An Unlikely Source of Greenhouse-Gas Emissions
Wildfires are making the Alaskan tundra leak methane.
The Other Ozempic Revolution
Weight-loss drugs affect identities and relationships as much as waistlines.
How the Hillbillies Remade America
A massive and forgotten migration reshaped the liberal approach to poverty and realigned America’s political parties.
Trump’s Apocalyptic Rhetoric
Watch the full episode of Washington Week With The Atlantic, November 17, 2023
Another ‘Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly’ for Elon Musk
SpaceX’s Starship blew up again, and NASA’s moon clock is ticking.
What Humans and Nature Get From Each Other
It’s not a coincidence that America is getting both lonelier and more indoorsy, an Atlantic writer argues.
It’s Not That Hard to Stop Birds From Crashing Into Windows
Chicago’s glass skyscrapers are a menace for birds. They don’t have to be.
The Women Who Saw 9/11 Coming
Many of the CIA analysts who spotted the earliest signs of al-Qaeda’s rise were female. They had trouble getting their warnings heard.
The Sudden Fall of Sam Altman
What it means that the world’s most powerful AI executive is out of a job
The Daily Responsibility of Democracy
Being adults in a time of juvenile politics is hard but necessary.
The Debate Over What Happens Next in the Middle East
Plus: What foreign-policy matters are most important to you and why?
Don’t Cry for Jim Harbaugh
Being punished for an alleged cheating scandal doesn’t make you a persecuted underdog.
Revisiting Hidden Pasts at the National Book Awards
This year, the awards honored books that resurface previously suppressed history.
Hospitals Have Gotten Too Nice
Medical centers are offering fancy food and rebranding health as a “journey.” How about helping us feel better instead?
The U.S. Government UFO Cover-Up Is Real—But It’s Not What You Think
Decades of declassified memos, internal reports, and study projects create the sense that the government doesn’t have satisfying answers for the most perplexing sightings.
What the Hunger Games Movies Always Understood
The series succeeded not because it had a clear political philosophy, but because it understood the power of entertainment above all.
The Director Tackling the Dark Side of Millennial Desire
With Promising Young Woman and now Saltburn, Emerald Fennell is turning recent history into gleaming poisoned fantasies.
A Must-See Comedy About Miserable People Looking for Love
Fallen Leaves, which follows two people trying to survive the modern world, is one of the year’s best films.
Not a World War But a World at War
The past two years have seen the most conflicts of any time since the end of the Second World War.
What the Gig Economy Does to a Human
In an age of precarious labor, not every life amounts to a satisfying story.