Photos of the Week: Tall Ships, Cool Catacombs, Bastille Day
T. rex racing in Washington State, wildfires in the U.S. and Canada, electric-speedboat racing in Monaco, celebrations of Mozart’s birthday in Austria, and much more| The Atlantic
The Attention-Span Class Divide
Who can afford to sit still at the movies?| The Atlantic
The Researchers Who Want Dads-to-Be to Stop Drinking
If you’re “actively trying to have babies,” one expert told me, “both the man and the woman should be abstaining” from alcohol.| The Atlantic
Ukraine’s Dr. Strangelove
A rocket designer with a dubious past sets out to build a missile shield with Europe—and without America.| The Atlantic
<em>The Odyssey</em> Was Never About the Gods
Christopher Nolan’s largely deity-free blockbuster adaptation only highlights the humanity of the original.| The Atlantic
Trump Has Only Terrible Choices With Iran
Some involve accepting Iranian control of the Strait of Hormuz. The rest call for escalation.| The Atlantic
A Perfectly Crude Solution to America’s Housing Shortage
If you can’t beat the NIMBYs, pay ’em.| The Atlantic
When Did Sports Get So Loud?
Athletes have become influencers. In-game production has become “storytelling.” And everything has gotten very, very stimulating.| The Atlantic
Trump Still Hasn’t Found What He’s Looking For
The president’s prime-time speech was more notable for what it didn’t prove than for what it did.| The Atlantic
Trump Just Did More Damage to American Elections Than China
His speech was a mash-up of charges that aren’t supported by the documents he released.| The Atlantic
Trump Dooms His Own Party
The president’s self-serving message will not serve the Republicans on the ballot.| The Atlantic
Your <em>Odyssey</em> Might Be Cropped
Not all viewings are created equal.| The Atlantic
Explaining Sex to an Anthropologist
The president of the field’s leading professional association was asked about a polarizing topic—and showed that she doesn’t understand the position she is dismissing.| The Atlantic
Canada’s Forests Will Burn and Burn
Once a wildfire starts, it can spread to an area too massive to control.| The Atlantic
J. D. Vance’s Own Alien Abduction
The vice president has been replaced with a guy who’s just asking questions.| The Atlantic
Pete Hegseth’s Questionable Testosterone Plan - The Atlantic
The secretary of defense has a questionable plan to monitor the hormone levels of every service member over 30.| The Atlantic
The Lessons About Ebola the U.S. Wants to Forget
The world’s capacity to control the disease has improved in the past decade, but only because of dedicated investment and coordination.| The Atlantic
The Truth About AI’s Water Use
It’s complicated—and it might not matter that much.| The Atlantic
The Ancient Texts That Teach You to Be Human
Reading the classics is a kind of learning that helps you become someone.| The Atlantic
The Biggest Takeaway From Todd Blanche’s Confirmation Hearing
The once-cherished ideal of dispensing impartial justice has all but disappeared.| The Atlantic
The Opening After Netanyahu
A new Israeli government won’t deliver peace overnight, but it could reverse the trajectory toward endless conflict.| The Atlantic
The Unapologetic Crime Fiction of Colson Whitehead
The Harlem Trilogy concludes with big questions about the moral universe.| The Atlantic
How the Smithsonian Could Fall
A president cracking down on museums is unusual—but so are the museums.| The Atlantic
The Election Deniers Are in Charge Now
In Georgia, where Donald Trump once tried to “find” more than 11,000 votes, election deniers are now in powerful election-board positions.| The Atlantic
Reading a 3,000-Year-Old Poem to a 3-Year-Old Boy
The Odyssey is not, strictly speaking, a children’s book. I thought my son might enjoy it anyway.| The Atlantic
What Is It About Ranch Dressing? - The Atlantic
Ranch dressing has become, deservedly or not, a face of the nation during the World Cup.| The Atlantic
The Wildfire Survivors Who Didn’t Want to Be Climate Models - The Atlantic
