Project 2025âs Architects Are Close to Achieving a Major Goal
Published: May 23, 2025 21:10
A new Supreme Court ruling shows how the American right has gone from fearing big government to embracing it.
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What Are People Still Doing on X?
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/05/stop-using-x/682931/?utm_source=feed
Published: May 23, 2025 19:31
Imagine if your favorite neighborhood bar turned into a Nazi hangout
The Funniest Part of Alison Bechdelâs Work
Published: May 23, 2025 17:08
The author is willing to let her main character be both her double and the butt of her joke.
It Should Not Be Controversial to Plead for Gazaâs Children
Published: May 23, 2025 16:17
Israelâs limits on aid have put the region at âcritical risk of famine.â Help is within reach. But itâs not enoughâand itâs arriving too slowly.
âAll They Want Is America. All They Have Is Panama.â
Published: May 23, 2025 16:10
They thought theyâd reached their journeysâ end. Now many of them have come full circle.
A Striking Moment in American Activism
Published: May 23, 2025 15:59
A new documentary revisits a pivotal week at Gallaudet University in 1988.
The Unbearable Weight of Mission: Impossible
Published: May 23, 2025 15:59
What started as the adventures of a brilliant spy morphed into the mythology of an exemplary human being.
The Long War That Ended Last Week
Published: May 23, 2025 15:18
The PKK is disarming. Can Turkey keep the peace?
RFK Jr.âs Worst Nightmare
Published: May 23, 2025 14:50
The candy convention was a celebration of everything that the health secretary believes is wrong with our food.
The Simple Formula That Explains Why the Debt Matters
https://www.theatlantic.com/economy/archive/2025/05/trump-tax-cut-debt/682922/?utm_source=feed
Published: May 23, 2025 14:06
When interest rates outpace growth, very bad things can happen.
Photos of the Week: Dragonâs Teeth, Witch Convention, High Plateau
https://www.theatlantic.com/photography/archive/2025/05/photos-of-the-week/682917/?utm_source=feed
Published: May 23, 2025 13:00
A swannery in southern England, tornado damage in Kentucky, drought conditions in the Florida Everglades, a rally race in a Chinese desert, and much more
The Anti-Natalistâs Revenge
Published: May 23, 2025 12:44
A manifesto left by the bomber of a fertility clinic demands refutation.
The World That âWages for Houseworkâ Wanted
Published: May 23, 2025 12:00
The 1970s campaign fought to get women paid for their work in the homeâand envisioned a society built to better support motherhood.
The Most Ingenious Hawk in New Jersey
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2025/05/hawk-new-jersey-traffic/682913/?utm_source=feed
Published: May 23, 2025 09:01
A zoologist observed a Cooperâs hawk using a pedestrian signal as a cue to ambush its prey.
In Defense of Academic Freedom
Published: May 22, 2025 20:18
Three reasons why even wrongheaded or harmful ideas should not be censored
A Dangerous Disguise for Anti-Semitism
Published: May 22, 2025 19:22
The suspect who allegedly shot and killed two Israeli-embassy aides invoked the Palestinian struggle as a pretext to harm Jews.
Time for Scary Movies to Make Us Laugh Again
Published: May 22, 2025 18:14
Final Destination has nailed down a formula that other horror films should learn from.
Googleâs New AI Puts Breasts on MinorsâAnd J. D. Vance
Published: May 22, 2025 16:43
A feature that lets you virtually try on clothes has a dangerous flaw.
Trump Is Crushing the Netanyahu Myth
Published: May 22, 2025 16:35
The Israeli leader and his allies bet everything on Trump. But heâs just not that into them.
In Times of Trouble, Seek Moral Beauty
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/05/trouble-seek-moral-beauty/682878/?utm_source=feed
Published: May 22, 2025 16:07
The lovely paradox of doing good in the world is that it does you good too.
Now PBS Is Censoring a Film About Free Speech
Published: May 22, 2025 16:07
A worrying pattern has taken hold in public television.
First My Mother Died. Then My Home Got Hit by a Tornado.
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2025/05/tornado-st-louis-sublime/682900/?utm_source=feed
Published: May 22, 2025 16:05
My street got leveled by 150-mph winds. Why do I feel somehow at ease?
