A Pulitzer for ‘We Need to Take Away Children’
The Atlantic’s Caitlin Dickerson won the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting, and two other staff writers were named finalists.
How to Build (And Destroy) a Social Network
Status means everything to platforms like Twitter and Facebook. But contrary to what Elon Musk thinks, it doesn’t come from a blue checkmark.
Another Side of the Gender Debate
Readers weigh in once more on a challenging cultural conversation.
‘Don’t You Think This Is a Bit Silly?’
Among the new king’s subjects on a soggy coronation weekend
King Charles Is Going to Be Disappointed
If the British sovereign is just another human being, what possible constitutional purpose can he serve?
Why Biden’s New School-Sports Rule Matters
The administration’s nuanced position on transgender athletes offers a path forward on a complex issue.
The Criminal-Justice System and the Election Are Not Going to Get Along
And they weren’t meant to.
What Does Sentience Really Mean?
The fact that AI isn’t alive doesn’t mean it can’t be sentient, the sociologist Jacy Reese Anthis argues.
The Wedding Trend Couples Love and Guests Hate
Why do newlyweds seem to think people want custom wedding merch taking up space in cabinets and drawers for years to come?
The Free-Returns Party Is Over
Generous return policies lured Americans to online shopping. Now who pays?
The Billion-Dollar Ponzi Scheme That Hooked Warren Buffett and the U.S. Treasury
How a small-town auto mechanic peddling a green-energy breakthrough pulled off a massive scam
The Sad, Sad Life of Tom Wambsgans
After living to serve, the most pathetic character on Succession finally finds himself on the outs.
A Silly Yet Sincere Movie to Rewatch
Entertainment musts from Yasmin Tayag
Don’t Try to Board a Plane With Peanut Butter
Sticky and solid as it may seem, the spread is technically a liquid.
Mob Justice
What do plutocrats and Supreme Court members get from being friends?
My High-School Haters
Public discourse isn’t what it used to be.
Disaster
Photos: The Coronation of King Charles III
Images from the historic royal ceremony in London this morning
King Charles’s Absurd, Awe-Inspiring Coronation
Where does Britain keep all these horses and bishops the rest of the time?
What Thinking About Death Does for the Living
An Atlantic reading list about an existential question
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