The Atlantic - 09.2019

38 SEPTEMBER 2019 THE ATLANTIC BOOKS 38 SEPTEMBER 2019 THE ATLANTIC especially these days. But who doesn’t yearn for an answer? ...

Illustration by PAUL SPELLA THE ATLANTIC SEPTEMBER 2019 39 BOOKS Deconstructing Clarence Thomas The justice’s reactionary legal ...

BOOKS 40 SEPTEMBER 2019 THE ATLANTIC its attendant stigma as the greatest impediment to black advance ment. At the heart of Robi ...

THE ATLANTIC SEPTEMBER 2019 41 This magical thinking informs Thomas’s jurid- ical approach, too. As even his admirers acknowl- e ...

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THE ATLANTIC SEPTEMBER 2019 43 Secrets and lies in the school cafeteria The Lunch Ladies of New Canaan BY SARAH SCHWEITZER LATE ...

44 SEPTEMBER 2019 THE ATLANTIC when it comes to the health of our children, you have to act now.” Gluck preached the gospel of f ...

THE ATLANTIC SEPTEMBER 2019 45 when she tried to take home uneaten pizza that she wet herself. But Wilson and Pascarelli didn’t ...

46 SEPTEMBER 2019 THE ATLANTIC the country sought his advice. His cafete- rias landed on best-of lists. When Kalafa finally visi ...

THE ATLANTIC SEPTEMBER 2019 47 of a place home to so many of the nation’s leading financiers. For nearly two decades, outside au ...

48 SEPTEMBER 2019 THE ATLANTIC pages of documents related to missing caf- eteria money. District officials had contacted police ...

THE ATLANTIC SEPTEMBER 2019 49 Investigators, it turned out, were won- dering the same thing. In the spring of 2018, Casey had t ...

“A powerful analysis of one of the most important issues facing our society today: the quest for good jobs.” —Mohamed A. El-Eria ...

LIFE WITH LYME After years of being ill, I found myself with one of medicine’s most bitterly contested diagnoses—a baffl ing dis ...

52 SEPTEMBER 2019 THE ATLANTIC I N THE FALL OF 1997, after I graduated from college, I began experiencing what I called “electri ...

THE ATLANTIC SEPTEMBER 2019 53 PREVIOUS SPREAD: RICKY KRESSLEIN/GETTY; SCOTT W. BAKER/GETTY I knew then that I needed to learn m ...

54 SEPTEMBER 2019 THE ATLANTIC bodies. After 40 years in the public-health spotlight, Lyme dis- ease still can’t be prevented by ...

THE ATLANTIC SEPTEMBER 2019 55 and Associated Diseases Society. Highlighting the problems with Lyme-disease tests and citing ear ...

56 SEPTEMBER 2019 THE ATLANTIC thyroid problems, diabetes, and other possible causes of my symp- toms. Because I had night sweat ...

THE ATLANTIC SEPTEMBER 2019 57 “I know you think you’re doing the right thing,” a concerned colleague said, “but aren’t you just ...