The Largest Upward Transfer of Wealth in American History
Published: May 22, 2025 16:04
House Republicans voted to advance a bill that would offer lavish tax cuts for the rich while slashing benefits for the poor.
The Secrets of the Worldâs Greatest Privacy Experts
Published: May 22, 2025 13:00
Inside the world of extreme-privacy consultants, who, for the right fee, will make you and your personal information very hard to find
âWhat If I Donât Keep Feeling Strident?â
Published: May 22, 2025 12:00
For years, Ezra Furmanâs music embraced protest and defiance. Now sheâs striking a different chord.
What RFK Jr. Doesnât Understand About Autism
Published: May 22, 2025 11:00
Starting with his claims of an âautism epidemicâ.
OpenAIâs Ambitions Just Became Crystal Clear
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/05/openai-io-jony-ive/682884/?utm_source=feed
Published: May 22, 2025 03:10
But when you promise the world a revolutionary new product, it helps to have actually built one.
Will Republicans Say No to Trump?
Published: May 21, 2025 23:22
The GOP has mounted little resistance to the president. But his âbig, beautiful billâ is his toughest test yet.
The Trump Administrationâs Favorite Answer
Published: May 21, 2025 23:06
President Donald Trump once promised, âI alone can fix it.â Now he has a different message.
Trump Hands Putin Another Victory
Published: May 21, 2025 22:24
The U.S. president promised peace on day one. Now heâs enabling Russiaâs advances.
COVID Shots for Kids Are Over
Published: May 21, 2025 22:19
The FDAâs new approach to boosters could mean that kids will no longer be able to get vaccinated against the disease to begin with.
Photos: A Week of Destructive Tornadoes Across the U.S.
Published: May 21, 2025 17:12
Images from affected communities in several states
Trumpâs National-Security Disaster
Published: May 21, 2025 16:33
Trumpâs vandalism of the national-security structure, Signalgate, and a conversation with Susan Rice
Modiâs Escalation Trap
Published: May 21, 2025 16:13
A counterterrorism policy designed to burnish a strongmanâs image risks setting off new rounds of conflict.
The Atlantic announces Gitesh Gohel as Chief Product Officer
Published: May 21, 2025 16:07
Gohel heads product and design at The Washington Post, and built conversation platform Speakeasy
The Egregious Reinstatement of Pete Rose
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/05/trump-baseball-pete-rose/682871/?utm_source=feed
Published: May 21, 2025 15:45
To believe that pressure from Donald Trump had nothing to do with Major League Baseballâs decision would require ignoring some awfully big coincidences.
The Fraught Relationship Between a Pope and His Home
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/05/pope-leo-america-francis/682865/?utm_source=feed
Published: May 21, 2025 15:37
If Leoâs predecessors are any guide, this moment of American Catholic unity likely wonât last.
The Off-Boarding of Elon Musk
Published: May 21, 2025 13:50
How the tech billionaire came to Washington and turned potential allies into irritated foes
Americaâs Johnson & Johnson Problem
Published: May 21, 2025 13:26
A new book reveals how Big Pharmaâs brazen behavior fueled medical mistrust.
An Awkward Truth About American Work
Published: May 21, 2025 13:17
Direct-selling schemes are considered fringe businesses, but their values have bled into the national economy.
What AI Thinks It Knows About You
Published: May 21, 2025 12:31
What happens when people can see what assumptions a large language model is making about them?
What Trump Got Right in the Middle East
Published: May 21, 2025 11:30
He put business front and center and politics to the side.
Trumpâs Plan to Cap Drug Prices Doesnât Exist
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/05/trump-drug-prices/682863/?utm_source=feed
Published: May 21, 2025 11:01
Instead, he seems content blaming foreign countries and hoping for the best.
At Least Two Newspapers Syndicated AI Garbage
Published: May 20, 2025 23:21
Slop the presses.
Trumpâs Newest Crackdown on Dissent
Published: May 20, 2025 23:19
Assault charges against a Democratic member of Congress look more like intimidation than law enforcement.
Kristi Noem Should Probably Know What Habeas Corpus Is
Published: May 20, 2025 22:25
But she doesnât.
