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Why has a game never ended 36–23?| The Atlantic
An emerging field of history asks if we can ever really understand how our forebears experienced love, anger, fear, and sorrow.| The Atlantic
Powerful images from the past 12 months| The Atlantic
Miami Herald reporter Julie K. Brown has some tips for what to look for when they emerge.| The Atlantic
His evasive responses to Signalgate are shameful nonsense.| The Atlantic
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Sam Kirchner wants to save the world from artificial superintelligence. He’s been missing for two weeks.| The Atlantic
Today The Atlantic is announcing that Michael Leibel will join as senior editor for community. Michael begins on Monday, and will lead efforts to engage with our readers more closely, including building a larger forum for conversation on the website and app. Michael spent the past eight years at Bloomberg News and Businessweek, leading audience, social-media, and video-curation strategy.| The Atlantic
The political manipulation machine| The Atlantic
Illiteracy worries have long been irresistible to the educated class.| The Atlantic
The genre’s overreliance on pulpy paperbacks is turning into a problem.| The Atlantic
Grocery self-checkout lines are now often longer than the staffed ones.| The Atlantic
Here’s what I learned about creativity and contentment from the celebrated author.| The Atlantic
Immigration isn’t breaking our society. We are.| The Atlantic
Day 4 of the 2025 Space Telescope Advent Calendar| The Atlantic
Researchers are scrambling to figure out why generative AI appears to lead some people to a state of “psychosis.”| The Atlantic
The Atlantic's exploration of the possibilities and pitfalls of mentorship| The Atlantic
Australia is about to ban young teens from most platforms. The rest of the world is watching.| The Atlantic
The books that made us think the most this year| The Atlantic
Last night’s Tennessee special election gave both Democrats and Republicans something to worry about.| The Atlantic
Torn between supporting ranchers and bringing down prices, the president is trying to have it both ways on beef.| The Atlantic
Jonathan Gruber on the broken American health-care system, Obamacare, the Trump administration’s war on vaccines and science, and being on the wrong end of Republican outrage. Plus: David on Donald Trump’s Ukraine “peace plan,” recent scandals, and They Thought They Were Free, by Milton Mayer.| The Atlantic
His case for clemency rests on the assumption that he’s irreplaceable.| The Atlantic
The inspector general finds that the defense secretary violated his department’s policies.| The Atlantic
Day 3 of the 2025 Space Telescope Advent Calendar| The Atlantic
And two other ideas for lowering electricity costs| The Atlantic
The sanctity of the individual is an essential Western value.| The Atlantic
The fight was always for the independence of a country that can hold its powerful to account.| The Atlantic
Can “American Canto” turn scandal into literature?| The Atlantic
The week between Christmas and New Year’s Eve is a time when nothing counts, and when nothing is quite real.| The Atlantic
Humanity needs to get better at knowing how to get better.| The Atlantic
Test your knowledge—and read our latest stories for a little extra help.| The Atlantic
Introducing our new special report on the environmental impacts of our stuff| The Atlantic
Until now, no president had yielded to royal temptations from abroad.| The Atlantic
The skills that students will need in an age of automation are precisely those that are eroded by inserting AI into the educational process.| The Atlantic
America’s urban rebirth is missing something key—actual births.| The Atlantic
The chatbot is also praising Hitler and attacking users with Jewish-sounding names.| The Atlantic
Facebook and Twitter seem less relevant by the day. They may be replaced by new “federated” platforms.| The Atlantic
Trofim Lysenko’s spurious research prolonged famines that killed millions. So why is a fringe movement praising his legacy?| The Atlantic
What happened when Jann Wenner traded the hippie dream for pop-star friends and luxury| The Atlantic
By its own efforts, despite the bungles and cowardice of its friends, Ukraine may have at least bought a chance for the freedom it is due.| The Atlantic
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The auto industry is at war with Apple.| The Atlantic
Sudan’s devastating civil war, how Elon Musk ate NASA, a guitar guru to the rock gods, and how Canada is killing itself. Plus le Carré in Corfu, fearless flying, Mrs. Dalloway, marriage, Muriel Spark, a forgotten art prodigy, 20 years after Hurricane Katrina, and more.| The Atlantic
What happens when a society takes individualism to its logical conclusion?| The Atlantic
No state laws, planning, or pageantry can erase the horror of losing someone you love.| The Atlantic
Why do so many patients have to wait until they’re suffering terribly before they can get relief?| The Atlantic
