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.
The Mother Who Never Stopped Believing Her Son Was Still There
For decades, Eve Baer remained convinced that her son, unresponsive after a severe brain injury, was still conscious. Science eventually proved her right.
The New Spiritual Leader on Campus
Students are growing less religious. Many chaplains are adapting.
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.
‘We’re Definitely Going to Build a Bunker Before We Release AGI’
The true story behind the chaos at OpenAI
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.
How Colin Jost Became a Joke
The “Weekend Update” host knows exactly what he’s doing.
Germany Arrests King Peter I, the Son of Man, the Messiah
Peter identified sources of frustration and indignity that might bother virtually any German: how one navigates banking, taxation, health care, law.
‘I Run the Country and the World’
Donald Trump believes he’s invincible. But the cracks are beginning to show.
The Subtlety of the Macho-Men SNL Sketch
Bad Bunny’s sketch about what two Latino men are really saying about their girlfriends reveals what people often miss across cultural barriers.
Why Are There So Many ‘Alternative Devices’ All of a Sudden?
The dream of a phone without problems
How to Really Fix Air-Traffic Control
There’s a fundamental flaw in the way the United States guides airplanes around the country.
Trump the Grifter
The framers of the Constitution were trying to prevent exactly this sort of corruption.
How to Make Friendships Last Your Whole Life
“Swallow your pride and make the first move,” one reader says.
The New MAGA World Order
This week’s Gulf tour revealed that Trump’s transactional foreign policy doesn’t lack values. It just has really bad ones.