The Atlantic

April 26, 2025

How to Find Inspiration in New Places

“I do not spark automatically,” a writer noted in The Atlantic in 1912.

The Atlantic

April 26, 2025

Trump’s First 100 Days

Panelists discuss the president’s most consequential actions—and the biggest changes to American governance.

The Atlantic

April 26, 2025

How Drug Cartels Took Over Social Media

Mexico’s gangs are influencers now.

The Atlantic

April 25, 2025

What Porn Did to American Culture

Sophie Gilbert discusses how the industry defined womanhood, sex, and power.

The Atlantic

April 25, 2025

How AI Will Actually Contribute to a Cancer Cure

Tech executives say AI will change the course of science. Is there any truth to the hyperbole?

The Atlantic

April 25, 2025

The Last True Private Realm

When our waking thoughts get transmuted into dreams, what do we learn?

The Atlantic

April 25, 2025

How the Trump Administration Flipped on Kilmar Abrego Garcia

Officials were developing a plan to get him back to the United States. Why did they stop?

The Atlantic

April 25, 2025

What Ben-Gvir Considers ‘Naive’

The Israeli National Security Minister came to New Haven to tell the story of his political awakening and give a stump speech.

The Atlantic

April 25, 2025

The Conversation That Moviegoers Don’t Need to Be Having

“Sinners” has made a splash at the box office, but analysts want to focus on the money it isn’t making.

The Atlantic

April 25, 2025

How Video Games Took Over Politics

Streamers such as Zack “Asmongold” Hoyt have more influence than ever. What are they really saying?

The Atlantic

April 25, 2025

What Trump Is Doing to the Dollar

There are worse things than a recession.

The Atlantic

April 25, 2025

How to Say No to a Would-Be Autocrat

The head of Israel’s internal security agency stands up for the rule of law.

The Atlantic

April 25, 2025

Photos of the Week: Pony Run, Corgi Race, Rocket War

Mourners of Pope Francis gathered at the Vatican, scenes from the the second weekend of Coachella 2025, a humanoid-robot half-marathon in Ch...

The Atlantic

April 25, 2025

The Return of Stagflation

Trump’s tariffs could bring back an economic nightmare I thought we had left behind in the 1970s.

The Atlantic

April 25, 2025

A Split in the Roganverse

Should Joe Rogan take any responsibility for how he uses his power?

The Atlantic

April 25, 2025

What Fiction Can Predict, and What It Can’t

Imagine a surveillance state powerful enough to incarcerate people for the wrong dreams. In 2025, it doesn’t feel like such a leap.

The Atlantic

April 25, 2025

Oklahoma Is Asking the Supreme Court to Ignore History

The founders had disagreements about the role of religion in America’s public schools, but there was always one line they would not cross.

The Atlantic

April 25, 2025

Appeasement Won’t Stop Putin

I’ve seen firsthand that acceding to Russia doesn’t end wars—it moves them.

The Atlantic

April 24, 2025

Inside the Fiasco at the National Security Council

Firings and leadership challenges have destabilized an institution that has little margin for error.

The Atlantic

April 24, 2025

The Project 2025 Presidency

The blueprint for Trump 2.0 predicted much of what we’ve seen so far—and much of what’s to come.

The Atlantic

April 24, 2025

Trump’s Tariffs Are Coming for Your Chili Crisp

What will happen to the Chinese grocery store?

The Atlantic

April 24, 2025

The Critic Who Translated Jazz Into Plain English

When Francis Davis pronounced judgement on music, it carried a great deal of weight.

The Atlantic

April 24, 2025

Does More Education Make You Happier?

Three principles to help you decide whether to go to college

The Atlantic

April 24, 2025

The Supreme Court’s ‘Selective Proceduralism’ Would Suffocate the Constitution

The law allows for extraordinary interventions under extraordinary circumstances, such as when human beings face the possibility of lifetime...

