My Shipwreck Story
On my first time out as a commercial fisherman, my boat sank, my captain died, and I was left adrift and alone in the Pacific.
The Unbearable Weight of Mission: Impossible
What started as the adventures of a brilliant spy morphed into the mythology of an exemplary human being.
The Beauty That Moral Courage Creates
A lovely paradox of doing good in the world is that it does you good too.
It Should Not Be Controversial to Plead for Gaza’s Children
Israel’s limits on aid have put the region at “critical risk of famine.” Help is within reach. But it’s not enough—and it’s arriving too slowly.
The Anti-Natalist’s Revenge
A manifesto left by the bomber of a fertility clinic demands refutation.
‘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.
‘I Run the Country and the World’
Donald Trump believes he’s invincible. But the cracks are beginning to show.
There Is No Dignity in Capitulation
A worrying pattern has taken hold in public television.
Trump’s National-Security Disaster
Trump’s vandalism of the national-security structure, Signalgate, and a conversation with Susan Rice
A Striking Moment in American Activism
A new documentary revisits a pivotal week at Gallaudet University in 1988.
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.
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.
When William F. Buckley Jr. Met James Baldwin
In 1965, the two intellectual giants squared off in a debate at Cambridge. It didn’t go quite as Buckley hoped.
Why a Dog’s Death Hits So Hard
I loved my mom more than my dog. So why did I cry for him but not for her?
An Awkward Truth About American Work
Direct-selling schemes are considered fringe businesses, but their values have bled into the national economy.
The Long War That Ended Last Week
The PKK is disarming. Can Turkey keep the peace?
OpenAI’s Ambitions Just Became Crystal Clear
But when you promise the world a revolutionary new product, it helps to have actually built one.
How the Passionate Male Friendship Died
The “perfect” platonic bond used to be between two men. What happened?
Trump Is Crushing the Netanyahu Myth
The Israeli leader and his allies bet everything on Trump. But he’s just not that into them.
The Silence Doctors Are Keeping About Millennial Deaths
Physicians who care for younger cancer patients are shying away from hard but necessary conversations.
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