How American Democracy Fell So Far Behind

The Atlantic [Feed] on 9/5/23 at 2:30am

The countrys Constitution was once the standard bearer for the world Today many other countries have far fairer systems for electing their l...

Fiction on Trial

The Atlantic [Feed] on 9/5/23 at 2:00am

Zadie Smiths ambitious new novel asks Do we expect the genre to do too much

How Telling People to Die Became Normal

The Atlantic [Feed] on 9/5/23 at 2:00am

Merciless trolling is a fact of online life that may never go away

You Already Got Into Yale

The Atlantic [Feed] on 9/5/23 at 2:00am

Now prepared to be rejected

Great Reads From Our Editors

The Atlantic [Feed] on 9/4/23 at 7:07am

This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day helps you discover new ideas an...

Bill Richardsons Love of the Game

The Atlantic [Feed] on 9/4/23 at 6:15am

I will miss covering this man

Republicans Have a Principled Commitment to Immiserating Their Constituents

The Atlantic [Feed] on 9/4/23 at 3:07am

Ron DeSantiss refusal to accept millions in federal funding is emblematic of his partys increasing ideological purity

Is This Premenstrual Condition a Mental Illness or Oppression

The Atlantic [Feed] on 9/4/23 at 3:00am

Premenstrual dysphoric disorder can be debilitating but pathologizing it can be fraught

Some Have Yoga I Have Montaigne

The Atlantic [Feed] on 9/4/23 at 2:00am

The philosopher will always be among the writers I reread his words provide one of the best anchors for ones ever-changing mind

How Race-Consciousness Can Affect Relationships

The Atlantic [Feed] on 9/3/23 at 6:52am

Plus Newcomers to the GOP

Someday Worms Might Help Recycle Your Dirty Plastic

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

Plastic is tough to break down and reuse What if enzymes could do the job for us

A K-Drama Without a Drop of Romance

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

Entertainment musts from Shan Wang

Little Rock

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

A poem for Sunday

Confessions of a Netflix DVD Dead-Ender

The Atlantic [Feed] on 9/3/23 at 2:00am

The company is finally retiring the famous red envelope When it does a certain relationship to art and time will be lost

A Less Religious America Is a More Polarized America

The Atlantic [Feed] on 9/3/23 at 2:00am

People hold on to their politics when they stop attending church

Why 2024 Could Be the Most Unusual Presidential Race in History

The Atlantic [Feed] on 9/2/23 at 9:01am

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How Can You Save Whats Already Gone

The Atlantic [Feed] on 9/2/23 at 3:00am

As Lahainas religious leaders look to rebuild they draw from memories of a more distant past

Why Biden Just Cant Shake Trump in the Polls

The Atlantic [Feed] on 9/2/23 at 3:00am

The core four dynamics shaping 2024

The Journey of the American Shopper

The Atlantic [Feed] on 9/2/23 at 3:00am

An Atlantic analysis of consumption over the years from the mall to the Amazon package

The US and Europe Are Splitting Over Ukraine

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

The GOPs populist wing would abandon Kyivand endanger the worlds most successful military alliance

The Beverage Universe Keeps Expanding

The Atlantic [Feed] on 9/1/23 at 1:12pm

A writers roundtable about the business of drinks

This Week in Books Could AI Ever Write Like Stephen King and Margaret Atwood

The Atlantic [Feed] on 9/1/23 at 7:30am

Two authors respond to the revelation that their work is being used to train artificial intelligence

Remote Work Has Made Americans More Productive

The Atlantic [Feed] on 9/1/23 at 5:40am

Just not in the way you think

Six Books That Will Make You Feel Less Alone

The Atlantic [Feed] on 9/1/23 at 4:47am

The following six titles are correctives to isolation

Only Murders in the Building Has a Not-So-Secret Weapon

The Atlantic [Feed] on 9/1/23 at 3:00am

The addition of Meryl Streep to this quippy whodunit has unsurprisingly made its new season much more worth watching

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