Plant Seeds Are Stuck
The extinction of animals is a huge problem for plants that rely on them to escape warming habitats.
Local Cops Aren’t Prepared for This Kind of Bloodshed
Instead of addressing lax gun laws, Americans fixate on what the authorities might have done differently.
‘An Existential Threat to American Higher Education’
Conservative state legislatures and ideologically-driven boards want to dramatically change America’s colleges.
America’s Aging Presidential Front-Runners
Watch the full episode of Washington Week With The Atlantic, November 3, 2023
China’s Two-Faced Approach to Gaza
Xi Jinping poses as a peacemaker but stokes disorder.
What Really Happens When You’re Sick
There’s an odd power in understanding the science behind colds and other illnesses.
Where Was the Actual Ice During the Ice Age?
Kelp in the Southern Ocean might hold the answer.
‘There Will Probably Be a Cease-Fire. And Then They Will Just Be Names.’
Israeli-hostage families fear abandonment.
The Hong Kong Activist Who Called Washington’s Bluff
The United States praised Joshua Wong and pledged itself to Hong Kong’s freedom. But when China cracked down, Wong found himself with nowhere to go.
My Message of Peace
There never has been, nor will there be, a military solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Overthrow the Tyranny of Morning People
Leave the clocks alone.
There’s No Third Rail Like the Middle East
How should citizens outside the region handle their differences of opinion?
The Great Social Media–News Collapse
Big Tech’s relationship with journalism is much more complicated than it appears.
A Book That Was Like Putting on ‘a New Set of Glasses’
I consider its argument almost every day.
Don’t Equate Anti-Zionism With Anti-Semitism
It is not anti-Semitic to want equal rights for all in Jerusalem, in Tel Aviv, in Gaza, in Ramallah.
The Theory of Hamas’s Catastrophic Success
Both Hamas and Israel are making up strategies as they go.
Here’s What Biden Can Do to Change His Grim Polling
The president has a popularity problem. He needs to remind Americans who he isn’t.
Sofia Coppola’s Priscilla Unearths a Delicate Truth
How did one of the most storied romances in American history produce a terrible loneliness?
Me and My Bosom
I wasn’t ready for the “Doña Body.”
Do You Have Free Will?
A new book by Robert Sapolsky argues that we’re not in control of or responsible for the decisions we make.