Netanyahu Takes Desperate Measures
Israel may be paying the price for its prime minister’s political survival.
An Iranian American Rom-Com That Breaks the Mold
Mariam Rahmani’s debut novel is both charmingly familiar and totally unpredictable.
I’ve Seen How ‘America First’ Ends
When the United States withdraws from the world, the world’s problems come knocking on its door.
The Pathetic, Cowardly Collapse of Big Law
Trump’s actions are an attempt to tilt the scales of justice by using the raw power...
Here Are the Attack Plans That Trump’s Advisers Shared on Signal
The administration has downplayed the importance of the text messages inadvertently sent to The Atlantic’s editor...
What Comedians Know About Staying Married
Many comics have decades-long marriages. What’s their secret?
Why Right-Wing Influencers Keep Saying the Jews Killed JFK
Social media supercharges conspiracy theories. Anti-Semitism is one of the oldest.
A Rare Moment of Bipartisan Disbelief
Washington gets a good old-fashioned scandal.
RFK Jr. and the Pepperoni-Pizza Paradox
The case for a Department of Food
But Her Emails?
The Signal security breach would be bad enough if those involved had not spent so much...
Dear James: Is This Sexless Marriage Over?
My best friend’s husband refuses to touch her.
The War in Ukraine Enters Its Fourth Year
Images of the war, and of those affected by its ongoing destruction, from the past several...
Fleeing Hong Kong Wasn’t Enough
China’s war on dissidents comes to the United Kingdom.
Why the COVID Reckoning Is So One-Sided
Liberals are recognizing they made mistakes. Conservatives are making fun of them for that.
The Hollow Men
It takes a special talent to betray an entire worldview without missing a beat.
Why Everyone Thinks Their Government Has Failed
People all over the world—with all kinds of leaders—seem to think their incumbent is the problem.
Politicians Think Voters Are Dumb. Are They Right?
A striking new study reveals that elected officials have a far more pessimistic view of voter...
Jeffrey Goldberg on the Group Chat That Broke the Internet
What happened when Trump officials accidentally texted him their war plans
A Conversation With Jeffrey Goldberg About His Extraordinary Scoop
How The Atlantic’s editor in chief found himself in a group chat with Trump-administration officials who...
The United States of Fear
For anyone who’s in the president’s crosshairs—or who could be—it’s the dominant emotion of Trump’s second...
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I...
A Country Imperfectly Pulling Itself Together
Wildcat Dome’s characters can’t escape the calamities that marked their lives—and their country’s history.
America Is Done Pretending About Meat
Plant-based eating has lost its appeal.
Three Very Different Ways to Live Honestly
In Emily St. James’s new novel, three trans women figure out what life to live—and what...
The Judiciary’s Last Stand
Trump’s campaign against the rule of law has ratcheted up dramatically.
Americans Are Living in Trump’s Dream
That is what the American experience is beginning to feel like in 2025.
Can One Man Hold Syria Together?
A former jihadist has remade himself in a bid to remake a scarred and divided country.
An ‘Impossible’ Disease Outbreak in the Alps
In one tiny town, more than a dozen people were diagnosed with the rare neurodegenerative disease...
America Is Watching the Rise of a Dual State
For most people, the courts will continue to operate as usual—until they don’t.
When the KKK Came to D.C.
Revisiting a 1925 march through the eyes of Black newspapers
Elon Musk’s Soap Operas for Conspiracy Buffs
Online fantasies are now an excuse to take apart the government.
What the JFK File Dump Actually Revealed
A bunch of people’s Social Security numbers
The Careless People Won
A controversial new book about Facebook serves as a field guide for the DOGE era.
The Beauty and Weirdness of the E-bike
The machines can add joy to one’s life, but they’re not for everyone.
Comedy’s Most Erudite Buffoon
Conan O’Brien has built a comedy career on committing to his own, dissonant bit.
The Danger of a Flood of Anti-Trump State Lawsuits
What’s legal for the goose is also legal for the gander.
What It Really Means to ‘Give Infectious Disease a Break’
The Trump administration isn’t just dismantling protections against illnesses. It’s inviting them right in.
The Danger of a Too-Open Mind
Perhaps being persuadable is overrated—at least if it means “coming to accept the unacceptable.”
What Shakespeare Got Right About PTSD
A new production of Othello foregrounds what its earliest audiences recognized: the psychological costs of war.
Musk Comes for the ‘Third Rail of American Politics’
Donald Trump promised to protect social security. Elon Musk didn’t.
Photos of the Week: Hare Boxing, Tea Terrace, Giant’s Causeway
A rally race in Kenya, tornado damage in Mississippi, a marine ranch in China, a bright-green...
The 'Severance' Twist I Can’t Forgive
The Season 2 finale emphasized the show’s most philosophical queries, but one element was hard to...
The Kennedy Center Performers Who Didn’t Cancel
When does quitting count as resistance, and when is it surrender?
A Rapper for the Ketamine Era
Playboi Carti sounds like he isn’t saying much. But there’s a story to his music.
Chuck Schumer Is Cautious for a Reason
Under fire from his own party, the Senate Democratic leader ponders the source of his political...
A Warning for Columbia University
Surrendering to the Trump administration’s $400 million ransom demand would be a disaster for higher education...
The Supply Closet That Film Geeks Love
A trip to the Criterion Closet is a dream for directors, actors, and their cinephile fans.
The Education of Elon Musk
The Reagan administration offers a cautionary tale about cost-cutting zeal crashing up against the reality of...
