Questions From the Bomb Shelter

The Atlantic [Feed] on 6/22/25 at 10:56am

The sirens keep going off in Jerusalem but they arent the only thing keeping me awake

Trump Got This One Right

The Atlantic [Feed] on 6/22/25 at 10:34am

The president has made many poor decisions but in striking Iran he acted where his predecessors had failed

Inside the Plot to Push Khamenei Aside

The Atlantic [Feed] on 6/22/25 at 10:16am

A well-placed group of Iranian insiders considers a future without the supreme leader

Americans Deserve a Congressional Vote on War With Iran

The Atlantic [Feed] on 6/22/25 at 9:24am

Unilateral action by the president deprives citizens of the ability to hold their representatives accountable in the years to come

Passions of the Void

The Atlantic [Feed] on 6/22/25 at 7:30am

A poem

Right Move Wrong Team

The Atlantic [Feed] on 6/22/25 at 7:28am

The US strikes on Iran may have been necessary but the manner in which Trump acted should raise alarms about what lies ahead

The Perverse Pride of Having Never Owned a Smartphone

The Atlantic [Feed] on 6/22/25 at 7:00am

Somehow Ive gone from being left behind to ahead of the curve

Latinos Vote Differently Under Threat

The Atlantic [Feed] on 6/22/25 at 5:00am

Voters who care most about economic issues will still coalesce as an ethnic bloc if their community is attacked

The Only Iran Hawk Is Trump

The Atlantic [Feed] on 6/22/25 at 12:02am

The president does what his predecessors would not

Trumps Two-Week Window for Diplomacy Was a Smoke Screen

The Atlantic [Feed] on 6/21/25 at 11:29pm

Even as the president suggested that he was open to negotiations he had already made up his mind

The United States Bombed Iran What Comes Next

The Atlantic [Feed] on 6/21/25 at 10:38pm

President Trump is taking an enormous risk

How to Deal With Insults

The Atlantic [Feed] on 6/21/25 at 8:18am

The sting comes fast and it can stick around for a while unless you do something to move forward

How Tehran Might Be Playing Trump

The Atlantic [Feed] on 6/21/25 at 8:00am

The mullahs of Iran join the bet that Trump always chickens out

The Computer-Science Bubble Is Bursting

The Atlantic [Feed] on 6/21/25 at 7:00am

Artificial intelligence is ideally suited to replacing the very type of person who built it

When SkinnyTok Came for Me

The Atlantic [Feed] on 6/21/25 at 6:31am

The body positivity movement is over

Brad Landers Stand

The Atlantic [Feed] on 6/21/25 at 6:31am

Defending liberty is a messy business

Three Giants Talking While Hurtling Through Space

The Atlantic [Feed] on 6/21/25 at 6:00am

In Pip Adams extraordinary humane book Audition the stars are both a dystopian place and a site of uncharted possibility

American Democracy Might Not Survive a War With Iran

The Atlantic [Feed] on 6/21/25 at 6:00am

The United States is well down the road to dictatorship Imagine what Trump would do with a state of war

Coco Chanels Guide to ICE

The Atlantic [Feed] on 6/20/25 at 5:14pm

Or how to tell if the person without ID pulling you into a van is actually an ICE agent

It Has Come to Protein Iced Tea

The Atlantic [Feed] on 6/20/25 at 1:53pm

Americans are taking their obsession with protein supplements to new extremes

How a Book Can Change a Graduate's Life

The Atlantic [Feed] on 6/20/25 at 1:00pm

After I finished college Leslie Jamison's The Empathy Exams won my allegiance immediately and forever

A Love Story Thats Afraid of Romance

The Atlantic [Feed] on 6/20/25 at 12:41pm

Materialists tries to argue for and against modern dating at the same time

The New Old Sound of Adult Anxiety

The Atlantic [Feed] on 6/20/25 at 9:14am

Haim has made a clever breakup album for a generation thats wary of tying the knot

Photos of the Week Devil-Angels Highland Cows Hot Dogs

The Atlantic [Feed] on 6/20/25 at 8:00am

A record-setting drone light show in China the 88th Tour de Suisse in Switzerland the Superman World Tour in the Philippines a volcanic erup...

Pope Leo and the Next Industrial Revolution

The Atlantic [Feed] on 6/20/25 at 7:00am

To update the Churchs teaching for the age of AI Leo should revisit the 19th century

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