The terminally ill 29-year-old, who took her own life Saturday, was certain in her wishes. But what about patients who seem motivated by depression or hopelessness?| The Atlantic
Pity the despot.| The Atlantic
How X blew up its own platform with a new location feature| The Atlantic
Another big project has found that only half of studies can be repeated. And this time, the usual explanations fall flat.| The Atlantic
Americans love to see “miracle students.” T. M. Landry College Preparatory School seems to have capitalized on that.| The Atlantic
As long as one player can fix the outcome of a wager, the temptation will prove irresistible to some athletes.| The Atlantic
The party is working out its differences. And that’s okay.| The Atlantic
The former president’s recent attack on Senator Chuck Schumer is like an Everlasting Gobstopper of offense, with new layers emerging one after another.| The Atlantic
If you’re Hersh Goldberg-Polin’s parents, by crusading nonstop for his and other hostages’ release.| The Atlantic
It is not anti-Semitic to want equal rights for all in Jerusalem, in Tel Aviv, in Gaza, in Ramallah.| The Atlantic
A court ruling upholding an anti-BDS law in Arkansas sets a dangerous precedent.| The Atlantic
Nigerian epic thrillers, Chimamanda Adichie’s books, and more culture and entertainment recommendations| The Atlantic
The platform has cast itself as the internet’s kindest place. But users argue harassment is rampant, and employees say efforts to stem it aren’t funded well or prioritized.| The Atlantic
The urge to reopen society far outpaces scientific discovery. Ten scientists offer a plan to close the gap.| The Atlantic
You can make a thing so perfect that it’s ruined.| The Atlantic
In the sweep of history, Marjorie Taylor Greene’s time in Congress will be a blip.| The Atlantic
Listen to The Atlantic’s deep storytelling and conversations wherever you are with podcasts such as The Experiment, Floodlines, and more.| The Atlantic
The era of twenty-somethings blindly stampeding their way towards law school seems to be finally, mercifully drawing to a close.| The Atlantic
If you were a lawyer or worked on Wall Street last year, you were a member of an unlucky club: The shrinking white collar industry.| The Atlantic
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Moscow doesn’t want a transactional deal. Washington needs a better plan.| The Atlantic
The Trump administration had actually begun to make progress. Now it’s all in doubt.| The Atlantic
The White House is giving Putin permission to try again.| The Atlantic
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The flow of traffic to Donald Trump’s most loyal digital-media boosters isn’t just slowing; it’s utterly collapsing.| The Atlantic
Even though his campaign ended a year ago, the president hasn’t stopped fundraising.| The Atlantic
Here are the questions and answers from today’s Atlantic Trivia on Instagram.| The Atlantic
Millions across northern India have spent recent weeks living under a toxic blanket of smog. The air is choked with particulates from the seasonal burning of rice-paddy stubble on nearby farms, mixed with industrial and vehicular emissions.| The Atlantic
FCC chair Brendan Carr is on a crusade to Trumpify the airwaves.| The Atlantic
The government has no plan for America’s 300 billion pennies.| The Atlantic
To believe that “people will not fight for abstractions” is to forget what makes America special.| The Atlantic
An Amtrak ride can go so, so wrong.| The Atlantic
The Brightline has been hailed as the future of high-speed rail in the United States, but it has one big, unignorable problem.| The Atlantic
Congress’s deal to reopen the government won’t immediately bring life back to normal for Americans.| The Atlantic
The industry’s latest meltdown is not like all the rest.| The Atlantic
Students are abandoning humanities majors, turning to degrees they think yield far better job prospects. But they’re wrong.| The Atlantic
Airport chaos is leading people to ride the Amtrak. Will they stick with it?| The Atlantic
A new sign that AI is competing with college grads| The Atlantic
Holiday light shows across Europe, smog-filled skies in India, fall colors in Turkey, an appearance by Father Christmas in Germany, and much more| The Atlantic
Noah Baumbach’s new film, Jay Kelly, takes a gamble with its fantastically successful protagonist.| The Atlantic
When QAnon meets Veep| The Atlantic
The right preparation for a good night’s sleep is valuable for not only your physical health but your mental well-being too.| The Atlantic
They impede learning, stunt relationships, and lessen belonging. They should be banned.| The Atlantic
What we lose when casual nudity disappears| The Atlantic
The company is pursuing aggressive legal tactics against its opponents.| The Atlantic
Can a flung sandwich cause bodily harm?| The Atlantic
The legendary Washington Post chief, who died on Tuesday at 93, enlivened the newspaper and the nation's capital alike.| The Atlantic
Toppling a dictatorship is easier than building a functional state to take its place.| The Atlantic
Suspicion is undermining the American economy.| The Atlantic
