Photos: Evacuation of Gaza City
Scenes from northern Gaza, where Israel has ordered more than 1 million residents to leave
Animals Are Avoiding Us
Humans have an image problem. But we might be able to use it for good.
Why Children Are Everywhere in Louise Glück’s Poetry
By placing mothers and their babies at the center of her poems, the Nobel laureate explored a world made of reality and myth.
Newt Gingrich’s Degraded Legacy
Gingrich had a vision of what America ought to be about. But his successors seem dour and unimaginative in their pugnacity.
Something Is Golden in the State of Denmark
Can Novo Nordisk’s success really be a problem for the Danish economy?
She Who Remembers
A short story
Black Success, White Backlash
Black prosperity has provoked white resentment that can make life exhausting for people of color—and it has led to the undoing of policies that have nurtured Black advancement.
Pete Davidson Might Be the Comedic Hero We Need Now. No, Really.
The SNL alum returned to host the show’s much-anticipated return—and was somehow the perfect choice for it.
Explaining Pain
A poem for Sunday
How Starbucks Perfected Autumn
The pumpkin spice latte has defined fall for 20 years.
A Masterpiece of Cringe
Entertainment musts from Kate Cray
Biden’s Test in the Middle East
Watch the full episode of Washington Week With The Atlantic, October 13, 2023
Students for Pogroms in Israel
By excusing murder and kidnapping, activist groups have already changed campus politics in America.
A Poet Reckons With Her Past
In a striking new memoir, the Jamaican writer Safiya Sinclair attempts to make peace with her Rastafari childhood and the island that shaped her.
‘The Month of Painted Leaves’
An ode to October
The Galápagos Got Back Its Giant Tortoises—And a Whole Lot More
The reptiles’ return is reshaping an entire ecosystem.
Only Wes Anderson Could Have Adapted Roald Dahl This Way
The director’s renditions of the famed author’s short stories ask us to think actively—even skeptically—about what we’re seeing.
Inside Gaza’s Last Catholic Parish
My conversation with a friend sheltering in Gaza
The Source of America’s Political Chaos
The election of 2016 is still poisoning our politics.
If You’re Worried About the Climate, Move Your Money
How you consume matters to the planet. How you invest does too.