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
Trump’s Peeling Green Gift to America - The Atlantic
The Reflecting Pool drama says everything about how the administration operates.| The Atlantic
The Housing Solution Trump Is Avoiding
He’s applying a real-estate developer’s mindset to the nation’s highest office. But who is he building for?| The Atlantic
William Barr’s Dangerous Endorsement of Todd Blanche
Trump’s former attorney general proposes a Senate blessing of Trump’s threats to the rule of law.| The Atlantic
Photos of the Week: Stone Roofs, Football Fans, Soapbox Racers - The Atlantic
An early harvest in Romania, a space-shuttle exhibit in Los Angeles, medieval armored combat in France, heavy rains in China, a soapbox derby in London, and much more| The Atlantic
Europe’s Come-to-AC Moment
The heat is changing the continent’s interest in cooling technologies of all kinds.| The Atlantic
The Supreme Court’s Era of Meaningless Rights
The Supreme Court is not saying people don’t have certain rights, just that no courts can help them when those rights are violated.| The Atlantic
<em>Supergirl</em> Crashes and Burns
The newest installment in the DC Universe is forgettable filler.| The Atlantic
A Writer Learns How to Read Again
Rewiring your attention in the age of the feed| The Atlantic
‘Rush Project at Request of POTUS’
Money once used for crucial national park repairs is now financing Trump’s redecorating projects.| The Atlantic
Darwin’s Story Isn’t as Simple as It Seems
The best writing leads us to a more complex and more honest understanding of the past.| The Atlantic
The End of Democracy Has Already Begun - The Atlantic
In the first episode of our new podcast, a look at how lies prime a society for a fall| The Atlantic
Inside the Trump Administration’s ‘Freedom Trucks’ - The Atlantic
A fleet of mobile museums is touring the country with a version of American history the administration can get behind.| The Atlantic
The Secrets of the Diva Whisperer
Clive Davis, who died this week, understood ambition—and how to magnify it.| The Atlantic
We’re Already Living in the Metaverse - The Atlantic
Our constant need for entertainment has blurred the line between fiction and reality—on television, in American politics, and in our everyday lives.| The Atlantic
Did Trump Surrender to Iran? - The Atlantic
Inside the Trump-Iran negotiations, with Vivian Salama. Plus: Why do people no longer care about climate change? And Bel Canto by Ann Patchett.| The Atlantic
The Meltdown
One day that captures how Trump has gone from unpredictable to chaotic| The Atlantic
Americans Deserve Answers From Hegseth
The president and the secretary of defense have a right to remove officers, but also an obligation to explain their actions.| The Atlantic
What the Prairieland Prosecutions Reveal About Trump’s America
Harsh sentences raise uncomfortable questions about equal justice under the law.| The Atlantic
The True Believers at the Great MAGA Fair
Falling approval ratings for the president haven’t dimmed their enthusiasm.| The Atlantic
One Metaphor to End Them All
The Reflecting Pool is an image so perfect, it feels as though symbolism as a whole gave up and decided to sign off.| The Atlantic
Authoritarians Are Great at Propaganda—Until They’re Not
Their cultural campaigns reveal how brittle their art can be.| The Atlantic
The Strange, Explicable Appeal of Train Dog
How a weird, awkwardly fused creature became the meme of the summer| The Atlantic
What <em>The Bear</em> Has Always Been Driving Toward
In its final season, the FX show circles its end point.| The Atlantic
The Truth About Steven Spielberg’s Alien Obsession
The director has spent decades telling stories about extraterrestrials, but his real focus lies on Earth.| The Atlantic
How the World Cup Explains the World
Do the games offer a lesson for politics?| The Atlantic
Perhaps France Should Reconsider AC
Europe cannot cope with this heat.| The Atlantic
AI Can’t Fix the Student-Motivation Problem
It turns out bots aren’t great teachers.| The Atlantic
Alan Greenspan Was ‘Not Quite God’
He built an independent central bank that withstood many crises. That independence may not last forever.| The Atlantic
My New Life With the Palantir Chore Coat
I bought the most confusing jacket in America.| The Atlantic
The 10,000-Year Flood
The banks of the Guadalupe River were an idyllic spot to park an RV. Then, last summer, it started to rain harder and faster than anyone could imagine.| The Atlantic
Trump Is Making the 250th Small