After a wildfire razed a Canadian town, its leaders pushed for climate-friendly rebuilding. Residents just wanted to come home.| The Atlantic
Canada’s Forests Will Burn and Burn - The Atlantic
Once a wildfire starts, it can spread to an area too massive to control.| The Atlantic
You Don’t Need to Vote for Socialists to Get Universal Health Care - The Atlantic
Critics on the left and the right are, for different reasons, obscuring the Democratic Party’s long commitment to this cause.| The Atlantic
Social Security Is Running Out of Time
Maya MacGuineas on the looming exhaustion of the Social Security Trust Fund and whether America will ever have a responsible federal budget. Plus: another ICE shooting and A Place of Greater Safety by Hilary Mantel.| The Atlantic
Photos: The Wonders of Ocean Life
Images of the incredibly wide variety of marine life on our planet, including seabirds, marine mammals, fish, corals, crustaceans, and much more| The Atlantic
An <em>Odyssey</em> Deserving of the Biggest Screen Possible
Christopher Nolan successfully brings the epic into the IMAX era.| The Atlantic
<em>The Atlantic</em> Announces Marc Novicoff and Nancy Walecki as Staff Writers, Michael Zelenko as Senior Editor, and James Kirchick as Contributing Writer
The Atlantic is announcing four new roles and promotions in the newsroom: Marc Novicoff and Nancy Walecki as staff writers,both moving from editor roles at The Atlantic; Michael Zelenko as a senior editor, joining from Rest of World; and James Kirchick as a contributing writer, who has written for The Atlantic as a freelancer since 2008.| The Atlantic
All the Cool Kids Are Birding
A younger crowd is flocking to a hobby once dominated by retirees—and transforming it along the way.| The Atlantic
The Forever Negotiation
Trump and Iran might keep talking. Or they might keep bombing. Or both.| The Atlantic
Who Really Controls the Strait of Hormuz?
Since the war began, Iran has only expanded its power over the waterway.| The Atlantic
Marco Rubio’s Disappearing Signal Chat
The State Department told a court last year that the secretary didn’t use disappearing messages. By this spring, it had dropped that claim.| The Atlantic
The Bizarre Partnership Between the U.S. and Venezuela
Responding to the recent earthquakes pushed the two countries’ new relationship out into the open.| The Atlantic
The Shooter in Maine Was a New ICE Recruit
The second killing in as many weeks prompted an abrupt policy change on vehicle stops.| The Atlantic
Generative AI Is an Engineering Disaster
A shockingly inefficient trillion-dollar project| The Atlantic
The 40-Year-Old Man-Child
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off has avoided a midlife crisis for good reason: It’s a timeless portrait of popularity and truthiness.| The Atlantic
Viktor Orbán Could Actually Lose Sunday’s Hungarian Election - The Atlantic
The Hungarian leader faces an energized opposition—and questions about whether he would accept defeat.| The Atlantic
J. D. Vance Is Definitely Against Foreign Election Interference - The Atlantic
The vice president accused the European Union of meddling—as he stumped for Viktor Orbán.| The Atlantic
The MAGA Intellectual Who Prophesied a Queen Melania - The Atlantic
An ally of J. D. Vance who has dabbled in monarchism is now working for Viktor Orbán.| The Atlantic
George Soros, Viktor Orbán, and the War on CEU - The Atlantic
As the Hungarian prime minister systematically undermined his own country’s education system, one institution stood defiant: a university in the heart of Budapest, founded by George Soros.| The Atlantic
The Psychology Behind Costco's Free Samples - The Atlantic
Mini pizza bagels? Now we're talking.| The Atlantic
Trump’s Anti-Growth Agenda - The Atlantic
When a superpower’s economy lags, hegemony becomes unsustainable.| The Atlantic
The See-No-Evil Supreme Court
The majority refuses to see evidence of racism.| The Atlantic
Punctuation: A Generational Divide
Can parents ever learn to text like their kids? Should they even try?| The Atlantic
The Accidental Winners of the War on Higher Ed - The Atlantic
Go to a small liberal-arts college if you can.| The Atlantic
