The Atlantic

June 7, 2026

The Absurd World Cup

FIFA’s president calls football a great unifier, but is it a match for the chaos Donald Trump has wrought?

The Atlantic

June 7, 2026

Karl Kirchwey: 'The Road Wound Upward'

A poem by Karl Kirchwey

The Atlantic

June 7, 2026

When Fighting Trump Isn’t Enough to Win Another Term

A New York City congressional race shows the fractures on the left.

The Atlantic

June 7, 2026

The Flu-Vaccine Routine Is Breaking

Normally, the CDC's vaccine advisors weigh in on flu vaccines in June. This year, the panel is in disarray.

The Atlantic

June 7, 2026

Ukraine Is Not Losing. Russia Is Not Winning.

A momentum shift that changes everything

The Atlantic

June 6, 2026

Democrats Have to Choose Between Character and Power

Just a few years ago, Republicans sacrificed an Alabama Senate seat rather than endure an unacceptable colleague. Will Democrats do the same...

The Atlantic

June 6, 2026

The Republicans Defying Trump

Panelists joined to discuss why the president could face pushback from soon-to-be former senators.

The Atlantic

June 6, 2026

The Philosophy of the Out-of-Office Email

These messages can be a rote obligation or an opportunity to make a grand statement about work and life.

The Atlantic

June 6, 2026

Donald Trump’s Violent Birthday Bash

Blood sport will be the diversion of choice at the White House.

The Atlantic

June 6, 2026

The First 18 Months

A Cabinet meeting with my son, who is exactly as old as the current administration

The Atlantic

June 6, 2026

How Trump’s Kennedy Center Takeover Failed

And why the effort to keep the arts complex open is far from over

The Atlantic

June 6, 2026

What’s Eating ‘Putin’s Brain’?

Even Russia’s leading warmonger has run out of ways to justify the Ukraine invasion.

The Atlantic

June 6, 2026

American Democracy Wasn’t Designed for This

Can our 18th-century institutions survive 21st-century technology?

The Atlantic

June 6, 2026

A 100-Year-Old D-Day Survivor Reflects

Joe Picard is one of the few left with a personal memory of the 20th century’s greatest military operation.

The Atlantic

June 6, 2026

The J6 rioter now working at the Pentagon

His hiring is part of a dangerous trend in the Trump administration.

The Atlantic

June 5, 2026

‘Obsession’ Takes Gen Z’s Social Anxiety to the Extreme

Avoiding vulnerability comes with ghastly consequences.

The Atlantic

June 5, 2026

The Supreme Court Has Invented a Right to Discriminate

Alabama gambled on the Court’s partisanship, and won.

The Atlantic

June 5, 2026

The Old Campaign Playbook Is Dead

How influencers, podcasts, and AI are rewriting the rules of political campaigns

The Atlantic

June 5, 2026

You Might Soon Own a Piece of SpaceX

Whether you want to or not

The Atlantic

June 5, 2026

Nate Bargatze Won’t Be Hollywood’s Next Leading Man

Nate Bargatze’s big-screen experiment is a bust.

The Atlantic

June 5, 2026

What Dogs Can Teach Us About Consciousness

Consciousness separates us from machines. Need convincing? Just take a good look at a faithful canine.

The Atlantic

June 5, 2026

Texas Republicans Are Desperate to Sound Manly

Attacks on James Talarico show the GOP’s narrow, anxious definition of masculinity.

The Atlantic

June 5, 2026

Photos of the Week: Kite Chase, River Float, Night Harvest

A pink-soup festival in Lithuania, wild horses in Germany, a volcanic eruption in Indonesia, a gathering of Marilyn Monroe look-alikes in Ca...

The Atlantic

June 5, 2026

Iran’s Next Internet Blackout Is Inevitable

Flipping the kill switch is a potent exercise of authoritarian control.

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June 5, 2026

The Caning of a Senator That Changed America

Two books about the 1856 beating of a senator show how words can incite violence—and also help defeat it.