The State Fair rally was an empty celebration of a man instead of a country.| The Atlantic
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The Atlantic covers news, politics, culture, technology, health, and more, through its articles, podcasts, videos, and flagship magazine.| The Atlantic
The Madness of Cesar Chavez - The Atlantic
A new biography of the icon shows that saints should be judged guilty until proved innocent.| The Atlantic
The EU Starts to Scrutinize 'Golden Visas' for the Wealthy - The Atlantic
Amid a worldwide refugee crisis and increased immigration restrictions, most EU member states sell “golden visas”—residence permits or citizenship—to the ultra-wealthy for thousands or even millions of euros.| The Atlantic
Why Menstruate If You Don't Have To? - The Atlantic
Menstruating is painful, expensive, and … unnecessary?| The Atlantic
The Biggest Tell That Something Was Written by AI - The Atlantic
Look closely and you’ll see that every part of the text is not quite right.| The Atlantic
A New Generation of Moms Who Get High - The Atlantic
Weed, they say, is what helps them survive full-time parenting. But at what cost?| The Atlantic
Climate Change Is Rewiring the Network of Animal Viruses - The Atlantic
By completely rewiring the network of animal viruses, climate change is creating a new age of infectious dangers.| The Atlantic
Trump’s Gladiator Delusion - The Atlantic
The president’s South Lawn fight lacks the ambition of ancient Rome.| The Atlantic
The Epic Miscalculations of Trump and Khamenei - The Atlantic
Hubris has distorted their strategic decisions.| The Atlantic
The Kennedy Center Is a Metaphor for De-Trumpification - The Atlantic
You can remove Trump’s name but not the damage he’s done.| The Atlantic
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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
Harsher Penalties for Juveniles are Counterproductive - The Atlantic
Lawmakers are finding catharsis in sending children to prison.| The Atlantic
Work of Art: The Honest Industry of Kim Kardashian's 'Selfish' - The Atlantic
She didn't wake up like this.| The Atlantic
Ted Chiang on the question of LLM consciousness
I agree this is true right now, and the horrific implications if it wasn't, but he's more certain about the future than I am (via) #| Waxy.org
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
Ukraine Is Not Losing. Russia Is Not Winning. - The Atlantic
A momentum shift that changes everything| The Atlantic
A 100-Year-Old D-Day Survivor Reflects - The Atlantic
Joe Picard is one of the few left with a personal memory of the 20th century’s greatest military operation.| The Atlantic
The Old Campaign Playbook Is Dead - The Atlantic
How influencers, podcasts, and AI are rewriting the rules of political campaigns| The Atlantic
Lincoln's Gettysburg Address: The Words That Remade America - The Atlantic
The significance of the Gettysburg Address| The Atlantic
The Cosby Show and Barack Obama - The Atlantic
The Atlantic covers news, politics, culture, technology, health, and more, through its articles, podcasts, videos, and flagship magazine.| The Atlantic
The Apple Vision Pro Is Spectacular and Sad - The Atlantic
A dispatch from the gypsum dunes of cyberspace| The Atlantic
ChatGPT Gave Instructions for Murder, Self-Mutilation, and Devil Worship - The Atlantic
OpenAI’s chatbot also said “Hail Satan.”| The Atlantic
Is This the Worst-Ever Era of American Pop Culture? - The Atlantic
An emerging critical consensus argues that we’ve entered a cultural dark age. I’m not so sure.| The Atlantic
‘A Very Christian Concept’ - The Atlantic
The faith’s mandate is more arduous than J. D. Vance’s account seems to allow.| The Atlantic
Conservatives and the False Romance of Russia - The Atlantic
American conservatives who find themselves identifying with Putin’s regime refuse to see the country for what it actually is.| The Atlantic
End Tourism to Antarctica Now - The Atlantic
Take Antarctica off your travel bucket list.| The Atlantic
The End of Reality - The Atlantic
The digital manipulation of video may make the current era of “fake news” seem quaint.| The Atlantic
Our National Debt Is a Problem - The Atlantic
If you’re not worried about this country’s fiscal outlook, you’re not paying attention.| The Atlantic
Why Isn't Eliot Engel in New York? - The Atlantic
Where should a member of Congress be right now?| The Atlantic
Trump’s War Is Staggering to an Incoherent Defeat - The Atlantic
Even the president’s supporters are alarmed.| The Atlantic
