Talking to Strangers About the Book of the Summer
Lizzie and Kaitlyn attend a sold-out, Friday night, after-hours book club.
Islands Have a Disaster-Response Problem
What Puerto Rico portends for Maui
The Right to Not Have Your Mind Read
Can “neurorights” protect us from the future?
Love Is Magic—And Also Hormones
Scientific inquiry is an attempt at illumination, not an act of desecration.
Americans Vote Too Much
No one can be a full-time political animal.
Vivek Ramaswamy’s Truth
The Millennial outsider Republican says he wants a revolution. To get there, he’d gut the federal government.
Women’s Soccer Won the World Cup
Spain won the tournament. The whole women’s game will benefit.
Don’t Underestimate the Japanese Beetle
America is playing whack-a-beetle with crop-eating pests.
Heritage
A poem for Sunday
Trump Is Beatable in Iowa
But what works for his GOP rivals there may hurt them in a national contest.
A TV Drama That’s Aged Surprisingly Well
Entertainment musts from Ellen Cushing
What the Polls May Be Getting Wrong About Trump
New research suggests that the criminal charges against Trump aren’t actually helping him in the GOP primary race.
Revealed: The Authors Whose Pirated Books Are Powering Generative AI
Stephen King, Zadie Smith, and Michael Pollan are among thousands of writers whose copyrighted works are being used to train large language models.
Making Sense of Donald Trump’s 91 Felony Charges
Watch the full episode of Washington Week With The Atlantic, August 18, 2023
A Simple Marketing Technique Could Make America Healthier
Doctors are experimenting with health-care reminders to promote vaccination, mammograms, and more.
Why We Drink What We Drink
Physiology, habit, and marketing all play a role.
A Very Silly Movie About Some Very Good Dogs
The raunchy talking-animals comedy Strays contains a warm core about the unconditional love of pets. Who can be mad about that?
My Father’s House
How did the place change so fast—from the charmed summers of my childhood to the wintry discontent of my parents’ old age?
The Constitution Prohibits Trump From Ever Being President Again
The only question is whether American citizens today can uphold that commitment.
Maui’s Fire Risk Was Glowing Red
Unprecedented disasters are not unpredictable.