A Strange Time to Be Trans
In this particular culture war, some self-described skeptics look less like truth-tellers than merchants of doubt.
America Has Never Seen Corruption Like This
Trump’s Qatari jet was just the beginning.
Baby Boomers’ Luck Is Running Out
After a lifetime of good fortune, the generation has become vulnerable at exactly the wrong moment.
The Liberal Misinformation Bubble About Youth Gender Medicine
How the left ended up disbelieving the science
What It Means to Be a Mystic Girl
Camp was the place these girls felt safe and free.
She Was More Than the Next Marilyn Monroe
Jayne Mansfield’s life might seem like a tragedy—but it wasn’t, a new documentary argues.
How the Grateful Dead Nearly Solved the Problem With Live Music
The band’s innovative sound system made them sound better than ever. It also nearly broke them.
What’s Brilliant About the New Superman Movie
The newest take on the caped hero wisely embraces his corniness.
That Dropped Call With Customer Service? It Was on Purpose.
Endless wait times and excessive procedural fuss—it’s all part of a tactic called “sludge.”
What I Learned About Life at My 30th College Reunion
“Every classmate who became a teacher or doctor seemed happy,” and 29 other lessons from seeing my Harvard class of 1988 all grown up
The Reality Show That Captures Gen Z Dating
This season of Love Island USA is a romance competition with very little romance.
I Fought Plastic. Plastic Won.
My futile quest to avoid the material that my entire world is made out of
Elon Musk Updated Grok. Guess What It Said?
After praising Hitler earlier this week, the chatbot is now listing the “good races.”
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.