The Talented Mr. Vance
J. D. Vance could have brought the country’s conflicting strands together. Instead, he took a divisive path to the peak of power.
Photos of the Week: Dragon’s Teeth, Witch Convention, High Plateau
A swannery in southern England, tornado damage in Kentucky, drought conditions in the Florida Everglades, a rally race in a Chinese desert, and much more
There Is No Dignity in Capitulation
A worrying pattern has taken hold in public television.
The Beauty That Moral Courage Creates
A lovely paradox of doing good in the world is that it does you good too.
24 Books to Get Lost in This Summer
The Atlantic’s writers and editors have chosen fiction and nonfiction to match all sorts of moods.
‘I Run the Country and the World’
Donald Trump believes he’s invincible. But the cracks are beginning to show.
A Dangerous Disguise for Anti-Semitism
The person charged with attacking an American Jewish gathering and killing two Israeli-embassy aides disingenuously invoked the Palestinian struggle as a pretext to harm Jews.
Trump’s National-Security Disaster
Trump’s vandalism of the national-security structure, Signalgate, and a conversation with Susan Rice
The Long War That Ended Last Week
The PKK is disarming. Can Turkey keep the peace?
The World That ‘Wages for Housework’ Wanted
The 1970s campaign fought to get women paid for their work in the home—and envisioned a society built to better support motherhood.
A Striking Moment in American Activism
A new documentary revisits a pivotal week at Gallaudet University in 1988.
What AI Thinks It Knows About You
What happens when people can see what assumptions a large language model is making about them?
OpenAI’s Ambitions Just Became Crystal Clear
But when you promise the world a revolutionary new product, it helps to have actually built one.
New Global Financial Order
Google’s New AI Puts Breasts on Minors—And J. D. Vance
A feature that lets you virtually try on clothes has a dangerous flaw.
Trump’s Real Secretary of State
How the president’s friend and golfing partner Steve Witkoff got one of the hardest jobs on the planet
What RFK Jr. Doesn’t Understand About Autism
Starting with his claims of an “autism epidemic.”
The Congressman Who Saw the Truth About Biden
While many Democrats remained in denial, Mike Quigley perceived something painfully familiar.
Time for Scary Movies to Make Us Laugh Again
Final Destination has nailed down a formula that other horror films should learn from.
Why the Past 10 Years of American Life Have Been Uniquely Stupid
It’s not just a phase.
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