The Rushed, Blundering Effort to Send Deportees to Third Countries
Published: May 20, 2025 22:17
Many of those sent to countries that arenât their own are at heightened risk for abuse.
The Trump Administration Is Tempting a Honeybee Disaster
Published: May 20, 2025 20:47
Bees are dying. Federal funding cuts arenât helping.
The Story About Biden Getting Old Is Getting Old
Published: May 20, 2025 19:00
Itâs not a shocking revelation if itâs an observable fact, one that the American people recognized a long time ago.
Dear James: Must the Haters Hate?
Published: May 20, 2025 18:07
The world has way too many of them.
Trump Thinks He Knows What Started the Pandemic
Published: May 20, 2025 16:06
The lab-leak theory of COVID-19âs origins has became a principle of MAGA governance.
The Congressman Who Saw the Truth About Biden
Published: May 20, 2025 11:01
While many Democrats remained in denial, Mike Quigley perceived something painfully familiar.
The Power of a Good Suit
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2025/06/the-commons/682617/?utm_source=feed
Published: May 20, 2025 11:01
Readers respond to our March issue and more.
When William F. Buckley Jr. Met James Baldwin
Published: May 20, 2025 11:01
In 1965, the two intellectual giants squared off in a debate at Cambridge. It didnât go quite as Buckley hoped.
Congressional Republicans vs. Reality
Published: May 19, 2025 23:54
GOP House leaders still canât find a way to make the math of Trumpâs tax bill add up.
No One Is Better at Being Looked at Than Kim Kardashian
Published: May 19, 2025 22:50
The diamonds she wore in court sent a message, and not a particularly subtle one.
Putinâs Still In Charge
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/05/putin-trump-russia-ukraine/682848/?utm_source=feed
Published: May 19, 2025 21:04
Trump canât end the Ukraine war, and he knows it.
This Tornado Mayhem Was a Warning
Published: May 19, 2025 20:33
As hurricane season looms, the effects of DOGE cuts on the U.S. forecasting and alert system are a new menace.
Scenes From Eurovision 2025
Published: May 19, 2025 18:25
Amazing performances from this yearâs rehearsals and finals
The Trump Administration Wants to Pursue Its Lawless Agenda Unchecked
Published: May 19, 2025 18:23
Beneath the technical arguments at the Supreme Court last week was an effort to take away one of the only really effective legal tools for reining in the executive branch.
Trumpâs Basic Misunderstanding About the War in Ukraine
Published: May 19, 2025 18:07
If the president wants a peace deal, he must change his approach to Putin.
The MAHA Crowd Is Already Questioning Bidenâs Cancer Diagnosis
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2025/05/biden-cancer-vaccine-maha/682846/?utm_source=feed
Published: May 19, 2025 17:57
âTurbo cancerâ claims are back.
What Is Alison Bechdelâs Secret?
Published: May 19, 2025 15:19
The cartoonist has spent a lifetime worrying. In a new graphic novel, she finds something like solace.
Nobody in Ukraine Thinks the War Will End Soon
Published: May 19, 2025 14:59
Ukrainians are confident that they can continue fighting, even without the same level of American support.
When Men Werenât Afraid to Love Their Friends
https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2025/05/men-friendship-history/682815/?utm_source=feed
Published: May 19, 2025 12:01
Passionate male friendships used to be celebrated. What happened?
Shutting Down Salman Rushdie Is Not Going to Help
Published: May 19, 2025 11:56
Two recent flare-ups over commencement speeches show how difficultâand necessaryâtruly defending free expression is.
Polling Was Quietly Still Bad in 2024
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/05/polling-2024-trump-bias/682834/?utm_source=feed
Published: May 19, 2025 11:00
After nearly a decade of fine-tuning, the industry still hasnât figured out how to reach enough Donald Trump supporters.
How to Really Fix Air-Traffic Control
Published: May 19, 2025 10:01
Thereâs a fundamental flaw in the way the United States guides airplanes around the country.
The Talented Mr. Vance
Published: May 19, 2025 10:00
J. D. Vance could have brought the countryâs conflicting strands together. Instead, he took a divisive path to the peak of power.
Germany Arrests King Peter I, the Son of Man, the Messiah
Published: May 19, 2025 10:00
Peter identified sources of frustration and indignity that might bother virtually any German: how one navigates banking, taxation, health care, law.
