The President and His Television

The Atlantic [Feed] on 9/30/25 at 10:45am

If the big screen was lying to him then everything would fall apart

Trumps Grand Plan for a Government Shutdown

The Atlantic [Feed] on 9/30/25 at 6:54am

The Trump administration might use a shutdown to finish the job that DOGE started

The Judaism I Thought I Knew

The Atlantic [Feed] on 9/30/25 at 6:30am

Im just a cultural Jew I would tell people knowing nothing about Jewish culture

Recognizing Palestine Is Symbolic It Still Matters

The Atlantic [Feed] on 9/30/25 at 6:00am

Absolutists have attempted to kill the two-state solution for years The international community just called their bluff

The Myth of the Campus Snowflake

The Atlantic [Feed] on 9/30/25 at 6:00am

The students I encounter as a university president arent afraid of free speechquite the contrary

Trumps Shortsighted Campaign of Vengeance

The Atlantic [Feed] on 9/29/25 at 6:43pm

As the president knows too well efforts to censor or convict foes can often make them more popular

Why Does Hegseth Want More Than 800 Admirals and Generals in the Same Room

The Atlantic [Feed] on 9/29/25 at 5:53pm

Few things are important enough to justify the security risk of putting all of these people in the same place

Todays Atlantic Trivia

The Atlantic [Feed] on 9/29/25 at 5:53pm

Test your knowledgeand read our latest stories for a little extra help

A Revolution in Tracking Life on Earth

The Atlantic [Feed] on 9/29/25 at 1:56pm

A suite of technologies are helping taxonomists speed up species identification

Fully MAGA-fied Christianity

The Atlantic [Feed] on 9/29/25 at 10:16am

Politics especially culture-war politics now provides many fundamentalists and evangelicals with a sense of community and a common enemy

The Blue State Thats Now a Bellwether

The Atlantic [Feed] on 9/29/25 at 7:00am

New Jersey is no ones idea of a swing state Or is it

Americas Illiberalism Doom Loop

The Atlantic [Feed] on 9/29/25 at 5:00am

Republicans had real grievances with progressive orthodoxyand are using them to justify drastic reprisals

Syncretism

The Atlantic [Feed] on 9/28/25 at 11:00am

A poem

Diseducators

The Atlantic [Feed] on 9/28/25 at 9:00am

A short story

The Race to Save Americas Democracy

The Atlantic [Feed] on 9/28/25 at 7:00am

Trumps administration may seem chaotic but Americans should not take the integrity of next years elections for granted

Juries Dont Have To Accept Trumped-Up Charges

The Atlantic [Feed] on 9/28/25 at 6:31am

The Founders gave everyday Americans a powerful weapon to resist tyranny

My Own Private Frankenstein

The Atlantic [Feed] on 9/28/25 at 6:00am

I used ChatGPT to resurrect my dead father

A Deceptively Peaceful Coming-of-Age Movie

The Atlantic [Feed] on 9/28/25 at 6:00am

Culture and entertainment musts from Quinta Jurecic

What Teen Novels Are Capable of

The Atlantic [Feed] on 9/27/25 at 10:09am

These books can help young people come to terms with the thoughts that feel too scary to say out loud

Hegseth Summons Top Military Leaders to Washington

The Atlantic [Feed] on 9/27/25 at 9:17am

Panelists on Washington Week With The Atlantic joined to discuss the meeting with US generals and new press access rules at the Pentagon

Can AI Predict True Love

The Atlantic [Feed] on 9/27/25 at 8:00am

Many dating apps are betting that it canbut the odds are not in their favor

Nexstar and Sinclair Lost Their Game of Chicken

The Atlantic [Feed] on 9/27/25 at 7:00am

Broadcast-media companies may be growing but they still couldnt afford to reject Jimmy Kimmel forever

Why So Many People Understood Charlie Kirks Killing as Spiritual Warfare

The Atlantic [Feed] on 9/27/25 at 6:00am

The response to his death spotlights the power of a rising Christian movement

RFK Jrs Obsession With the Past

The Atlantic [Feed] on 9/26/25 at 4:14pm

A conversation with Elizabeth Bruenig about the MAHA movements ideological underpinnings

The Emptiness of Attacking Critics for Their Hypocrisy

The Atlantic [Feed] on 9/26/25 at 1:17pm

Its hard to defend crackdowns on free speech Its easier to simply claim everyones doing it

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