The Atlantic

June 5, 2026

Atlantic Trivia, June 5, 2026: The Weekend

The seven-day week originated 4,000 years ago with what civilization (where Jews might have also picked up the idea during their sixth-centu...

The Atlantic

June 5, 2026

Don’t Worry! That Was Almost Certainly the Last Graham Platner Scandal!

A very not panicked note from the Platner campaign

The Atlantic

June 4, 2026

Has Graham Platner Changed Enough?

Yet more damning revelations threaten to sink his Senate campaign.

The Atlantic

June 4, 2026

Trump Thinks His Administration Is ‘Like Pirates’

They’re seizing ships, plundering cargo, and inflicting casualties on the high seas.

The Atlantic

June 4, 2026

The World Cup of Ugh

Why isn’t this more fun?

The Atlantic

June 4, 2026

California Democrats Avoided the Worst-Case Scenario

But their dysfunctional governor’s primary does not bode well.

The Atlantic

June 4, 2026

No More 'Trump' at the Kennedy Center

Lawyers are ordering staff to remove “Trump” from email signatures, letterhead, website, brochures, promotional materials, press releases, s...

The Atlantic

June 4, 2026

Welcome to the Golden Age of Gerrymandering

And all the mutually assured destruction that it bears

The Atlantic

June 4, 2026

The Iran War Isn’t Only Trump’s to End

A good-enough settlement for the United States may not satisfy its Israeli partners.

The Atlantic

June 4, 2026

Maine Has a Graham Platner Problem

Are we really going to do this again?

The Atlantic

June 4, 2026

Men in Cages

The immigrant-detention facility Alligator Alcatraz, which may soon be shut down, has been a cruel and costly publicity stunt.

The Atlantic

June 4, 2026

The Surprising, Liberating History of Marriage

To find a future for the institution, Stephanie Coontz turns to its wildly varying past.

The Atlantic

June 4, 2026

Is the GOP Starting to Defy Trump?

Republicans aren’t automatically falling in line anymore.

The Atlantic

June 4, 2026

The Death of the Reader

AI has already changed writing. Now the technology is changing what it means to read.

The Atlantic

June 4, 2026

Seven Books That Will Change How You Listen to Music

These memoirs, primers, and histories make up a captivating syllabus that will help you understand what you hear.

The Atlantic

June 4, 2026

Atlantic Trivia, June 4, 2026: High-Flying Women

Cornelia Fort, a flight instructor, was flying over what body of water on December 7, 1941, when emergency conditions forced her to land?

The Atlantic

June 3, 2026

Iowa Is Back on the Map

The state will have its first competitive races in years.

The Atlantic

June 3, 2026

Trump Is Remaking Art in His Image

His new plan for Freedom 250’s concert series reveals how he sees art and politics as interchangeable.

The Atlantic

June 3, 2026

The Knicks Represent the Best of New York Sports

An ode from a long-suffering fan

The Atlantic

June 3, 2026

I Think, Therefore I Am Getting Paid by an AI Company

Silicon Valley is turning to philosophers to help build better bots.

The Atlantic

June 3, 2026

Binge Drinking Has Never Been Easier

The new generation of canned cocktails is not your mother’s White Claw.

The Atlantic

June 3, 2026

Photos: A Graduation, A Celebration, And Self-Deportation

John Moore, a photojournalist with Getty Images, recently traveled with Marvin Suazo and his family on a final trip before a painful separat...

The Atlantic

June 3, 2026

How to Save the Supreme Court From Itself

Kate Shaw on reforming the U.S. Supreme Court. Plus: extremism in the Democratic Party, and the history of the word graduate.

The Atlantic

June 3, 2026

No, Artificial Intelligence Is Not Conscious

Taken to its logical conclusion, this line of thinking is absurd—and damning.

The Atlantic

June 3, 2026

We’ve Made Some Totally Planned Changes to America’s 250th

Who needed music anyway?