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The U.S. and Iran Might Actually Have a Deal
The two sides say they are close to an agreement to end a war that has left everyone badly bruised....
7 hours ago
Leave Your Airplane-Window Shades Open
Only watching movies on the plane takes away from whatever magic is left in air travel....
10 hours ago
Don’t Even Try to Play This Album in the Background
Olivia Rodrigo’s biggest asset is her ferocity—and her new record doubles down on those big, messy feelings....
13 hours ago
What to Read When You’re Wondering What’s Out There
This novel is nominally about an interstellar voyage. It’s actually about sex, love, God, and the problem of evil....
13 hours ago
Jomboy on Robot Umpires and the Future of Baseball
How MLB turned balls and strikes into a spectacle...
14 hours ago
Six Surprisingly Human Stories About Aliens
These stories about extraterrestrials all resonate here on Earth....
15 hours ago
Photos of the Week: Basilica Blessing, Tree Tunnel, Parrot Prediction
Scenes from the French Open in Paris; a pro-wrestling match at a public library in California; celebrations in Brazil for the start of the 2026 FIFA World Cup; a congressional baseball game in Washing...
18 hours ago
The Kennedy Center Is a Metaphor for De-Trumpification
You can remove Trump’s name but not the damage he’s done....
1 day ago
Why 60 Minutes Shouldn’t Ignore the Accusations of Bias
Scott Pelley’s recent interview reveals why the show should take critiques of its work seriously....
1 day ago
The Work That Goes Into ‘Effortless’ Style
Andrew Sean Greer’s new novel is deeper than it looks....
1 day ago
The Atlantic Festival Returns to New York City September 17–19; Initial Tickets on Sale
Three days. Big ideas. Today’s boldest thinkers....
1 day ago
Pete Hegseth, Cornball in Chief
The secretary of defense is a fountain of corny performances and rhetoric....
1 day ago
America’s Go-To Climate Scientist
Daniel Swain has become a ubiquitous explainer of America’s extreme weather. ...
1 day ago
The Rebellious Origins of American Sports
From the beginning, patriotism and play have been inextricably linked....
1 day ago
A World Cup for a Divided Continent
This year’s World Cup was framed as a festival of North American unity. Instead, the tournament is testing how much of that unity remains....
2 days ago
Bad Ideas About Juvenile Crime That Won’t Go Away
Harsher penalties for teen offenders deny them the chance to become better adults....
2 days ago
Republicans vs. the Fourteenth Amendment
Professor David W. Blight on President Trump’s war on the Fourteenth Amendment. Plus: Brexit at 10 years and 1873 by Liaquat Ahamed....
2 days ago
Photos From Around the North Pacific
A collection of images of the varied shorelines, communities, and wildlife found along the Temperate Northern Pacific region stretching from North America to Japan...
2 days ago
Anatomy of a Trump Insult
His already infamous interview with NBC’s Kristen Welker was a rare up-close portrait of a presidential meltdown....
2 days ago
A Moment of Truth for American Grass
U.S. scientists have spent years prepping for the World Cup—and trying to keep bad turf from ruining it....
2 days ago
Your Search Results Are Getting Sloptimized
How companies are gaming the chatbot internet...
2 days ago
The Parasite Threatening America’s Cows
The return of the screwworm is making the beef industry’s problems worse....
3 days ago
A Turning Point for Conservative Women
Some sounded vaguely feminist; another doesn’t want women to vote...
3 days ago
The Best Headlights in the World Are Illegal in America
Driving at night doesn’t have to be so blinding....
3 days ago
The Revolutionary Gordon Wood
The historian who recovered the radicalism of the American founding died on Saturday....
3 days ago
Obama Writes His Own Story
The new Obama Presidential Center, in Chicago, is inspiring—and departs from other presidential libraries in a crucial, and risky, way....
3 days ago
Spielberg Hasn’t Abandoned Hope for Humanity
The director’s Disclosure Day is an alien allegory for the current moment....
3 days ago
Airfare-Prediction Apps Can’t Handle a Summer Like This One
The normal patterns of price changes may no longer hold true....
3 days ago
Marjane Satrapi’s Rebellious Life
The author of the best-selling graphic memoir Persepolis, who died last week, made defiance into a lifelong project....
3 days ago
What Donald Trump Will Never Understand About Fighting
Mixed martial arts has a lot to teach the president....
3 days ago
So You Want a Coat of Arms
Why America, a country founded on rejecting aristocratic traditions, secretly loves them...
3 days ago
Skip Jill Biden’s Book and Read Hunter Biden’s Social-Media Posts Instead
The two have very different approaches to dealing with recent history, and only one is working....
4 days ago
Republicans Never Lose Elections, Apparently
Denying the legitimacy of vote-counting has become party doctrine....
4 days ago
The Unglamorous Truth About the Average Tradwife
Most stay-at-home moms simply can’t afford child care....
4 days ago
The Atlantic’s July Issue: How to Tell the American Story
For America’s 250th anniversary, The Atlantic republishes Julia Ward Howe’s ‘Battle Hymn of the Republic’ on its cover, following its first appearance in 1862...
4 days ago
The White Identitarians Are Having a Moment
Now that DEI and anti-racism are in retreat, they’re moving on to a more ambitious goal....
4 days ago
What It Means to Love America
As our nation turns 250, it’s worth asking what form patriotism should take....
4 days ago
How to Tell the American Story
Finding a common history that’s both unsparing and unifying has proved all but impossible in recent years. It shouldn’t be....
4 days ago
The Absurd World Cup
FIFA’s president calls football a great unifier, but is it a match for the chaos Donald Trump has wrought?...
5 days ago
When Fighting Trump Isn’t Enough to Win Another Term
A New York City congressional race shows the fractures on the left....
5 days ago
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 in Maine?...
6 days ago
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