April 2023 Highlights

A collection of highlights from April's most popular articles from The Atlantic.

Curated byEditors at The Atlantic

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The New Pro-Life Movement Has a Plan to End Abortion

In this excerpt, writer Elaine Godfrey explores the anti-abortion movement's plan to ban abortion nationwide. Read by Lygia Navarro.

The New Pro-Life Movement Has a Plan to End Abortion

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Long-Covid Is Being Erased

Ed Yong explores how society’s dismissal of long-COVID’s severity is affecting people with the condition.

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How Weight-Loss Drugs Work

In this excerpt from her article ‘Ozempic Is About to Be Old News,’ Yasmin Tayag dives into how weight-loss drugs work and what we should expect in the future.

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The Social Benefits of Playing Board Games

In this excerpt from Gloria Liu’s ‘Please Don’t Ask Me to Play Your Board Game,’ she writes about the social benefits of playing board games and what they reveal about our personalities. Read by Helen Zaltzman.

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In Praise of the Familiar

Writer Richard Friedman explains why sticking to what we already like as opposed to trying new things contributes to our sense of happiness. Read by Gregory Warner