What Are Jewish Voters Supposed to Do? - The Atlantic
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel on why she is skipping the Michigan Democratic Party’s convention, the rise of anti-Semitism within her party, and the conundrum Jewish Democrat voters face. Plus: a new round of President Trump’s Canadian trade war, and American Scoundrel, by Kai Bird and Susan Goldmark.| The Atlantic
Economists Who Weren’t Worried About the Debt Are Now Panicking
What really concerns them isn’t just the $40 trillion.| The Atlantic
Meta’s Day of Reckoning
Instagram and Facebook will be radically different following a landmark settlement.| The Atlantic
Why Did John Ratcliffe Go to Moscow?
Despite Trump’s claims, the CIA director’s visit was anything but routine. It might be a sign that Putin is getting more dangerous.| The Atlantic
The Lights Are Back On in Gary, Indiana
A long two weeks after a derecho blew through, most of the city finally has power.| The Atlantic
The German Far Right Is Poised for a Breakthrough - The Atlantic
The AfD could do something next month that would mark a first in the country’s postwar history.| The Atlantic
The Last American Dreamer
No southerner, or perhaps human, has remained so universally beloved for so long as Dolly Parton.| The Atlantic
The Don’t-Mention-the-War Midterms Strategy
The shift to an economic pressure campaign could also push the conflict out of the minds of voters.| The Atlantic
Why Was This <em>Looney Tunes</em> Movie Almost Shelved for Good?
The director of Coyote vs. Acme wants to make sense of the film’s near death.| The Atlantic
The Jason Arday Truthers
The concerted effort to airbrush the late fabulist’s life| The Atlantic
The Truth About Dolly Parton’s Style
It wasn’t about showbiz. It was about sovereignty.| The Atlantic
Americans Around the Country Describe Their American Dream - The Atlantic
Who still believes in the American Dream?| The Atlantic
How Did Consciousness Evolve? - The Atlantic
A neuroscientist on how we came to be aware of ourselves| The Atlantic
More American Families Are Refusing Vaccines - The Atlantic
This fall, the nation’s kindergartners will be more vulnerable to disease than they’ve been in decades.| The Atlantic
Trump Plans to Buy Midterm Ads About His Own Record
Some Republicans welcome his involvement but whether voters will is another question.| The Atlantic
We’re Living in the World Dolly Parton Built
Country music is surging, female singer-songwriters are on top, and audiences crave honest voices like hers.| The Atlantic
ICE Has Quietly Changed Its Deadly-Force Rule
Officers under investigation can no longer return quickly to the streets.| The Atlantic
The Transcendence of Dolly Parton
The late singer was perhaps the only person in the United States who commanded nearly universal affection.| The Atlantic
Dolly Parton: Photos From an Extraordinary Life and Career
Dolly Parton, the singer, songwriter, actor, and philanthropist, died today at the age of 80.| The Atlantic
Why the U.S.-Canada Trade Talks Fell Apart - The Atlantic
Trump’s bullying of Canada is failing.| The Atlantic
Darline Graham Is Not Her Brother - The Atlantic
Thrown into office and an unexpected campaign, she is running on her brother’s legacy—but making clear that she’s different.| The Atlantic
The Latest Empty Threat Against Iran
The Trump administration gave its own explanation for why sanctions against Tehran won’t work.| The Atlantic
Portrait of the Artist as a Movie Star
Rachel Cusk’s latest novel is about the life of a famous actress—or is it?| The Atlantic
The Qataris Gave Trump an Airplane. He Crippled Their Country in Return.
The tiny Gulf state is learning that the U.S. president doesn’t always keep his end of the deal.| The Atlantic
Party in the (Downwardly Mobile) U.S.A.
The mainstream is disintegrating. What’s a frustrated pop star to do?| The Atlantic
Is Mojtaba Khamenei Dead?
The office of Iran’s supreme leader has fallen quiet, fueling uncertainty in a country with decisions to make.| The Atlantic
The Jews Who Voted for Hitler
What happened when members of a minority community cast its lot with a political leader who despised them| The Atlantic
People Are Using AI to Cheat in Job Interviews - The Atlantic
People are sneaking answers from AI, and who can blame them?| The Atlantic
The New Law of Political Prosecutions - The Atlantic
Judges have long defaulted to a posture of trust toward the federal government, but under Trump that is changing, and a new set of legal possibilities is emerging.| The Atlantic
Logging in Was Never Supposed to Be This Complicated - The Atlantic
Please not another two-factor authentication code.| The Atlantic
Trump Is Losing Touch With the Public
As the president spends less time with his base at rallies, his populist instincts are failing him.| The Atlantic
Trump’s D.C. IndyCar Race Was Actually Kind of Fun - The Atlantic
Other patriotic spectacles this summer felt like Trump rallies. This was a car race.| The Atlantic
Where Do America’s Colleges Go From Here?