The Elite-University Presidents Who Despise One Another - The Atlantic
Inside the civil war between the Ivy League and the South| The Atlantic
The College Backlash Is a Mirage - The Atlantic
Americans are more pessimistic than ever about the value of a degree—but enrollment keeps going up.| The Atlantic
One Story to Read Today - The Atlantic
Sign up for the One Story to Read Today newsletter, available Weekday and Sunday Afternoons.| The Atlantic
A Poem by Christian J. Collier: 'In the Time of Dying, Meet Me' - The Atlantic
A poem for Sunday| The Atlantic
The End of Reading Is Here - The Atlantic
Optimists once believed that universal literacy was inevitable. Now it seems that the age of reading might be a short anomaly in human history.| The Atlantic
Todd Blanche’s War Against Journalism - The Atlantic
As the acting attorney general prepares for confirmation hearings, his DOJ is showcasing its willingness to intimidate reporters whose revelations have upset the president.| The Atlantic
In Hungary, the First Post-Reality Political Campaign - The Atlantic
Hungary’s Viktor Orbán is waging cognitive warfare on a new scale.| The Atlantic
Winners of the International Aerial Photographer of the Year
A collection of winners and selected images from the competition’s “Top 101” grouping, chosen from more than 1,500 entries by professional and amateur aerial photographers around the world| The Atlantic
How Lindsey Graham Miscalculated on Iran
The senator helped persuade Trump to launch a war that has become a quagmire.| The Atlantic
The Last of the Three Amigos
Lindsey Graham believed American power could be a force for good in the world.| The Atlantic
A Win for American Democracy - The Atlantic
The Supreme Court has restored power—financial and otherwise—to political parties in elections.| The Atlantic
<em>The Atlantic </em>Introduces Whodunit Game: Lemony Snicket’s Suspicious Incident in Dubious Park
As part of its ongoing expansion into Games, today The Atlantic is launching its first immersive-narrative game: Lemony Snicket’s Suspicious Incident in Dubious Park. The game transports characters to the center of a fictional scene––written by the author Lemony Snicket––to solve a murder mystery.| The Atlantic
The War Trump Can’t Control
President Trump has consistently said the war in Iran will be over “quickly.” Is it becoming one America can’t exit?| The Atlantic
Russia and America Are Rediscovering the Limits of Nuclear Weapons
They buy deterrence. That’s about it.| The Atlantic
How the Elite See Rome
Need the Colosseum to yourself? Want to see a privately owned masterpiece by Caravaggio? For the tourism fixer Fulvio De Bonis, there’s no such thing as a closed door.| The Atlantic
The Unintended Consequences of Genetic Tests - The Atlantic
Data on inherited maladies can save lives, but can also complicate them.| The Atlantic
The Kind of Thing Dictators Do - The Atlantic
The decision to deport Mahmoud Khalil is most remarkable for its pettiness, its insecurity, and its failure to grasp the spirit of America and of academia at their best.| The Atlantic
Anti-Semitism Is Becoming Mainstream - The Atlantic
The Michigan attack shows that anti-Jewish terror is spreading.| The Atlantic
Kanye West's Donald Trump MAGA Hat: Who's to Blame? - The Atlantic
The celebrity-media feedback loop? Or the rapper himself?| The Atlantic
Ye Is Music’s Most Uncancellable Man - The Atlantic
The artist formerly known as Kanye West thinks this is a great time for a comeback. He might be right.| The Atlantic
Kanye West Finally Says What He Means - The Atlantic
The swastika that the rapper tweeted ties a nasty little bow on his ever-expanding collection of disturbing ideas.| The Atlantic
Morgan Wallen Is Disgraced and Thriving - The Atlantic
After saying a racial slur and being exiled from radio, Morgan Wallen has become only more popular. What’s going on?| The Atlantic
The Rosenberg Boys - The Atlantic
When Ethel and Julius Rosenberg were executed by the U.S. government, they left behind two sons, ages 6 and 10. All these years later, Robby and Michael are still trying to make sense of what happened.| The Atlantic
