Here’s How AI Will Come for Your Job
Instead of being replaced by robots, office workers will soon be pressured to act more like robots themselves.
A Sinister Flop
Special Counsel John Durham served up not an investigation, but an excuse for future partisan abuses.
Sepak Takraw, a Sport of Airborne Athleticism
Recent images of people playing sepak takraw in both stadiums and neighborhood courts
Fast & Furious and Pretty Stale
The franchise’s formula—merciless villain and world-threatening chaos, plus cars—just isn’t landing like it used to.
TV Isn’t About to Get Worse. It Already Is.
The problems that Hollywood’s writers are protesting can be seen on our screens.
Latinos Can Be White Supremacists
A mass shooting carried out by a Hispanic suspect who authorities said had “neo-Nazi ideation” caused some confusion. It shouldn’t have.
Why Ukraine Shouldn’t Talk to Russia—Yet
Until the fighting makes both sides converge over the war’s realistic outcome, the West would undermine its ally by advocating for a peace deal.
Has North Carolina Found an Abortion Compromise?
Or is this just a new approach both sides can hate?
Before AI Takes Over, Make Plans to Give Everyone Money
The U.S. needs policies now to support workers made redundant by artificial intelligence.
Nowhere Should Expect a Cool Summer
Even a less punishing season than recent summers would be hotter than historical norms.
A Week Later
Published in The Atlantic in 2002
The Billionaires Who Are Threatening Democracy
In his new book, the historian Quinn Slobodian writes about the ideologues who believe that society should prioritize capital, not people.
The Case for Increasing Aid to Ukraine
The sooner Putin and his coterie are forced to face failure, the better.
The Problem With Counterfeit People
Companies using AI to generate fake people are committing an immoral act of vandalism, and should be held liable.
The Heart of the Debate Over Jordan Neely’s Death
Readers share their views on the tragedy—and on individuals’ responsibility to one another.
Elon Musk Among the Anti-Semites
Criticizing George Soros is not inherently anti-Semitic. But casting him as an avatar of evil is.
The First Year of AI College Ends in Ruin
There’s an arms race on campus, and professors are losing.
Why Biden Caved
The president said he would not negotiate with Republicans on the debt ceiling. But that’s exactly what he’s now doing.
No Refuge From Free Wi-Fi
Flights were one of the last unconnected spaces.
Masha Gessen Resigns in Protest From PEN America Board
What happens when free-speech absolutists flinch