The Trump administration has a new series of questions for colleges about affordability, curriculum, and “national service”—how will they respond? And: W. E. B. Du Bois and Booker T. Washington in a dubious battle over education, from the Atlantic archives.| The Atlantic
<em>The Atlantic </em>announces Jessica Goldstein as SVP of events
Goldstein joins after leading events at NPR and the Skoll Foundation| The Atlantic
Scenes From the 2026 World Humanoid Robot Games
More than 600 teams brought 2,000 robots to Beijing for the second edition of this annual competition, where humanoid robots compete in a wide variety of events, including athletics and household tasks.| The Atlantic
A Reverse Ellis Island
A city at the southern tip of Mexico has become the place where migrants’ dreams go to die.| The Atlantic
An Experiment in Healing Attention - The Atlantic
What blocking access to your phone does for your ability to focus. Plus, advice from Jenny Odell, the author of How to Do Nothing, on fighting distraction.| The Atlantic
The Hatred That Broke American Politics - The Atlantic
Race is the wound America sees. Anti-Semitism is the one it doesn’t.| The Atlantic
The Scary Future of the American Right - The Atlantic
What I saw at the National Conservatism Conference| The Atlantic
Trump’s Ballroom Sounds More and More Like a Fortress - The Atlantic
Trump’s pet project would contort a White House design that is supposed to emphasize democracy and openness.| The Atlantic
Don’t Just Replace Chavez—Rethink Monuments - The Atlantic
It’s time for tributes to leave the great-man theory of history behind.| The Atlantic
The Real Fight for the Smithsonian - The Atlantic
Its museums, more than any others, shape the nation’s narrative. No wonder the country argues about it.| The Atlantic
Jason Arday’s Final Self-Delusion
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Confessions of a Token Black Professor
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Trump Will Make South Korea Pay for His Iran Humiliation - The Atlantic
His rage is driving him to make irrational policy choices.| The Atlantic
Trump’s Last Loyal Constituency - The Atlantic
The administration delivers a win for financial crooks at the expense of honest businesses.| The Atlantic
What Parents Lose When They Don’t Read to Their Kids - The Atlantic
Sharing books with my children was about a lot more than literacy.| The Atlantic
The New Luddites Aren’t Backing Down - The Atlantic
Activists are organizing to combat generative AI and other technologies—and reclaiming a misunderstood label in the process.| The Atlantic
Inside America’s Ugly Birthday Battle - The Atlantic
The Trump administration broke an agreement to fund the bipartisan semiquincentennial celebrations, saying it will not “light taxpayer money on fire.”| The Atlantic
How America Gave Up on Its Own History - The Atlantic
Unable to agree on how to interpret the American story, the country’s schools, universities, and political institutions have stopped trying to tell it at all.| The Atlantic
The Apotheosis of Donald Trump - The Atlantic
On the president’s 80th birthday, it became clear that he has entered his decline.| The Atlantic
Trump Is Making the 250th Small - The Atlantic
The State Fair rally was an empty celebration of a man instead of a country.| The Atlantic
The Comfort Democracies and the Control States - The Atlantic
Liberal societies need to show they can win—without destroying their own values from within.| The Atlantic
Someone Is Mysteriously Snapping Up Used Books Around the World - The Atlantic
Are AI companies to blame?| The Atlantic
Rob Sand Has Figured Something Out - The Atlantic
Rob Sand isn’t progressive or moderate. What is he trying to be?| The Atlantic
Why Trump Is Accusing Obama of Wiretapping - The Atlantic
The president’s attacks on his predecessor may be intended to discredit the results of any inquiry into his 2016 campaign’s contacts with Russian officials.| The Atlantic
The Genius of Making Elena Ferrante's Book Covers Look Like 'Chick-Lit' - The Atlantic
Readers complain about the "chick-lit" imagery that adorns the author's highbrow novels. But there's value in embracing the oft-scorned "women's fiction" genre.| The Atlantic
Living Alone in the U.S. Is Harder Than It Should Be - The Atlantic
In ways both large and small, American society still assumes that the default adult has a partner and that the default household contains multiple people.| The Atlantic
The Eroticism Shortage - The Atlantic
The therapist Esther Perel has a theory about America’s eroticism shortage.| The Atlantic
Romance On-Screen Has Never Been Colder. Maybe That’s Just Truthful. - The Atlantic
Lena Dunham’s new series makes falling in love look almost utilitarian.| The Atlantic
The Grain of Truth in ‘One Night Only’ - The Atlantic
The plot of One Night Only is extremely silly. It also contains a grain of truth.| The Atlantic
