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December 31, 2025
The Cult of Costco
Its consistency is its superpower.
The Atlantic
December 31, 2025
Facts vs. Clicks: How Algorithms Reward Extremism
Galaxy Brain’s Charlie Warzel joins David Frum to discuss how our online information became so untrustworthy and how we can fight back. Plus...
The Atlantic
December 31, 2025
What to Read When Your Friends Are Out Partying
If you don’t have the energy for New Year carousing, pick up these books instead.
The Atlantic
December 31, 2025
A New Year’s Tradition From a Nation Long Dead
The Soviet Union’s ritual for the holiday survived the country’s dissolution—but may be in danger of slipping away.
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December 31, 2025
A Symbol of New York Is Gone
The MetroCard never got its due.
The Atlantic
December 30, 2025
31 Atlantic Stories You Might Have Missed
An assortment of articles about a journey to Mark Twain’s Paris, what parents of boys should know, obtaining the perfect suit, and more.
The Atlantic
December 30, 2025
Keir Starmer’s Gift to the British Right
The case of Alaa Abd el-Fattah is a test of Britain’s values.
The Atlantic
December 30, 2025
The Show Won’t Go On
President Trump’s threats against artists who decline to perform at the renamed Kennedy Center are ultimately hollow.
The Atlantic
December 30, 2025
The Year That Shattered American Science
The Trump administration’s cuts to research may have spoiled the country’s appetite for bold exploration.
The Atlantic
December 30, 2025
New Year’s Resolutions Should Be Communal
The best way to improve yourself is to help others too.
The Atlantic
December 30, 2025
Podcasts Ruined My Relationship to Music
Maybe don’t fill every available silence with the sound of people talking.
The Atlantic
December 30, 2025
The Problem With Letting AI Do the Grunt Work
Artificial intelligence is destroying the career ladder for aspiring artists.
The Atlantic
December 29, 2025
The Plan That Foretold Trump’s 2025
Reviewing Project 2025’s year of successes and shortcomings
The Atlantic
December 29, 2025
2025: The Year in Volcanic Activity
Scenes from the wide variety of volcanic activity on Earth over the past year.
The Atlantic
December 29, 2025
Why ICE Is Getting Away With It
The Constitution inarguably applies to federal immigration agents—but the Supreme Court has taken away the hope of ever holding them to that...
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December 29, 2025
How Mary Todd Lincoln Lands Totally Out of Context
The challenge of staging Oh, Mary! for a British audience
The Atlantic
December 28, 2025
A New Take on the Distant-Dad Trope
Three of the season’s buzziest movies refuse to let career-obsessed, absentee fathers off the hook.
The Atlantic
December 28, 2025
North Road, Fall 2020
A poem
The Atlantic
December 28, 2025
The Slow, Inevitable Death of the Bowl Game
For college-football fans, the playoffs are now everything.
The Atlantic
December 28, 2025
Some of Our Most-Read Stories of 2025
Spend time with a selection of articles that resonated with our readers this year.
The Atlantic
December 28, 2025
Trump’s 2026 Resolution: Give People Money
The president is trying to coax voters out of financial malaise with cash.
The Atlantic
December 27, 2025
Good Intentions Gone Bad
How Canada’s “reconciliation” with its Indigenous people went wrong
The Atlantic
December 27, 2025
55 Facts That Blew Our Minds in 2025
We’ll never look at potatoes the same way again.
The Atlantic
December 27, 2025
The Year in Food
How prices, tastes, and preferences changed in 2025
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December 27, 2025
Ukraine Sees the Future of Naval Warfare. Trump Doesn’t.
The balance of power is shifting toward cheap drones and away from expensive ships.
The Atlantic
December 26, 2025
A 2025 Ranking You Won’t Read Anywhere Else
Salmon with Abraham Lincoln and Jesus, plus other hypothetical dinner parties from The Katie Miller Podcast
The Atlantic
December 26, 2025
How About a Little Less Screen Time for the Grown-Ups
It’s not just kids who can’t stop scrolling.
The Atlantic
December 26, 2025
The Best Poetry for Dark Winter Days
Each collection speaks to a different seasonal mood, but all are worth slowing down with before the new year.
The Atlantic
December 26, 2025
The Most Memorable Advice of 2025
Meditations on how to nurture and strengthen your relationships in the new year
The Atlantic
December 26, 2025
The World Has Laws About Land and Sea, but Not About Ice
As the Arctic melts and people spend more time there, defining our relationship to sea ice becomes more necessary.
The Atlantic
December 26, 2025
Aphoristic Intelligence Beats Artificial Intelligence
It’s not just okay for some things in life to be hard—it’s essential.
The Atlantic
December 26, 2025
To Understand Today’s Left, Remember Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Can the late senator show his party how to win again?
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December 26, 2025
Where ‘Stranger Things’ Lost Itself
The Netflix drama’s final season settles for “compulsively watchable.” Is that all we get?
The Atlantic
December 25, 2025
Watching Someone Fail Shouldn’t Be So Fun
In 'Marty Supreme,' Timothée Chalamet delivers both cringe and charisma.
The Atlantic
December 25, 2025
Is Victor Wembanyama Too Tall?
Why it’s hard to watch the NBA’s most promising young talent
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December 25, 2025
How to Follow the Right Star
The ancient Christmas story of the Magi contains a message that can guide your modern search for happiness.
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December 24, 2025
So This Is Why Trump Didn’t Want to Release the Epstein Files
The latest batch includes many new references to Trump—and enough ammunition for Congress to keep pressing.
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December 24, 2025
An Idiosyncratic Christmas Playlist
A roundup of songs that evoke a new nostalgia
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December 24, 2025
Why Has Comedy Become So Right-Wing?
The Atlantic’s Helen Lewis on the Riyadh Comedy Festival, why comedians are attracted to conspiracy theories, and the rise of the right-wing...
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December 24, 2025
Stop Defending Bari Weiss
It is impossible to take her actions at face value given the context in which she is operating.
The Atlantic
December 24, 2025
The Other Way the ‘Super Woke’ Left Discriminates
Race and gender aren’t the only categories that determine who gets special treatment.
The Atlantic
December 24, 2025
Why Did We Ever Watch 'To Catch a Predator'?
A new documentary probes the influential "Dateline" series—and the titillating nature of true crime itself.
The Atlantic
December 24, 2025
What I Lost When I Gave Up My Catholicism
Can the Church bring back the formerly faithful?
The Atlantic
December 24, 2025
The Writer Fueled by Life’s Randomness
Rabih Alameddine, who won the National Book Award last month, has described his idiosyncratic approach as “childish rebelliousness.”
The Atlantic
December 24, 2025
Get Ready to Start Hearing About Aileen Cannon Again
The Florida-based judge is likely to once again play a central role in politics in the new year.
The Atlantic
December 24, 2025
ChatGPT Needs More Cowbell
AI struggles to write a good jingle.
The Atlantic
December 24, 2025
Claudia Sheinbaum’s Impossible Dilemma
The threat of U.S. strikes on cartels could upend a century of delicate relations with Mexico.
The Atlantic
December 24, 2025
The Sound of a 'Charlie Brown' Christmas
Growing up, my holidays were profoundly shaped by the soundtrack to a classic animated special.
The Atlantic
December 24, 2025
Trump Is Suddenly Looking a Lot Smaller
The president is no longer dominating his party or the country in the way he once did.
The Atlantic
December 23, 2025