What Is LA Without Its Trails

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Easy access to nature is what makes my hometown special Now some of its signature hikes are burning

Trump Made the Gaza Cease-Fire Happen

The Atlantic [Feed] on 1/15/25 at 3:03pm

But not for the reasons he or Bidens critics say

Aspiring Parents Have a New DNA Test to Obsess Over

The Atlantic [Feed] on 1/15/25 at 2:14pm

An emerging field of genetics promises to let parents choose the healthiest baby

Life in Another Light 2024 Infrared-Photography-Contest Winners

The Atlantic [Feed] on 1/15/25 at 12:03pm

Some of the top and honored images from this years infrared-photography competition

Plastic Is Making LAs Wildfires Even Worse

The Atlantic [Feed] on 1/15/25 at 10:56am

Most modern couches are basically blocks of gasoline

The Hipster Grifter Peaked Too Soon

The Atlantic [Feed] on 1/15/25 at 10:29am

Kari Ferrells memoir is a zippy intimate account of low-level trickery before the era of scams fully erupted

No More Mr Tough Guy on China

The Atlantic [Feed] on 1/15/25 at 9:21am

Trumps relations with corporate titans seem to have softened his hard line

The Curse and the Gift of Being Out of Place

The Atlantic [Feed] on 1/15/25 at 8:30am

A debut novel about an Afghan German party girl in Berlin shows that there are plenty of ways to dramatize the immigrant experience

The Woke Self-Regard of Justin Trudeau

The Atlantic [Feed] on 1/15/25 at 6:30am

The Canadian leader made performative progressivism his brandand ended up looking like a hypocrite

Peter Thiels Fresh and Strange Ideas Are Certainly the Latter

The Atlantic [Feed] on 1/15/25 at 5:00am

Pro-Trump luminaries sign on to the truly nutty stuff

MAGAs Demon-Haunted World

The Atlantic [Feed] on 1/15/25 at 5:00am

Peter Thiel is the latest pro-Trump luminary to take a conspiracist turn

The Hegseth Hearing Was a National Embarrassment

The Atlantic [Feed] on 1/14/25 at 6:01pm

Americas allies and enemies watched as Trumps pick for the secretary of defense failed to quell concerns about his character and qualificati...

Pete Hegseth Declines to Answer

The Atlantic [Feed] on 1/14/25 at 4:20pm

At todays confirmation hearing the defense-secretary nominee looked like a man who understood that the fix was in

How Los Angeles Must Rebuild

The Atlantic [Feed] on 1/14/25 at 12:14pm

Almost everything you can do to avoid the worst outcomes must take place long before that first spark

A Secret Way to Fight Off Stomach Bugs

The Atlantic [Feed] on 1/14/25 at 12:04pm

It isnt hand sanitizer

I Have a Huge Crush on a Writer

The Atlantic [Feed] on 1/14/25 at 12:00pm

Should I reach out to her

Jack Smith Gives Up

The Atlantic [Feed] on 1/14/25 at 12:00pm

The January 6 crime paid off for Trump

Why Didnt Jack Smith Charge Trump With Insurrection

The Atlantic [Feed] on 1/14/25 at 10:25am

The law simply wasnt prepared for a sitting president who would attempt to steal an election

The Atlantic Hires Caity Weaver as Staff Writer Jonathan Lemire and Alex Reisner to Join as Contributing Writers

The Atlantic [Feed] on 1/14/25 at 8:17am

Today The Atlantic is announcing the hire of Caity Weaver as a staff writer who joins from The New York Times Magazine and two new contribut...

The Singing Chimp Isnt the Wildest Part of Better Man

The Atlantic [Feed] on 1/14/25 at 8:00am

The musical biopic plays with its (human) subjects imageand career

Irans Return to Pragmatism

The Atlantic [Feed] on 1/14/25 at 7:00am

The events of 2024 shifted the balance of power in the Middle Eastand inside Iran

Harvard Didnt Break America

The Atlantic [Feed] on 1/14/25 at 6:00am

Readers respond to our December 2024 cover story and more

The Childhood Friends Behind the Most Audacious Sports-Memorabilia Heists in American History

The Atlantic [Feed] on 1/14/25 at 6:00am

They stole Yogi Berras World Series rings Then they did something really crazy

Where Han Kangs Nightmares Come From

The Atlantic [Feed] on 1/14/25 at 6:00am

In her novels the South Korean Nobel laureate returns again and again to her countrys bloody past

The Scientist vs the Machine

The Atlantic [Feed] on 1/14/25 at 5:00am

What happened when AI took over these researchers jobs

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