The Hard-Partying, Rock-Obsessed Nurse at the Center of a Massive Opioid Bust
Patients say the “Rock Doc” helped them like no one else could. Federal prosecutors say his “help” often amounted to dealing drugs for sex.
Patients say the “Rock Doc” helped them like no one else could. Federal prosecutors say his “help” often amounted to dealing drugs for sex.
Olga Khazan The Atlantic Jan 2021 30min Permalink
His verbal stumbles have voters worried about his mental fitness. Maybe they’d be more understanding if they knew he’s still fighting a stutter.
John Hendrickson The Atlantic Nov 2019 25min Permalink
As vaccines roll out, the U.S. will face a choice about what to learn and what to forget.
Ed Yong The Atlantic Dec 2020 25min Permalink
The architecture of the modern web poses grave threats to humanity.
Adrienne LaFrance The Atlantic Dec 2020 20min Permalink
Perpetual outsiders, Mormons spent 200 years assimilating to a certain national ideal—only to find their country in an identity crisis. What will the third century of the faith look like?
McKay Coppins The Atlantic Dec 2020 35min Permalink
And what it lost in the process.
Ed Yong The Atlantic Dec 2020 20min Permalink
The ethical burdens of the ICU during Covid.
Jordan Kisner The Atlantic Dec 2020 30min Permalink
For 45 years, , Harmony Audio Video, has been my dad’s life: the reason he left home early every day, the reason he was chronically late to pick me up from school, the reason he didn’t take a single vacation for 25 years.
Francesca Mari The Atlantic Dec 2020 Permalink
A 17,000-word exploration of the Sahara Desert, the hottest place on Earth.
William Langewiesche The Atlantic Nov 1991 1h10min Permalink
How a 16-year-old from suburban Connecticut became the most famous teen in America.
Rachel Monroe The Atlantic Nov 2020 20min Permalink
Prenatal testing is changing who gets born and who doesn’t. This is just the beginning.
Sarah Zhang The Atlantic Nov 2020 35min Permalink
The rare Chilean soapbark tree produces compounds that can boost the body’s reaction to vaccines.
Brendan Borrell The Atlantic Oct 2020 25min Permalink
Right-wing militias brace for civil conflict.
Mike Giglio The Atlantic Sep 2020 30min Permalink
If the vote is close, Donald Trump could easily throw the election into chaos and subvert the result. Who will stop him?
Barton Gellman The Atlantic Sep 2020 35min Permalink
She wanted to escape her marriage. He wanted to escape his life sentence.
Michael J. Mooney The Atlantic Sep 2020 30min Permalink
The first interview with a key witness in Trump’s impeachment trial.
Jeffrey Goldberg The Atlantic Sep 2020 Permalink
“The conditions in America today do not much resemble those of 1968. In fact, the best analogue to the current moment is the first and most consequential such awakening—in 1868.”
Adam Serwer The Atlantic Sep 2020 30min Permalink
As the U.S. heads toward the winter, the country is going round in circles, making the same conceptual errors that have plagued it since spring.
Ed Yong The Atlantic Sep 2020 20min Permalink
Without understanding the lingering illness that some patients experience, we can’t understand the pandemic.
Ed Yong The Atlantic Aug 2020 15min Permalink
On Jared Kushner and his relationship with his father-in-law.
Franklin Foer The Atlantic Aug 2020 20min Permalink
The case for paying college athletes.
Taylor Branch The Atlantic Oct 2011 1h Permalink
The ads are everywhere. You can learn to serve like Serena Williams or write like Margaret Atwood. But what MasterClass really delivers is something altogether different.
Carina Chocano The Atlantic Aug 2020 30min Permalink
How did it come to this? A virus a thousand times smaller than a dust mote has humbled and humiliated the planet’s most powerful nation. America has failed to protect its people, leaving them with illness and financial ruin. It has lost its status as a global leader. It has careened between inaction and ineptitude. The breadth and magnitude of its errors are difficult, in the moment, to truly fathom.”
Ed Yong The Atlantic Aug 2020 35min Permalink
Xi Jinping is using artificial intelligence to enhance his government’s totalitarian control—and he’s exporting this technology to regimes around the globe.
Ross Andersen The Atlantic Jul 2020 30min Permalink
The Bohemian Rhapsody director Bryan Singer has been trailed by accusations of sexual misconduct for 20 years. Here, his alleged victims tell their stories.
Alex French, Maximillian Potter The Atlantic Jan 2019 45min Permalink