The Decatur Option
The U.S. knows how to put an end to attacks on shipping.
The Life and Times of Joseph Lelyveld
The former editor of The New York Times navigated tumultuous change by insisting on traditional standards.
You Should Go to a Trump Rally
For many Americans, the former president has become an abstraction. They should see for themselves what his campaign is really about.
Can We Keep Time?
Do photos, social posts, and diaries actually help us remember better?
Aaron Rodgers Is Lighting His Football Legacy on Fire
In recent years, Rodgers’s opinions have become more and more embarrassing.
The Painful Wait for Jonathan Franzen
Culture and entertainment musts from Eleanor Barkhorn
Two Jewish Writers, a Bottle of Whiskey, and a Post–October 7 Reality
One hundred days after Hamas’s attack, looking back at a candid and intense late-night talk with two prominent authors, Joshua Cohen and Ruby Namdar.
Fox News Isn’t a Kingmaker
If it were, Ron DeSantis would be the Republican front-runner.
Poem for Falling Bodies
A poem for Sunday
Trump on Trial—And on the Trail
Watch the full episode of Washington Week With The Atlantic, January 12, 2024.
What Boredom Actually Means
The virtues and frustrations of being bored
A Surprising Success Story for Humpback Whales
Half a century after nearly being wiped out, the whales are back in an Antarctic bay.
Don’t Fire People for Making Pornography in Their Free Time
The counterintuitive case for ignoring a university chancellor’s X-rated flicks.
Texas Pulls an Ugly Stunt on the Border
National leaders left an immigration-policy vacuum that the Lone Star State is eager to fill.
What Conversations About DEI Are Missing
Plus: Is declining fertility a failure of capitalism?
Biden Had the Power to Strike the Houthis
Every president has wide authority to use military force.
Substack Was a Ticking Time Bomb
The platform seeded its own content-moderation crisis.
ChatGPT’s FarmVille Moment
The immediate future of generative AI looks a bit like Facebook’s past.
The Return of TV’s Most Soulful Show
True Detective: Night Country pays tribute to its origins while charting new territory.
What to Read to Understand Russia
Anastasia Edel, a Russian-born American social historian, recommends books about the country as the war in Ukraine continues.