A Reporter in the Death Chamber

The Atlantic [Feed] on 6/9/25 at 5:00am

On June 22 2000 Thomas Loden Jr a 35-year-old Marine recruiter kidnapped a 16-year-old girl named Leesa Marie Gray from the side of a road i...

Witness

The Atlantic [Feed] on 6/9/25 at 5:00am

Sin and redemption in Americas death chambers

The Real Problem With the Democrats Ground Game

The Atlantic [Feed] on 6/9/25 at 5:00am

Democratic organizers are hesitant to admit when get-out-the-vote efforts dont work One group is trying to change that

Trump Means to Provoke Not Pacify

The Atlantic [Feed] on 6/8/25 at 1:15pm

Dont give him the pretext he wants

The Case for Cooler Heads in Los Angeles

The Atlantic [Feed] on 6/8/25 at 11:40am

Immigration raids and protests will continue so long as Trump is president His opponents should do everything they can to stay within the la...

For Trump This Is a Dress Rehearsal

The Atlantic [Feed] on 6/8/25 at 9:00am

Ordering the National Guard to deploy in Los Angeles is a warning of what to expect when his hold on power is threatened

An Ideal Campus to Tame Technology

The Atlantic [Feed] on 6/8/25 at 8:30am

Pomona or another liberal-arts college like it should undertake a bold experiment in low-tech education

Under a Supermoon

The Atlantic [Feed] on 6/8/25 at 7:30am

Gazing at a supermoon when a portion of Earths shadow       slides across the lunar surface I have no desire to twirl in space ...

How I Accidentally Inspired a Major Chinese Motion Picture

The Atlantic [Feed] on 6/8/25 at 7:00am

A decade ago I wrote a story about transcending cultural boundaries through sports Now its a movie with a very different message

Where Is Barack Obama

The Atlantic [Feed] on 6/8/25 at 7:00am

The audacity of hope presidency has given way to the fierce lethargy of semi-retirement

Musk and Trump Still Agree on One Thing

The Atlantic [Feed] on 6/8/25 at 7:00am

Whatever they may be fighting about they are both committed to showering tax cuts on Americans who already have more than they need

Paris Can Be IntimidatingBut It Has Great Butter

The Atlantic [Feed] on 6/8/25 at 7:00am

A conversation with Caity Weaver about following Mark Twain there

Americas Anti-Jewish Assassins Are Making the Case for Zionism

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

History shows that violence against Jews creates more Zionists

Oceans Awash in Plastic Waste

The Atlantic [Feed] on 6/8/25 at 5:00am

An estimated 11 million metric tons of plastic enter oceans each year according to the US State Departmentand some of it accumulates in high...

How Air-Conditioning Built Our Reality

The Atlantic [Feed] on 6/7/25 at 9:23am

The AC was not only a brilliant innovation it changed the course of human life

Trumps Amplifier Administration

The Atlantic [Feed] on 6/7/25 at 8:47am

Thomas Friedman discusses the chaos of the presidents conflictsand how the wider world is viewing the instability

Will The Washington Post Embrace the AI Slush Pile

The Atlantic [Feed] on 6/7/25 at 8:30am

Reducing the role of human editorial judgment is the last thing opinion journalism needs

Looking Up

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

Photographs by Bieke DepoorterWalking through her neighborhood in Ghent Belgium in 2020 Bieke Depoorter came across a man named Henk bent ov...

Why Is Everyone on Television So Rich Now

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

Depictions of extreme wealth are everywhere on the small screen and well its all quite boring

Sometimes a Parade Is Just a Parade

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

Not everything the Trump administration does is a threat to democracy

The Biden Investigation Is a Path to Even Greater Lawlessness

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

The president is not just abusing the immunity that the Supreme Court granted him He might be seeking to expand it

Kilmar Abrego Garcia Was Never Coming Back Then He Did

The Atlantic [Feed] on 6/6/25 at 6:35pm

His return doesnt mean he can go free But it does mean the administration has changed course

America the Fortress

The Atlantic [Feed] on 6/6/25 at 6:17pm

Trump is using travel bans to keep some people outand additional means to make sure others dont want to even visit

Inside the Trump-Musk Breakup

The Atlantic [Feed] on 6/6/25 at 5:46pm

The president tried to give his billionaire benefactor a dignified exit It didnt work

This Gaza Relief Effort Was Doomed to Fail

The Atlantic [Feed] on 6/6/25 at 12:05pm

A US-backed Israeli-approved agency is struggling to deliver food safely to starving Palestinianswith disastrous results

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