The Most Miraculous—And Overlooked—Type of Milk
Shelf-stable milk is a miracle of food science that Americans just won’t drink.
Expiration Dates Are Meaningless
Do I dare to eat an old peach yogurt? Yes, yes I do.
What Breaking Up Google’s Search Monopoly Could Do to AI
The most powerful chatbot may not be the most successful one.
Kendrick Lamar Makes His Point Clearer
On his new album, GNX, a rapper who’s obsessed with excellence tries to entertain the masses.
A Horror Movie About an Atheist Who Won’t Shut Up
The hollowness at the center of Heretic
The Musical Blockbuster That Didn’t Play By the Rules
Wicked makes the case that audiences aren’t so tired of the genre after all.
The Trends Atlantic Writers Love and Hate
Six answers to the question: “What’s a trend you wish would come back, and one you wish would go away?”
Always a Girlboss, Never a Tradwife
A new Netflix documentary explores the cost of Martha Stewart’s chase for domestic perfection.
This Is What Happens to All the Stuff You Don’t Want
I ventured into the belly of the holiday-returns beast.
Photos of the Week: Doo Dah, Horse Play, Cloud Falls
An autonomous delivery robot in Barcelona, a heat wave in Australia, a triceratops auction in France, a lava flow in southwestern Iceland, Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City, and much more
How One Woman Became the Scapegoat for America’s Reading Crisis
Lucy Calkins was an education superstar. Now she’s cast as the reason a generation of students struggles to read. Can she reclaim her good name?
Is Ambivalence Killing Parenthood?
And can deciding to have kids even be a rational exercise in the first place?
How America Got Mean
In a culture devoid of moral education, generations are growing up in a morally inarticulate, self-referential world.
Why We’re Banning Phones at Our School
Unfettered phone usage at school is hurting our kids and depriving them of connection. But it’s not too late to make a change.
The AI War Was Never Just About AI
Tech giants such as Google and Meta need something more than compelling chatbots to win.
What the Broligarchs Want From Trump
Tremendous power is flowing to tech and finance magnates.
The Right Has a Bluesky Problem
The X exodus is weakening a way for conservatives to speak to the masses.
The Trump Marathon
If Americans want to hold Trump accountable in a second term, they must keep their heads when he uses chaos as a strategy.
What Comes Next for Air Travel
The Trump administration could prove more sympathetic to businesses than to consumers.
That Day at Hiroshima
“If there are such things as ghosts, why don’t they haunt the Americans?”