The Subtlety of the Macho-Men SNL Sketch
Published: May 18, 2025 17:04
Bad Bunnyâs sketch about what two Latino men are really saying about their girlfriends reveals what people often miss across cultural barriers.
The New Spiritual Leader on Campus
Published: May 18, 2025 13:03
Students are growing less religious. Many chaplains are adapting.
Old News
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2025/06/robert-pinsky-old-news/682582/?utm_source=feed
Published: May 18, 2025 12:31
How Orchid Hunters Complicate Colonial Narratives
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/05/victorian-orchid-hunters/682812/?utm_source=feed
Published: May 18, 2025 12:11
They were sent to exploit foreign lands, but they were victims of exploitation themselves.
Lost at Sea
Published: May 18, 2025 12:01
On my first time out as a commercial fisherman, my boat sank, my captain died, and I was left adrift and alone in the Pacific.
How to Make Friendships Last Your Whole Life
Published: May 18, 2025 11:01
âSwallow your pride and make the first move,â one reader says.
Trump the Grifter
Published: May 18, 2025 11:01
The framers of the Constitution were trying to prevent exactly this sort of corruption.
How Colin Jost Became a Joke
https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2025/05/colin-jost-snl-humor/682835/?utm_source=feed
Published: May 17, 2025 15:05
On âWeekend Update,â the comedian is a smug know-it-all whoâs easy to dislike. Thatâs the point.
What We Inherit From Our Parents
Published: May 17, 2025 14:22
Weâre not doomed to repeat their mistakes, or destined to mimic their best behavior.
Trumpâs Transactional Foreign Policy
Published: May 17, 2025 13:54
What the presidentâs visit to the Middle East reveals about Americaâs shifting global role
Return of the Shaman
Published: May 17, 2025 12:43
How visionary healers became a fixture of contemporary American culture and politics
The Neo-Anti-Vaxxers Are in Power Now
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2025/05/hhs-anti-vax/682831/?utm_source=feed
Published: May 17, 2025 12:32
A new cadre of officials might deal in evidence more than Robert F. Kennedy Jr. does, but they still question the worth of vaccines.
No One Knows How to âSaveâ Hollywood
Published: May 17, 2025 12:01
Trumpâs plan to impose tariffs on movies seized upon the American film industryâs existential panic.
A Phone That Blocks All of the Bad Stuff
Published: May 17, 2025 11:00
Why are there so many âalternative devicesâ all of a sudden?
The Good News About Crime
Published: May 16, 2025 21:30
The sharp rise in violent crime starting in 2020 received lots of attention. The recent reported drops, not so much.
The Question the Trump Administration Couldnât Answer About Birthright Citizenship
Published: May 16, 2025 21:29
The government doesnât seem to know how it will implement this massive change in policy.
Trumpâs Immoral World Order
Published: May 16, 2025 18:17
This weekâs Gulf tour revealed that his transactional foreign policy doesnât lack values. It just has really bad ones.
The Birthright Citizenship Case Isnât Really About Birthright Citizenship
Published: May 16, 2025 15:36
And thereâs good reason for that.
The Mother Who Never Stopped Believing Her Son Was Still There
Published: May 16, 2025 14:59
For decades, Eve Baer remained convinced that her son, unresponsive after a severe brain injury, was still conscious. Science eventually proved her right.
Photos of the Week: Harness Race, Obelisk Vista, Cheerleading Businessmen
https://www.theatlantic.com/photography/archive/2025/05/photos-of-the-week/682819/?utm_source=feed
Published: May 16, 2025 13:00
The 1,000th anniversary of a city in France, Vesak Day celebrations in Indonesia, the Eurovision Song Contest in Switzerland, and much more
The Visionary of Trump 2.0
Published: May 16, 2025 11:30
Russell Vought is advancing a radical ideological project decades in the making.
An Autopsy Report on Bidenâs In-Office Decline
https://www.theatlantic.com/books/archive/2025/05/biden-original-sin-decline/682818/?utm_source=feed
Published: May 16, 2025 10:01
âFive people were running the country,â a political insider told the authors of the new book Original Sin. âAnd Joe Biden was at best a senior member of the board.â