The Atlantic

August 5, 2025

The Iranian Revolution Was an Accident of History

With the Islamic Republic under strain, a new book shows that its rise was mainly a stroke of bad luck.

The Atlantic

August 5, 2025

A Dispatch From the MAHA Future

Featuring wearables, roadkill, and lots of astrology

The Atlantic

August 5, 2025

Mrs. Dalloway’s Midlife Crisis

Virginia Woolf’s wild run of creativity in her 40s included writing her masterpiece on the terrors and triumphs of middle age.

The Atlantic

August 5, 2025

Why the White House Backed Down From Its First Big Education Cuts

Defunding popular programs can be as unwelcome in Trump country as it is in coastal cities.

The Atlantic

August 4, 2025

A Terrible Five Days for the Truth

Trump’s latest moves represent an assault on reporting, statistics, and the historical record.

The Atlantic

August 4, 2025

What’s Really Behind the Cult of Labubu

The border between childhood and adulthood keeps getting fuzzier and fuzzier.

The Atlantic

August 4, 2025

Flood Gaza With Food

Every image of a child with protruding ribs is both a human tragedy and a propaganda victory for Hamas.

The Atlantic

August 4, 2025

How the Muppets Helped Me Grieve

After my dad got sick, his collaborations with Jim Henson kept me afloat.

The Atlantic

August 4, 2025

The Pentagon’s New Isolationism

An already insular Defense Department is sealing itself off from outside thinkers.

The Atlantic

August 4, 2025

One Way Parents Can Fight the Phone-Based Childhood

Give kids more freedom in the real world.

The Atlantic

August 3, 2025

Trump’s Rule for National Parks: Only Mention the Good American History

Tour guides might need to undertake some creative rebranding of American history.

The Atlantic

August 3, 2025

Seven Reads for a Summer Weekend

Spend time with stories about teens forgoing a classic rite of passage, the one book everyone should check out, and more.

The Atlantic

August 3, 2025

Washington’s Quiet Work

The American Revolution was won by dramatic deeds, but also by decidedly undramatic efforts.

The Atlantic

August 2, 2025

This Is the News From TikTok

When young adults use the social-media outlet to keep up with current events, what kind of information are they getting?

The Atlantic

August 2, 2025

The ‘Slacker’ Teen Who Was More Than Just a Punch Line

As Theo Huxtable, Malcolm-Jamal Warner captured the complexities of struggling to meet expectations.

The Atlantic

August 2, 2025

The Powerful Consistency of Mail Delivery

How mail carriers manage to do a job that keeps the country running

The Atlantic

August 2, 2025

The Culture Changed. Marc Maron Stayed the Same.

The comedian’s style is still confrontational and opinionated—but now, his subjects are different.

The Atlantic

August 2, 2025

Republicans Might Regret Putting Emil Bove on the Bench

Even conservative judges might delay retirement rather than give Donald Trump more chances to appoint transparently partisan replacements.

The Atlantic

August 1, 2025

Trump Gets Rid of Those Pesky Statistics

The numbers were simply not patriotic enough.

The Atlantic

August 1, 2025

A MAGA Attorney Hired Epstein’s Lawyer for His ‘Valuable’ Experience

A firm that represents Pete Hegseth and once represented Donald Trump now employs the co-executor of the disgraced financier’s estate.

The Atlantic

August 1, 2025

Trump’s Irresponsible Nuclear Threat

The president is rattling a nuclear saber as a distraction.

The Atlantic

August 1, 2025

Trump’s Self-Defeating Authoritarian Gambit

Firing the government’s statisticians over bad jobs numbers won’t make voters any happier with the economy.

The Atlantic

August 1, 2025

The Mystery of the Strong Economy Has Finally Been Solved

Turns out it wasn’t actually that strong.

The Atlantic

August 1, 2025

Maybe an Action Hero Can Save Comedy

In “The Naked Gun,” the perennial tough guy Liam Neeson makes a perfect transition to farce.

The Atlantic

August 1, 2025

Turning a Hobby Into a Habit

A casual pastime, when practiced consistently, can change a life.