I Am Begging You to Read Terry Pratchett - The Atlantic
One of England’s funniest writers is in danger of being lost to history.| The Atlantic
Some Lawmakers Want a Gerrymandering Truce - The Atlantic
Some think it could lead to a change in the political system.| The Atlantic
How Trump Misses the Point of Triumphal Arches - The Atlantic
For American artists and architects, the structures embody the virtues and vulnerabilities of the republic. The president’s proposal breaks the pattern.| The Atlantic
America Should Be More Like Operation Warp Speed
Here’s what every federal agency needs to learn from the phenomenal success of Operation Warp Speed.| Gary Hamel
Not Even Baby Yoda Can Save ‘Star Wars’ - The Atlantic
“The Mandalorian and Grogu” is the franchise’s least essential entry yet.| The Atlantic
David Brooks: Something Is Going Right at Universities - The Atlantic
There’s a lot going right at universities, if you’re only willing to see it.| The Atlantic
‘The Destruction of the Civil Service Is Our National Loss’ - The Atlantic
Readers respond to our February 2026 issue and more.| The Atlantic
How Nature Resets Our Minds and Bodies - The Atlantic
The research behind an understanding that natural environments refocus our attention, lessening stress and hastening healing| The Atlantic
America Is the Land of Opportunity—For White South Africans - The Atlantic
Trump has frozen refugee admissions and cut off resettlement funding, but he has made an exception for white South Africans, who he says are victims of racial discrimination.| The Atlantic
Is Elon Musk Right About Big Government? - The Atlantic
Should Democrats work with Elon Musk?| The Atlantic
The Blob Meets the Heartland - The Atlantic
Foreign policy should work better for America’s middle class.| The Atlantic
William J. Burns: A Letter to America's Discarded Public Servants - The Atlantic
You all deserved better.| The Atlantic
The World Cup Worry List - The Atlantic
The World Cup will bring millions of visitors to the U.S. amid an “extremely high” threat level.| The Atlantic
The Men Who Don’t Want Women to Vote - The Atlantic
A virulent form of misogyny has become the single most important force holding together the American right.| The Atlantic
Can America's Trains Handle the World Cup? - The Atlantic
The nation’s railway system is destined to lose.| The Atlantic
The AI Backlash Could Get Very Ugly - The Atlantic
Imagine what happens if jobs actually start disappearing.| The Atlantic
Why Reactionaries Are Taking Over the World - The Atlantic
Why reactionaries are taking over the world| The Atlantic
Stephen Miller in Retreat - The Atlantic
The once-powerful aide’s influence has quietly diminished.| The Atlantic
Checkmate in Iran - The Atlantic
Washington can’t reverse or control the consequences of losing this war.| The Atlantic
Apeirophobia: The Fear of Eternity - The Atlantic
Which is scarier: death or everlasting life?| The Atlantic
Peter Meijer Voted to Impeach. Can He Survive in the GOP? - The Atlantic
After January 6, Peter Meijer thought he could help lead the Republican Party away from an abyss. Now he laughs at his own naïveté.| The Atlantic
The Rise of Emotional Surveillance - The Atlantic
Companies are monitoring workers not just for productivity but for agreeability.| The Atlantic
Is Marco Rubio the Happiest Cabinet Member? - The Atlantic
While his colleagues deal with war and controversy, he’s laughing and talking in rap lyrics.| The Atlantic
The Perverse Consequences of the Easy A - The Atlantic
In the era of grade inflation, students at top colleges are more stressed than ever.| The Atlantic
What an Ivy League Education Really Gets You - The Atlantic
Economists have a new theory of why graduates of top colleges have so much career success.| The Atlantic
The Perverse Tyranny of a Perfect Transcript - The Atlantic
“Putting a perfect GPA in reach of so many students perversely deters them from taking classes that could threaten it,” Joshua Greene writes. “We should liberate our students from the tyranny of the impeccable transcript”:| The Atlantic
Hey, I Need to Talk to You About This Brilliant Obama Email Scheme - The Atlantic
Oh good, you clicked! Don't thank me. Thank the Obama campaign and its genius tinker-tailor-subject-line operation.| The Atlantic
How to Make Perfect Coffee - The Atlantic
The science of what makes coffee great| The Atlantic
My Role as a ‘Complicit’ Journalist - The Atlantic
Algorithms turn nuanced articles into rage bait that helps fuel political violence.| The Atlantic