Xochitl Gonzalez

December 20, 2022

Brooklyn in Pages

Xochitl Gonzalez

August 30, 2022

a street of brownstones in Brooklyn

The Atlantic Daily

The Real Problem With City Life Today

August 11, 2022

a closed restaurant with elderly patrons sitting in front of it on Brighton Beach in 1989

I Refuse to Gentrify My Cleaning Products

Xochitl Gonzalez

March 22, 2022

How to Come Clean to Your Boss

Xochitl Gonzalez

February 23, 2022

A Boy Named Charlie Brown, Charlie Brown, Lucy, 1969.

The Joys of Being a Regular

Xochitl Gonzalez

February 7, 2022

Embracing My Inner Rat Lady

Xochitl Gonzalez

January 18, 2022

One of my “neighbors”...or at least a distant cousin…

So You Wanna Know Ol' Brooklyn?

Xochitl Gonzalez

December 30, 2021

Mookie looks at the camera while his crew and Sal square off behind him.

Bilingual in Brooklyn

Xochitl Gonzalez

November 2, 2021

Couple watching the water on a Summer day.

Homeroom: Summer Learning Is About More Than Reading and Math

Abby Freireich and Brian Platzer

June 15, 2021

An illustration of kids climbing up a stack of books and sliding down a slide attached to the top of the stack

‘Very American Photographs’

Syreeta McFadden

left: photo of two men wearing sunglasses and hats; right: photo of woman wearing denim

Brooklyn’s Anti-masking Protests Betray a Broken Culture

October 12, 2020

A protester holds up a Trump-Pence sign.

Ramadan in Quarantine

Daniel Lombroso

May 19, 2020

Don’t Fight the Boredom

May 9, 2020

A child stands on a table, staring at a recently-made pillow fort.

The Joy of Writing a Book With My Dad

June 16, 2019