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Enough with Boomer nostalgia for shiny chrome and mad speed. Let’s celebrate a generation of old automobiles to suit our more sober, constrained...
A poem for Sunday in the throat before a cry. It is my father, changing his god because my mother asked. After the baptism, his curly hair wet and...
Entertainment musts from Olga Khazan This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day,...
Sand dunes can protect the coastline from the effects of climate change. But they’re vulnerable to intense storms. This article originally appeared...
Social justice collides with the Satanic Temple. The last time Lucien Greaves got into this much trouble over a photograph, he had his genitals...
The celebrity-gossip-industrial complex is about to crash into the savagery of sports media. Cover your eyes. Has Taylor Swift ever been more...
What does freedom of speech actually mean on social media? We’re about to find out. In the aftermath of the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol,...
Some of our writers’ most entertaining—and controversial—opinions on everyday matters This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter...
Climate change could make fungal diseases more potent and widespread than ever before. This article was originally published by Undark Magazine ....
The long-running Saw franchise is back, and finally putting its most defining antagonist in the spotlight. Hollywood’s biggest horror franchises...
The speaker made a last-minute reversal to avert a government shutdown. It could cost him his job. For weeks, Speaker Kevin McCarthy seemed to face...
Watch the full episode of Washington Week With The Atlantic, September 29, 2023 The American government on the brink of shutdown: With the federal...
Plus: controversy over a talk about racial color-blindness Welcome to Up for Debate. Each week, Conor Friedersdorf rounds up timely conversations...
One lesson of Dianne Feinstein’s career: Stay in your job too long, and you risk losing control of the finale. Senator Dianne Feinstein, who died...
New York City is seeing rainfall patterns that look more like Miami’s or even Singapore’s, a city official said at The Atlantic Festival. New...
A new book looks at the “underground historians” of China who are resurfacing moments from the past that authorities would prefer be forgotten....
Besides, you probably know all the words. This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the...
Republicans decry “endless” conflicts. So why are they talking about waging war in Mexico? Today’s Republican Party has made a turn toward...
Mothers of young children are fueling a post-pandemic employment rebound The year was 2020, and schools abruptly closed. Kids Zoomed into...
Nightlife cover charges can be arbitrary and humiliating—yet people still accept them. In the past two years, Reuben A. Buford May, a sociology...
An academic open letter turns into a free-for-all. For years now, Hakwan Lau has suffered from an inner torment. Lau is a neuroscientist who...
Photos of the Week: Andean Bear, Burial Chamber, Secret Heart Alan Taylor 12:30 AM ET 35 Photos In Focus Fencing at the 2022 Asian Games in China,...
A new book explores the Chinese filmmakers, writers, and artists who are trying to uncover a past that the authorities would rather forget. Late...
The most social social media these days is … texting. And it’s gotten overwhelming. Here’s just a sample of group chats that have been messaging...
Move over, giant pandas! This week was a bittersweet one at the zoo. Visitors to the Smithsonian National Zoological Park, with their...
The medical miracle could reverse our progress on accepting bodies of all sizes. The medical story about Ozempic is straightforward and satisfying....
Editor in Chief Jeffrey Goldberg and The Atlantic’s Clint Smith speak with leaders in culture and politics. The Atlantic Festival brings together...
Donald Trump is not, in fact, supporting striking autoworkers. There’s an expression reporters use, that you’ve “reported yourself out of a...
The Shadow Work Journal has exploded on TikTok as an inexpensive mental-health tool, even as experts question its approach—and the author’s...
The emails look bad When news comes out that someone has suffered an email breach, my first instinct is to pity them and practice extreme charity....
The UAW strike could energize labor activity in the U.S., but the stakes are high for union leaders. This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a...
The philosopher Bertrand Russell knew something about unhappiness. He also knew how to overcome it. Want to stay current with Arthur’s writing?...
If shopping on the site feels different now, that’s because it is. My daughter needs a purple wig for school, and she needs it by this Friday. When...
The courts are finally catching up to a man who has long behaved as though there would never be any consequences for his deceptions. “That is a...
World of WearableArt 2023 Alan Taylor 1:19 PM ET 20 Photos In Focus The annual World of WearableArt international design competition took place in...
The world first heard of my hometown only after Russia destroyed it. “President Joe Biden has made a statement about the situation in Bakhmut”:...
A New York judge’s decision undermines the former president’s image as a “deals guy.” This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter...
The second GOP primary debate made Trump’s 2024 advantage clearer than ever. Suddenly, it just tumbled out: "Honestly, every time I hear you I feel...
The question isn’t why the Court has so many controversies, but why they generate so much more outrage than they used to. The contemporary...
It can have my next one too. When The Atlantic revealed last month that tens of thousands of books published in the past 20 years had been used...
Gareth Edwards’s new movie, The Creator, is wall-to-wall action, set in a future where AI has already failed to save the world. Gareth Edwards’s...
“Our century-long love affair with all things automotive dooms the driverless concept to a niche market,” one reader argues. Welcome to Up for...
Brian Jordan Alvarez’s ode to sitting makes him the latest comedian to wring ineffable joy out of a very viral, very silly song. We’ve just...
A new four-part documentary on Apple TV celebrates the era of the fashion megastar without interrogating what it meant for the rest of us. Models,...
Not even the Roberts Court is willing to brook open defiance to its rulings. Few things are more difficult than getting the Roberts Court to side...
The existing ones must The first urbanists were recorded in the pages of Genesis: “Come, let us build ourselves a city and a tower with its top in...
Not every piece of published research needs to be heartfelt. Do scientists lie? Let’s review the recent evidence. “I left out the full truth to...
Eugene Stoner wanted to design a modern rifle for the U.S. military. Today, it’s a weapon of choice for mass shooters. Eugene Stoner was an...
But so far none is in sight. This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day, helps...