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The Rise of Fluid Intelligence
François Chollet is on a quest to make AI a bit more human.
To Be Happier, Stop Resisting Change
The zen of archery is all about learning how to let go.
Why You Should Work Like It’s the ’90s
When you leave the office for the day, really leave.
Who Needs Intimacy?
Influential novelists are imagining what women’s lives might look like without the demands of partners and children.
The Hottest Thing in Clean Energy
Little of America’s energy comes from geothermal sources, but that could change quickly.
Trump Officials Are Treating State Secrets Inconsistently
Officials have been careless with sensitive information while claiming that innocuous facts can’t be public.
Why Trump Wants to Control Universities
They could be key to recapturing the culture.
The Story of the Gilded Age Wasn’t Wealth. It Was Corruption.
Richard White, the historian and author of The Republic for Which It Stands, explains what made the late 19th century gilded.
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
The Top Goal of Project 2025 Is Still to Come
The now-famous white paper has proved to be a good road map for what the administration has done so far, and what may yet be on the way.
An ‘Impossible’ Disease Outbreak in the Alps
In one tiny town, more than a dozen people were diagnosed with the rare neurodegenerative disease ALS. Why?
Here Are the Attack Plans That Trump’s Advisers Shared on Signal
The administration has downplayed the importance of the text messages inadvertently sent to The Atlantic’s editor in chief.
Trump’s Day of Reckoning
The president’s allies are privately acknowledging that he is in a rough stretch.
One Word Describes Trump
A century ago, a German sociologist explained precisely how the president thinks about the world.
The Army of God Comes Out of the Shadows
Tens of millions of American Christians are embracing a charismatic movement known as the New Apostolic Reformation, which seeks to destroy the secular state.
Miscarriage and Motherhood
What having a baby taught me about the illusion of control
The Wild Trump Theory Making the Rounds on Wall Street
QAnon for tariffs
Jonathan Majors Is Looking for Redemption. Will He Find It?
The actor wants back in the industry’s good graces, but his new movie, Magazine Dreams—and the surrounding press tour—isn’t enough.
The New Marriage of Unequals
Women are now more likely to marry a less-educated man than men are to marry a less-educated woman.
America’s Future Is Hungary
MAGA conservatives love Viktor Orbán. But he’s left his country corrupt, stagnant, and impoverished.