The Demon Next Door - The Atlantic
A growing number of charismatic Christians see themselves as waging a spiritual battle against the forces of Satan. Sometimes those forces are right across the street.| The Atlantic
Small-Dollar Campaign Donors Are Hurting the Political System - The Atlantic
The problem with donation mobs| The Atlantic
Movies Are Good, Actually - The Atlantic
A film critic’s new book attacks the medium for diminishing culture. Rarely has David Thomson been more wrong.| The Atlantic
A Supreme Court Decision That Might Improve Politics - The Atlantic
The recent campaign-finance ruling is actually good. Or at least, it’s not bad.| The Atlantic
The Vultures Arrived Before the Rescue Teams - The Atlantic
Venezuela’s government has managed to make a natural disaster even worse.| The Atlantic
A False Pretense of Judicial Modesty - The Atlantic
The Supreme Court is remaking the law while claiming to preserve the status quo.| The Atlantic
The White House Considers 250 Pardons for the 250th - The Atlantic
The idea has set off a frenzy of appeals for clemency.| The Atlantic
Photos: Rescue and Recovery in Venezuela - The Atlantic
After a pair of strong earthquakes struck Venezuela last week, rescue teams from around the world headed toward affected areas, working with local teams to find survivors. Government sources say more than 1,450 people were killed, and nearly 47,000 remain missing.| The Atlantic
The Trump Administration Is Done With Social Science - The Atlantic
The National Science Foundation division that covers social, behavioral, and economic sciences is in the crosshairs.| The Atlantic
Men in Cages - The Atlantic
The immigrant-detention facility, which may soon be shut down, has been a cruel and costly publicity stunt.| The Atlantic
Did Marcel Duchamp Ruin Art? - The Atlantic
If you hate contemporary art, everything you dislike about it can be traced back to him.| The Atlantic
Judd Apatow’s Afternoon With Mel Brooks - The Atlantic
The 2,000-year-old man turns 97 this summer. I talked with him about fighting in World War II, his life in comedy, and the secret to happiness.| The Atlantic
Long Live Mel Brooks - The Atlantic
Happy 100th birthday to the funniest man who’s ever lived.| The Atlantic
Why Is It So Hard to Find a Good Floor Lamp? - The Atlantic
The internet has everything—except the one thing I need.| The Atlantic
The People Who Will Thrive in the AI Age - The Atlantic
What will differentiate people is not how smart they are but their relationship to mental effort.| The Atlantic
Money Will Kill ChatGPT’s Magic - The Atlantic
Buzzy products like ChatGPT and DALL-E 2 will have to turn a profit eventually.| The Atlantic
Choosing Trade School Over College - The Atlantic
When college is held up as the one true path to success, parents—especially highly educated ones—might worry when their children opt for vocational school instead.| The Atlantic
The Boeing 747 Begins Its Final Descent - The Atlantic
The jet was perhaps the pinnacle of American engineering excellence. Its retirement signals an end to an era of American culture—and ambition.| The Atlantic
Higher Ed Is Very Sorry - The Atlantic
Universities are studying how they lost the public’s trust.| The Atlantic
The 'Wall' That Keeps Flesh-Eating Worms Out of America - The Atlantic
Screwworms, insects that once killed millions of dollars’ worth of cattle a year in the southern U.S., can be relentless in their search for hosts—and those who fight them must be relentless too, @SarahZhang reported in 2020:| The Atlantic
Your Search Results Are Getting Sloptimized - The Atlantic
How companies are gaming the chatbot internet| The Atlantic
Here Are the Attack Plans That Trump’s Advisers Shared on Signal - The Atlantic
The administration has downplayed the importance of the text messages inadvertently sent to The Atlantic’s editor in chief.| The Atlantic
No, Artificial Intelligence Is Not Conscious - The Atlantic
Taken to its logical conclusion, this line of thinking is absurd—and damning.| The Atlantic