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The Dystopia of Modern Singlehood

The plot of One Night Only is extremely silly. It also contains a grain of truth....

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Trump Delivers a Win for Crooks

The Treasury has made the American economy a safe space for corruption....

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Are the Patriot Games Great? No. Are They Fun to Watch?

Also no....

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U.S. Vaccine Guidance Is a Mess

A new executive order is sowing confusion at a precarious moment....

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The Lesson Watergate Was Supposed to Teach

Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. thought Nixon’s downfall would restrain presidents for generations. Instead, Watergate helped write the script for the scandals that followed....

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Trump’s New Plan to Get His Name Back on the Kennedy Center

The center’s board voted—again—to shut down for a renovation. It threw in a design tweak....

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Hunger Games, MAGA Style

A gym-class-style competition might be the oddest 250th celebration yet....

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The Next Great American Songwriter Would Prefer to Stay Home

Phoebe Bridgers’s new record is heavy with post-pandemic disappointment....

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The Internet-to-Hollywood Pipeline Isn’t What It Seems

The film industry is looking online for its next big hit, but it has a lot to learn about turning virality into box-office success....

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Longing for a Time Before Smartphones

When it comes to technology, the answer to the future could come from the past....

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Ocean Photographer of the Year 2026 Finalists

The finalist selections for this year’s Ocean Photographer of the Year competition were just announced by the organizers at Oceanographic Magazine, featuring some of the best coastal, drone, and under...

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The Flawed Logic of Trump’s Airplane Escape

The president cleverly evaded a serious threat, but he shouldn’t have kept it a secret....

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Mark Zuckerberg’s Convenient Truth

The Meta CEO has a new message now that his company is losing the AI race....

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It May Be Time to Panic About AI

Bots are starting to conspire with one another. Can they be reeled back in?...

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AOC Knows a Lemon When She Sees One

Francesca Hong’s surprise loss in Wisconsin is a blessing to the Democratic Party....

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RFK Jr. Is Taking On the Fuzziest Category in Food Science

The Health and Human Services secretary has railed against ultra-processed foods. Now he wants to define what they actually are....

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A Silver Lining in Afghanistan

Five years after the U.S. withdrawal, al-Qaeda remains weak and the Taliban has become an unexpected partner....

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Where Has All the Testosterone Gone?

Levels of the hormone have dropped in the past half century—but no one knows exactly why....

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Trump Attempts Patience

But how long can the impulsive, reactive president show restraint?...

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The Battles Trump Can’t Stop Fighting

The president has spent the past week re-litigating old conflicts....

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A Little Bit of Shopping, All the Time

Why it’s so exhausting to buy stuff now...

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What Do Sex and Gender Even Mean Now?

The history of a semantic mess––and a way out of it...

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The Atlantic Festival announces interview with Colin Kaepernick and exclusive preview of Netflix’s East of Eden, with Florence Pugh, Zoe Kazan, and Be...

New speakers include: Senator Mark Kelly, Padma Lakshmi, Joe Kahn, Gina Raimondo, Ben McKenzie, Malcolm Gladwell, Richard Linklater...

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The Long Tail of Boyhood Swagger

Chang-rae Lee’s new novel examines a young man’s attempt to be tough—and its far-reaching consequences....

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The Democrats Can’t Just Laugh Off ‘Woke 1’

Republicans have no incentive to let them forget past excesses....

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The People Who Bet Big on MAGA’s Future—And Lost

Some institutions jumped onto the bandwagon after the 2024 election, but it hasn’t taken long for those decisions to look shortsighted....

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Photos: European Rivers Fall to Record Lows

While Europe braces for yet another heat wave, prolonged drought conditions have dropped inland waterways to record-setting low levels, exposing long-submerged shipwrecks and affecting navigation....

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Never Trump, Still a Republican

Why Jeff Flake still believes the spell over his party will break...

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The Pain and Glory of Summer

It’s the worst season of all, and also the most beautiful....

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The Atlantic’s September Cover: Tyler Austin Harper’s “Confessions of a Token Black Professor”

For The Atlantic’s September cover story, staff writer Tyler Austin Harper writes about how he came to lose faith in academia, chronicling his recent career as a professor and his decision to leave hi...

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The 108-Degree Eviction

Living outside is a more dreadful prospect during a heat wave....

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The Death of Reliable Immigration Data

The Department of Homeland Security set up an independent office to provide statistics that lawmakers and the public could trust. Its director just quit....

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