A Green Light for Crooks - The Atlantic
The Treasury has made the American economy a safe space for corruption.| The Atlantic
Our Last Wi-Fi-Less Refuge Is Gone - The Atlantic
Subpar connectivity on airplanes was a gift, in a way.| The Atlantic
Ocean Photographer of the Year 2026 Finalists - The Atlantic
The finalist selections for this year’s Ocean Photographer of the Year competition were just announced by the organizers at Oceanographic Magazine, featuring some of the best coastal, drone, and underwater photographs chosen from thousands of submissions.| The Atlantic
Imagine Losing Your Job to the Mere Possibility of AI - The Atlantic
The technology may not be ready to replace workers, but that isn’t stopping execs from pushing forward anyway.| The Atlantic
Even Silicon Valley Says That AI Is a Bubble - The Atlantic
An AI crash could bring down the economy. Some in the tech world think that’s the price of progress.| The Atlantic
Inside the Dirty, Dystopian World of AI Data Centers - The Atlantic
The race to power AI is already remaking the physical world.| The Atlantic
America’s Politically Violent Have Their Own Ideology - The Atlantic
Most Americans fully reject political violence. It’s time to differentiate between those who tolerate it and everyone else.| The Atlantic
Why Stocks Keep Going Up - The Atlantic
The boom is not as untethered from reality as it may look.| The Atlantic
Nobody Knows What Ultra-Processed Food Is - The Atlantic
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is taking on the fuzziest category in food science.| The Atlantic
In Defense of Flock - The Atlantic
Police cameras can help make the criminal-justice system both fairer and less punitive—if we let them.| The Atlantic
Where Has All the Testosterone Gone? - The Atlantic
Levels of the hormone have dropped in the past half century—but no one knows exactly why.| The Atlantic
Noah Berlatsky, The Atlantic
Noah Berlatsky edits the online comics-and-culture website The Hooded Utilitarian and is the author of the book Wonder Woman: Bondage and Feminism in the Marston/Peter Comics, 1941-48.| The Atlantic
What Do Sex and Gender Even Mean Now? - The Atlantic
The history of a semantic mess––and a way out of it| The Atlantic
The Democrats Can’t Just Laugh Off ‘Woke 1’ - The Atlantic
Republicans have no incentive to let them forget past excesses.| The Atlantic
The People Who Bet Big on MAGA’s Future—And Lost - The Atlantic
Some institutions jumped onto the MAGA bandwagon after the 2024 election, but it hasn’t taken long for those decisions to look shortsighted.| The Atlantic
How the ‘Body Positivity’ Movement Died - The Atlantic
A few years ago, there was a push for acceptance of different body types. Now? Not so much.| The Atlantic
America Is Now a Rogue Superpower - The Atlantic
Washington’s conduct in the Iran war is accelerating global chaos and deepening America’s dangerous isolation.| The Atlantic
A Walk With New York’s Most Hated Tech Founder - The Atlantic
Avi Schiffmann says he’s enjoying the angry reaction to the Friend AI pendant. Is he serious?| The Atlantic
A Surveillance ‘Cat-and-Mouse’ Game With AI - The Atlantic
Is there any way of fighting back?| The Atlantic
How Ukraine Became a ‘Model Ally’ - The Atlantic
The country Trump once disdained as a burden has become a military powerhouse.| The Atlantic
The Color Recession May Be Permanent - The Atlantic
Consumers are so afraid of getting colors wrong, they don’t use them at all.| The Atlantic
A Chatbot-Free Childhood Will Be a Status Symbol - The Atlantic
AI is like ultra-processed food for developing brains.| The Atlantic
Ukraine’s Short-Lived Comeback - The Atlantic
The chorus of optimism has quieted on several fronts, including Zelensky’s struggle with corruption and his relations with Trump.| The Atlantic
Jason Arday's Fairy Tale Is Over - The Atlantic
The Cambridge professor Jason Arday’s unlikely ascent has come to a tragic end.| The Atlantic
Liberals Are Now Fighting a Two-Front War - The Atlantic
Leftists like Abdul El-Sayed will take over the Democratic Party unless the center-left adapts to their rise.| The Atlantic
Did al-Qaeda Succeed? - The Atlantic
Twenty-five years after 9/11, analysts can’t decide if the terrorist organization is all but defunct or more threatening than ever.| The Atlantic
What if Freud Was Right? - The Atlantic
A neuroscientist dares to argue that old-fashioned psychoanalysis holds the key to curing mental illness.| The Atlantic
Trump Blames America First - The Atlantic
The president would rather condemn Minnesota than Iran.| The Atlantic
What the Fauci Diary Reveals About Washington - The Atlantic
His musings seem to confirm everyone’s worst suspicions about the capital.| The Atlantic
The Most Famous AI Writing Tic Is Also the Most Mysterious - The Atlantic
Why chatbots love “it’s not X, it’s Y”| The Atlantic