What the Broligarchs Want From Trump
Tremendous power is flowing to tech and finance magnates.
The Leak Scandal Roiling Israel
Netanyahu’s spokesperson stands accused of revealing secrets for political gain.
Three Ways to Become a Deeper Thinker
You don’t have to become a Buddhist monk to realize the value of contemplating hard questions without clear answers.
The Fairy Tale We’ve Been Retelling for 125 Years
Every generation has an Oz story, but one retelling best captures what makes L. Frank Baum’s world sing.
The Atlantic Gift Guide
The Atlantic has chosen 65 gifts for bringing more merriment, adventure, and wonder to the ones you love.
The Elite College Students Who Can’t Read Books
To read a book in college, it helps to have read a book in high school.
A Ridiculous, Perfect Way to Make Friends
Group fitness classes aren’t just about exercise.
Best of How To: Spend Time on What You Value
How to make the most of your downtime
The People Who Quit Dating
Being single can be hard—but the search for love may be harder.
Another Theory of the Trump Movement
Who else but Sigmund Freud to help explain?
Donald Trump’s Most Dangerous Cabinet Pick
Pete Hegseth considers himself to be at war with basically everybody to Trump’s left, and it is by no means clear that he means war metaphorically.
Gladiator II Is More Than Just a Spectacle
Ridley Scott’s ancient-Roman epic manages to find some beauty amid the savagery.
Trump’s Most Misunderstood Policy Proposal
Economists aren’t telling the whole truth about tariffs.
There’s No Longer Any Doubt That Hollywood Writing Is Powering AI
Dialogue from these movies and TV shows has been used by companies such as Apple and Anthropic to train AI systems.
What Pete Hegseth’s Nomination Is Really About
Revenge on the military is just the start of it.
How America Got Mean
In a culture devoid of moral education, generations are growing up in a morally inarticulate, self-referential world.
Winners of the 2024 International Landscape Photographer of the Year
Some of the top and winning images from this year’s landscape-photography competition
Seventy Miles in Hell
The Darién Gap was once considered impassable. Now hundreds of thousands of migrants are risking treacherous terrain, violence, hunger, and disease to travel through the jungle to the United States.
Why the Past 10 Years of American Life Have Been Uniquely Stupid
It’s not just a phase.
Climate Diplomacy’s $300 Billion Failure
Climate negotiations at COP29 ended in a deal that mostly showed how far the world is from facing climate change’s real dangers.
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