Miscarriage and Motherhood
What having a baby taught me about the illusion of control
The Evermaskers
The isolation of people who take precautions against COVID has only gotten more intense.
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
RFK Jr. Is Out for Revenge
The health secretary’s indiscriminate layoffs will undermine his own priorities.
Iran Wants to Talk
Don’t expect a bromance—but the supreme leader has written back to Donald Trump.
The Question Progressives Refuse to Answer
As Democrats became the party of proceduralism, they sidestepped a crucial debate.
No Tariff Exemptions for American Farmers
They voted for the tariffs when they voted for Trump.
RFK Jr.’s Misguided Nostalgia
America was never healthy to begin with.
Cory Booker, Endurance Athlete
The New Jersey senator broke congressional records by speaking for more than 25 hours. How?
The New Singlehood Stigma
Society tells us we should have a partner—but we shouldn’t want one.
An ‘Administrative Error’ Sends a Maryland Father to a Salvadoran Prison
The Trump administration says that it mistakenly deported an immigrant with protected status but that courts are powerless to order his return.
America’s Future Is Hungary
MAGA conservatives love Viktor Orbán. But he’s left his country corrupt, stagnant, and impoverished.
Here Are the Attack Plans That Trump’s Advisers Shared on Signal
The administration has downplayed the importance of the text messages inadvertently sent to The Atlantic’s editor in chief.
An ‘Impossible’ Disease Outbreak in the Alps
In one tiny town, more than a dozen people were diagnosed with the rare neurodegenerative disease ALS. Why?
The Top Goal of Project 2025 Is Still to Come
The now-famous white paper has proved to be a good road map for what the administration has done so far, and what may yet be on the way.
Why You Should Work Like It’s the ’90s
When you leave the office for the day, really leave.
Growing Up Murdoch
James Murdoch on mind games, sibling rivalry, and the war for the family media empire
The Wild Trump Theory Making the Rounds on Wall Street
QAnon for tariffs
Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI
Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.
The Army of God Comes Out of the Shadows
Tens of millions of American Christians are embracing a charismatic movement known as the New Apostolic Reformation, which seeks to destroy the secular state.
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