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.
‘All They Want Is America. All They Have Is Panama.’
They thought they’d reached their journeys’ end. Now many of them have come full circle.
The Neighbors Who Destroyed Their Lives
Murder and lies in small-town Hawaii
How the Ivy League Broke America
The meritocracy isn’t working. We need something new.
The Most Controversial Game on the Internet
Wyna Liu, the editor of the New York Times game Connections, discusses her process and the particular ire her puzzles inspire.
A Convenient Piece of Junk Science
RFK Jr. is prepared to rework the FDA’s official assessment of the abortion pill mifepristone based at least in part on a questionable report.
Nobody in Ukraine Thinks the War Will End Soon
Ukrainians are confident that they can continue fighting, even without the same level of American support.
Trump: Americans Who Died in War Are ‘Losers’ and ‘Suckers’
The president has repeatedly disparaged the intelligence of service members, and asked that wounded veterans be kept out of military parades, multiple sources tell The Atlantic.
The Beauty That Moral Courage Creates
A lovely paradox of doing good in the world is that it does you good too.