The Atlantic

April 24, 2025

Elon Musk’s Luck Runs Out

Why he didn’t see this coming

The Atlantic

April 24, 2025

‘This Is Not How We Do Science, Ever’

The Trump administration is manipulating government-sponsored research to get the answers it wants.

The Atlantic

April 24, 2025

Trump Is Attempting to Use Wartime Powers in the United States

To serve his deportation agenda, the president is warping an archaic, discredited law.

The Atlantic

April 24, 2025

Congressional Republicans Might Set Off the Debt Bomb

Their new budget framework is the most irresponsible in modern history—and will put the American economy on a very dangerous trajectory.

The Atlantic

April 24, 2025

Musk’s High-Tech Polygamy Is a Dead End

The billionaire’s vision of family is bad for women and children.

The Atlantic

April 23, 2025

Inside the Fight Over Trump’s Foreign Policy

His administration is locked in a secret struggle over America’s role in the world.

The Atlantic

April 23, 2025

Heads, Ukraine Loses. Tails, Russia Wins.

Trump is giving Putin what he wants and pushing Zelensky to accept it.

The Atlantic

April 23, 2025

Trump Is Acting as a Proxy for Putin

His proposal to end the war between Russia and Ukraine isn’t a peace plan—it’s a reward for aggression.

The Atlantic

April 23, 2025

The ‘Profound’ Experience of Seeing a New Color

The ecstasy of “olo”

The Atlantic

April 23, 2025

Ryan Coogler Didn’t Want to Hide Anymore

The director of “Sinners” knew that it was time to break out of his comfort zone.

The Atlantic

April 23, 2025

Democrats Shouldn’t Run From the Fight Over Deportations

They can still win, and the stakes are too important to give up without trying.

The Atlantic

April 23, 2025

The Crises of Due Process

The David Frum Show speaks with former Acting Attorney General Peter Keisler about existential threats to the rule of law.

The Atlantic

April 23, 2025

Tim Walz Looks Into the Void

Back on the trail with the guy who lost the last election

The Atlantic

April 23, 2025

Why Has America Ignored Its Best Addiction Treatment?

Buprenorphine can stop cravings for opioids, yet its uptake in the U.S. has stagnated.

The Atlantic

April 23, 2025

Would You Trust Mozart to Solve a Murder Mystery?

Why novelists love to imagine great historical figures as detectives

The Atlantic

April 23, 2025

Reality Is Catching Up With Elon Musk

Tesla’s remarkably bad quarter is even worse than it looks.

The Atlantic

April 23, 2025

When Nazis Enter Your Dreams

A newly reissued book documents the dreams of Germans living under Hitler, charting totalitarianism’s power over the subconscious.

The Atlantic

April 23, 2025

The Supreme Court Has No Army

The judiciary has some tools to enforce presidential compliance, but their effectiveness depends ultimately on the vigilance of the American...

The Atlantic

April 22, 2025

Are You Ready for Brown Skittles?

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is cracking down on artificial food dyes.

The Atlantic

April 22, 2025

What the Democratic Infighting Reveals

The party remains in a state of disunion—not only about their future, but about how to address the present catastrophe.

The Atlantic

April 22, 2025

Is There Hope for Liberal Christianity?

Pope Francis leaves behind a Church that is moving away from the faith he championed.

The Atlantic

April 22, 2025

Who Reads Entire Lawsuits for Fun?

Celebrity legal disputes are juicier than gossip, less stressful than true crime, and unavoidable on social media.

The Atlantic

April 22, 2025

Seven Books About How the Earth Is Changing Right Now

These visceral reported accounts will help readers better understand the new ecological status quo.

The Atlantic

April 22, 2025

Photographing the Beauty of the North

Images of the people, animals, and landscapes of the north, photographed by Olivier Morin

The Atlantic

April 22, 2025

Dear James: Never Too Old for a Barbaric Yawp

A tip of the hat to our well-seasoned correspondents

The Atlantic

April 22, 2025

The Two OpenAIs

One builds chatbots, the other chases profits.