The Atlantic

August 1, 2025

What to Read If You Want a New Hobby

These practices can enrich our lives, regardless of if we’re any good at them.

The Atlantic

August 1, 2025

Nicotine Is in Unchartered Territory

It’s long been obvious why cigarettes are bad. The risks of alternatives like Zyn and Juul are much hazier.

The Atlantic

August 1, 2025

‘We’re Trying to Do the Best We Can Before We Die’

The people caring for others in Gaza are hungry too.

The Atlantic

August 1, 2025

Photos of the Week: Ice Factory, Cattle Race, Winding Path

A robot-boxing match in Shanghai, widespread flooding in China, a train derailment in Germany, abandoned buses in India, a performing-dog sh...

The Atlantic

August 1, 2025

Floodlines Part IX: Rebirth

A visit with Le-Ann Williams, and her daughter, Destiny, 20 years after Hurricane Katrina

The Atlantic

August 1, 2025

Memoir of a Mailman

A new book describes the challenges and joys of life as a letter carrier.

The Atlantic

August 1, 2025

How American Power Should Be Deployed

America’s retreat and its threat to democracy

The Atlantic

July 31, 2025

The Warped Idealism of Trump’s Trade Policy

The president once promised he’d prioritize Americans’ bottom line above all else. He’s abandoned that pledge.

The Atlantic

July 31, 2025

The Birth of the Attention Economy

The rise of the cheap, daily newspaper in the 19th century remade how Americans engaged with the world.

The Atlantic

July 31, 2025

The Man Who Was Too MAHA for the Trump Administration

Vinay Prasad was supposed to be the guy who kept Big Pharma in check. Now he’s gone.

The Atlantic

July 31, 2025

Hamas Actually Wants a Famine

Starvation only helps Hamas end the war in a way that advances its aims.

The Atlantic

July 31, 2025

Three Ways to Stop Feeling Like an Impostor

This common syndrome can certainly harm your happiness. Here are three ways to get over it.

The Atlantic

July 31, 2025

The Big Story: The Happiness Files

Arthur C. Brooks joins Jeffrey Goldberg for a discussion about Brooks’s new book, The Happiness Files: Insights on Work and Life.

The Atlantic

July 31, 2025

Why ‘South Park’ Struck a Nerve

The show's creators once said they had nothing more to say about Donald Trump. What changed their minds?

The Atlantic

July 31, 2025

Potatoes Evolved From … Tomatoes?

Dipping fries into ketchup just got a little more mind-bending.

The Atlantic

July 31, 2025

Scenes From the 2025 World Aquatics Championships

More than 2,500 athletes from more than 200 nations traveled to Singapore over the past few weeks to compete in 77 events across six differe...

The Atlantic

July 31, 2025

ICE’s Mind-Bogglingly Massive Blank Check

Congress has appropriated billions with few strings attached, creating a likely windfall for well-connected firms.

The Atlantic

July 31, 2025

Why Trump Broke With Bibi Over the Gaza Famine

The president wants the war to end and thinks Benjamin Netanyahu is standing in his way.

The Atlantic

July 31, 2025

‘I Need This to Be a Homicide’

Prosecutors who want to look tough on crime may be tempted to treat the death penalty as a political tool.

The Atlantic

July 31, 2025

How Scientific Empires End

And what it means for America

The Atlantic

July 31, 2025

Can San Francisco Be Saved?

Introducing No Easy Fix, a new three-part miniseries from Radio Atlantic, about the widespread addiction and homelessness that threaten the...

The Atlantic

July 31, 2025

Virginia Giuffre’s Family Wants to Know What Trump Knows

The siblings of one of Jeffrey Epstein’s most prominent accusers were shocked that the president referred to her as “stolen.”

The Atlantic

July 30, 2025

Republicans Want to Redraw America’s Political Map

What happens in Texas probably won’t stay there.

The Atlantic

July 30, 2025

Why Is Watching Stressed-Out People So Calming?

TV, of late, is full of shows channeling the pressures audiences may be feeling in real life.

The Atlantic

July 30, 2025

First Came Tea. Then Came the Male Rage.

The app was meant to make dating safer for women. Data breaches exposing its users show why it was so popular in the first place.