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At Least Now We Know the Truth
It’s ugly, but necessary to face.
The Golden Age of Antarctic Science May Be Ending
The Trump administration is sabotaging the country’s gold-standard climate science in Antarctica and around the world.
Why It Matters Who Asks the Questions
When the White House handpicks reporters to cover the president, the American public suffers.
Trump’s Titushky
Freelance thuggery is now part of American politics.
Why MAGA Likes Andrew Tate
The same reason Trump likes tariffs: Both aim to put women in their place.
The Unlikely Friendship Behind an Oscar Favorite
No Other Land, about the destruction of a West Bank community, offers a glimmer of hope in the bond between an Israeli and a Palestinian.
The Putinization of America
Trump’s deference to the Russian dictator has become full-blown imitation.
RFK Jr., America’s Leading Advocate for Getting Measles
Contrary to what the health secretary says, the outbreak of disease in Texas is, in fact, unusual.
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Herbert Dorfman / Corbis / Getty There Was Never a Movie Star Like Gene Hackman
The veteran actor reimagined the face of a Hollywood leading man.
Illustration by The Atlantic. Sources: Steve Allen / Alamy; Vespasian / Alamy; Food Collection / Alamy. Trump’s Cheat Code for Thinning Out the Health Agencies
It’s not just layoffs that are leading to a brain drain.
Ian Langsdon / Getty Who Counts as a Hillbilly—And Who Gets to Decide?
Appalachia exists as much in myth as in literal geography.
Illustration by Jan Buchczik My Mom’s Guide to the Art of Living
Learning how to experience things more fully is a key to greater happiness.
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Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Getty. The Putinization of America
Trump’s deference to the Russian dictator has become full-blown imitation.
Jordan Lye / Getty Inside the Collapse at the NIH
Administration officials pressured the NIH to avoid clear advice from the agency’s own lawyers to restart grant funding now.
Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: stilllifephotographer / Getty. It’s Weird That Eggs Were Ever Cheap
What were we thinking, buying so many of these fragile, messy, remarkable ovals?
Illustration by Ben Kothe / The Atlantic. Source: Getty. Control. Alt. Delete.
Government via keyword is not “efficiency.” It is an abuse of power.
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