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The Terror of Aimlessness
The protagonists of the new horror film It Ends are stuck on an infinite road, and they can’t figure out why....
Liberal Families Are Looking Pretty Traditional
What I see in my deep-blue D.C. neighborhood undermines the simplistic culture-war narrative....
Photos of the Week: Robot Training, Straw Chickens, Blessed Dogs
Harvest festivals in Germany, a solar-energy base in a Chinese desert, high-diving in Slovenia, hurricane damage in Hawa...
From ‘Indispensable’ Ally to Target of Annihilation
The latest target of Trump’s ire is the low-profile Sultanate of Oman....
Now Everyone Knows Natalie Harp
The West Wing’s explosive response to a fleeting jab didn’t kill the story. It enabled days of coverage....
What Does a Trump Endorsement Actually Mean in 2026?
A few recent losses for Trump-endorsed politicians hardly mean a sea change in Trump’s power, but they do complicate his...
James Fishback Is an Unsettling Glimpse Into the GOP’s Future
The candidate lost badly in Florida but showed that there’s support for bigotry among the young....
Why Is Everyone in Silicon Valley Talking Like That?
Did you mix something up? Maybe you’re just “hallucinating.”...
President Trump Has a Pet-Project Docket at the National Parks
The National Park Service changed the way it prioritized projects so that the president’s requests are quickly approved....
Another Pot of Paint Thrown in the Public’s Face
Does AI actually belong in an art museum?...
Resistance 1.0 Was Not Crazy
The much-derided movement was right about Trump’s nature, and how to defeat him....
Ukraine Planned to Swarm Moscow Airports With AI-Guided Drones
The stalled operation, code-named “M&Ms,” sought to isolate Russian elites and force Vladimir Putin to negotiate a t...
A Stubbornly Naive Group of GOP Senators
A small caucus of non-MAGA Republicans keeps falling for the president’s flimsy promises....
The AI Boom Is About to Make Cars Even More Expensive
Prepare yourself for an average sticker price of $60,000....
The ‘Resistance’ Is Over
The insurgent left cares more about its own factional agenda than the president’s threats to democracy....
Photos: Drone Attacks on Russia’s Wildberries Warehouses
Over the past month, Ukrainian drone attacks inside Russian territory have targeted the online-retail giant Wildberries,...
The Case for Chilling Out About Birth Rates
Even if the fertility decline doesn’t reverse itself anytime soon, the consequences are unlikely to be apocalyptic....
What Really Happens If China Wins the AI Race?
For years, the tech industry has portrayed Chinese AI development as an existential threat. The truth is not so straight...
There's No Reason to Buy a New Phone Anymore
Consumers are ditching the hype cycle and buying used devices in unprecedented numbers....
The Atlantic Announces Ian Bogost and Gabby Deutch as Staff Writers, and Nick Summers and Talya Zax as Senior Editors
Today The Atlantic is announcing four new members of the editorial staff: Gabby Deutch and Ian Bogost as staff writers, ...
The American West Is Quietly Having a Terrible Fire Season
More land has burned so far this year than in any year in the past decade....
Alan Dershowitz Won’t Forget What Larry David Did to Him
He has new friends on Martha’s Vineyard. But his tales of cancellation have not subsided....
Islamophobia Has Corroded American Values
Even in the immediate aftermath of 9/11, Muslims weren’t treated like this....
The Crime Drama of the Year Is All About Female Rage
The Hulu show Furious is preoccupied with anger that has metastasized into something darker....
Trump Is Putting His Face on Everything
We Americans remember our presidents in all sorts of ways, with monuments and statues, on coins and street signs. Anothe...
The Incoherence of Trump’s Past Week of Foreign Policy
The president is in disagreement with the vice president, military leaders, and long-standing American allies—but also w...
The Trump Administration Wanted Her Expertise, Just Not Her
An interview with the transgender CIA analyst fired from Trump’s White House...
NATO’s Nightmare
The U.S. and Europe have no clear plan for a joint attack from Russia and China....
Why Learn Something That a Machine Can Do for You?
Technology may shape how and what we learn, but the act of learning itself is deeply human....
Trump Will Make South Korea Pay For His Iran Humiliation
His rage is driving him to make irrational policy choices....
How Trump Left America Vulnerable to Cyberattacks
Experts worry that the water-system hacks may be a warm-up for attacks on the elections in November....
The Truths That Failed Jason Arday
Systemic, ritualized dishonesty undid the Cambridge professor....
What the Last Weeks of Summer Can Offer
The early onslaught of pumpkin-spice products can make it easy to forget what’s so special about the season we’re in now...
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