The Republicans Threatening to Shut Down the Government

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Saltiness Is So Much Weirder Than You Think

The Atlantic [Feed] on 9/16/23 at 3:00am

You know when food is too salty But scientists have no idea how you know

How Siblings Shape Who We Are

The Atlantic [Feed] on 9/16/23 at 3:00am

For many of us these relationships are the longest of our life

Nobody Should Care About a Womans Body Count

The Atlantic [Feed] on 9/16/23 at 2:30am

Popular internet personalities are peddling repressive misogynistic ideas to their young male fans

The Biden Impeachment Is Benghazi All Over Again

The Atlantic [Feed] on 9/16/23 at 2:30am

Both inquiries are based far more on vibes and political machinations than they are on hard evidence

Sly Stones Side of the Story

The Atlantic [Feed] on 9/16/23 at 2:00am

A new memoir by the man who held the 1960s in the palm of his hand

The Mysterious Return of a Soviet Statue in Russia

The Atlantic [Feed] on 9/16/23 at 2:00am

A monument to Feliks Dzerzhinsky the founder of the Bolsheviks feared secret police has been quietly rehabilitated Why

Ukraine Isnt the Reason the US Is Unprepared for War

The Atlantic [Feed] on 9/16/23 at 2:00am

A lack of defense production has created an alarming gap between Americas strategy and its capabilities

Every App Wants to Be a Shopping App

The Atlantic [Feed] on 9/15/23 at 1:09pm

TikTok is the latest social-media platform to break into commerceeven though users arent exactly clamoring for it

Libyas Unnatural Disaster

The Atlantic [Feed] on 9/15/23 at 10:00am

What a deluged town reveals about a broken country

Youve Never Seen a Star Like This

The Atlantic [Feed] on 9/15/23 at 9:55am

A new image from the Webb telescope shows an infant star not as a diamond hanging in the sky but a velvety dark orb surrounded by jets of ra...

The Brain of a Man Who Is Always Thinking About Ancient Rome

The Atlantic [Feed] on 9/15/23 at 9:49am

Cullen Murphy wrote a book on the Roman Empireand sees parallels everywhere

This Week in Books Should We Still Read Uncle Tom's Cabin

The Atlantic [Feed] on 9/15/23 at 6:00am

A conversation with Clint Smith on the moral complexity in Harriet Beecher Stowes famous book

The Allure of Racist Pseudoscience

The Atlantic [Feed] on 9/15/23 at 5:53am

How eugenics captured the young conservative movement

The Very Common Very Harmful Thing Well-Meaning Parents Do

The Atlantic [Feed] on 9/15/23 at 5:35am

Surveilling your kids will only backfire

The Real Issue in the UAW Strike

The Atlantic [Feed] on 9/15/23 at 5:08am

Unions fear that the auto industry is using the transition toward EVs to advance a second shift away from good-paying jobs

The False Divide Between Conscious and Mainstream Rap

The Atlantic [Feed] on 9/15/23 at 4:42am

The cultural critic dream hampton on the time she used her influence to ease tensions between different factions of 90s hip-hop

The Case for Love-Life Balance

The Atlantic [Feed] on 9/15/23 at 4:19am

The healthiest relationships dont involve a merging of selves but rather allow intimacy and independence to coexist

The Morning Show Has a Star Problem

The Atlantic [Feed] on 9/15/23 at 4:17am

The series should capture the wild ambition and tense charms of the TV business Its leads dont telegraph any of that

Photos of the Week Fish Face Orca Kite Naked Run

The Atlantic [Feed] on 9/14/23 at 7:30pm

A new volcanic eruption in Hawaii deadly flooding in coastal Libya a devastating earthquake in Morocco scenes from China Fashion Week in Bei...

When Americans Abandon the Constitution

The Atlantic [Feed] on 9/14/23 at 12:47pm

Mitt Romney foresees a disaster

Tracing the Decline of Trust in America

The Atlantic [Feed] on 9/14/23 at 10:52am

Plus A case for a new veep

Kids Deserve Privacy Online Theyre Not Getting It

The Atlantic [Feed] on 9/14/23 at 10:46am

Todays children face a world of constant surveillance Their very sense of self is at stake

The Bill Comes Due for Hunter Biden

The Atlantic [Feed] on 9/14/23 at 10:43am

Long happy to trade on his famous name the president's son now reckons with the other side of his prominence

American Lithium Could Change the World

The Atlantic [Feed] on 9/14/23 at 9:43am

The worlds largest-known deposit was just discovered in Nevada What does that mean

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