What Emily Wilson’s Iliad Misses
Her new translation is inviting to modern readers, but it doesn’t capture the barbaric world of the original.
A ’90s Blockbuster That Holds Up
Entertainment musts from Olga Khazan
Love Is Not Always Song, but the Swelling
A poem for Sunday
A Crucial Barrier Against Hurricanes Is at Risk
Sand dunes can protect the coastline from the effects of climate change. But they’re vulnerable to intense storms.
Here’s to a New Generation of Classic Cars
Enough with Boomer nostalgia for shiny chrome and mad speed. Let’s celebrate old automobiles to suit our more sober, constrained America.
Taylor Swift Is Too Famous for This
The celebrity-gossip industrial complex is about to crash into the savagery of sports media. Cover your eyes.
A Satanic Rebellion
Social justice collides with the Satanic Temple.
Kevin McCarthy Finally Defies the Right
The speaker made a last-minute reversal to avert a government shutdown. It could cost him his job.
How the U.S. Ended Up on the Brink of Government Shutdown
Watch the full episode of Washington Week With The Atlantic, September 29, 2023
The Supreme Court Cases That Could Redefine the Internet
What does freedom of speech actually mean on social media? We’re about to find out.
Low Stakes, High Drama
Some of our writers’ most entertaining—and controversial—opinions on everyday matters
Humans Can No Longer Ignore the Threat of Fungi
Climate change could make fungal diseases more potent and widespread than ever before.
An Octogenarian Horror Villain Still Racking Up Scares
The long-running Saw franchise is back, and finally putting its most defining antagonist in the spotlight.
It’s Okay to Like Barry Manilow
Besides, you probably know all the words.
A Final Chapter Unbefitting an Extraordinary Legacy
One lesson of Dianne Feinstein’s career: Stay in your job too long, and you risk losing control of the finale.
New York City Is Not Built for This
The city is seeing rainfall patterns that look more like Miami’s or even Singapore’s, an official said at The Atlantic Festival.
A Scientific Feud Breaks Out Into the Open
I’m a pseudoscience? No, you’re a pseudoscience!
This Week in Books: History Scares Authoritarians
A new book looks at the “underground historians” of China who are resurfacing moments from the past that authorities would prefer be forgotten.
Should Democrats Stick With Biden?
Plus: controversy over a talk about racial color-blindness
Have Republicans Learned Nothing From the War on Terror?
They decry “endless” conflicts. So why are they talking about waging war in Mexico?