Why Driverless Cars Are a Tough Sell
“Our century-long love affair with all things automotive dooms the driverless concept to a niche market,” one reader argues.
The Creator Is Worth Catching on a Big Screen
Gareth Edwards’s new movie is wall-to-wall action, set in a future where AI has already failed to save the world.
The Peer-Review Dilemma
Scientific publication can be a constraining, flattening, and maddening process—but that’s not necessarily a bad thing.
Why Don’t We Just Build New Cities?
Yearning for a blank slate crosses the ideological spectrum—but sooner or later, new places will face the same old problems.
My Books Were Used to Train Meta’s Generative AI. Good.
It can have my next one too.
Judicial Ethics in a Populist Age
The question is not why the Court has so many controversies, but why they generate so much more outrage than they used to.
The Creator of the AR-15 Didn’t See This Coming
Eugene Stoner wanted to design a modern rifle for the U.S. military. Today, it’s a weapon of choice for mass shooters.
Bakhmut, Before It Vanished
The world first heard of my hometown only after Russia destroyed it.
Watch: Nancy Pelosi, Kerry Washington, and Antony Blinken at The Atlantic Festival
Editor in Chief Jeffrey Goldberg and The Atlantic’s Clint Smith speak with leaders in culture and politics.
American Democracy Requires a Conservative Party
But so far none is in sight.
The Origins of the Socialist Slur
Reconstruction-era opponents of racial equality popularized the charge that protecting civil rights would amount to the end of capitalism.
A New Coca-Cola Flavor at the End of the World
Y3000, the latest Coke flavor, was purportedly made with the assistance of AI. What does it taste like?
The Horror Stories of Black Hair
The Hulu series The Other Black Girl dramatizes the pains of managing Afro-textured hair—and other people’s perceptions of it.
So Much for ‘Learn to Code’
In the age of AI, computer science is no longer the safe major.
The Painful Afterlife of a Cruel Policy
Across memoir and fiction, Fae Myenne Ng has explored the true cost of the Chinese Exclusion era.
Where the New Identity Politics Went Wrong
Don’t let right-wing culture warriors obscure the fact that some ideas behind this progressive ideology have genuine problems.
The Supreme Court Needs to Make a Call on Trump’s Eligibility
The question of the former president’s possible disqualification needs to be resolved sooner or later. Sooner is better than later.
The Coming Attack on an Essential Element of Women’s Freedom
No-fault divorce has improved the lives of millions. Now some extreme Republicans want to abandon it.
How We Got ‘Democracy Dies in Darkness’
And other stories from eight years running The Washington Post
What It Would Take to Avoid a Shutdown
How we arrived at the brink of a government shutdown—and how the power to avert it lies with Kevin McCarthy
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