Another Theory of the Trump Movement
Who else but Sigmund Freud to help explain?
What Pete Hegseth’s Nomination Is Really About
Revenge on the military is just the start of it.
Winners of the 2024 International Landscape Photographer of the Year
Some of the top and winning images from this year’s landscape-photography competition
Why the Past 10 Years of American Life Have Been Uniquely Stupid
It’s not just a phase.
The Atlantic Gift Guide
The Atlantic has chosen 65 gifts for bringing more merriment, adventure, and wonder to the ones you love.
The Long-Held Habits You Might Need to Reconsider
One of the most humbling parts of being alive is realizing you’ve been doing a simple thing wrong.
The People Who Quit Dating
Being single can be hard—but the search for love may be harder.
The Fairy Tale We’ve Been Retelling for 125 Years
Every generation has an Oz story, but one retelling best captures what makes L. Frank Baum’s world sing.
There’s No Longer Any Doubt That Hollywood Writing Is Powering AI
Dialogue from these movies and TV shows has been used by companies such as Apple and Anthropic to train AI systems.
How I Demolished My Life
A home-improvement story
The Elite College Students Who Can’t Read Books
To read a book in college, it helps to have read a book in high school.
Search the Hollywood AI Database
Use this search tool to see how writing from 139,000 movies and TV shows has trained generative AI.
A Good Country’s Bad Choice
And what I got wrong about the 2024 election
The Trump-Trumpist Divide
The incoming president wants to do things his voters have not embraced.
He Was the World’s Longest-Held Death-Row Inmate. He Was Also Innocent.
Each day for 50 years, the Japanese boxer Iwao Hakamada woke up unsure whether it would be his last.
What Pete Hegseth Doesn’t Get About Women in Combat
Trump’s allies treat every change in social norms as a DEI project gone wrong.
Donald Trump’s Most Dangerous Cabinet Pick
Pete Hegseth considers himself to be at war with basically everybody to Trump’s left, and it is by no means clear that he means war metaphorically.
What to Read If You’re Angry About the Election
These seven books aren’t a cure for rage and despair. Think of them instead as a prescription.
Trump’s Most Misunderstood Policy Proposal
Economists aren’t telling the whole truth about tariffs.
The Supreme Court Has Itself to Blame for Texas Defying Its Orders
Greg Abbott is taking a stand to protect his state’s right to let children die in the Rio Grande, and four justices of the Supreme Court are encouraging him to do so.
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