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September 17, 2025

The Preventable Return of Deadly Diseases

The historian Kyle Harper on the history of plagues, the rise of anti-vaccination politics, and why measles is back in America

The Atlantic

September 17, 2025

The Economy Is Turning Into a Black Box

Sophisticated private sources could provide a fuller picture of the state of the economy. But the government is not even trying to use them.

The Atlantic

September 17, 2025

The 2025 Audubon Photography Awards

Winners and honorable mentions from the Audubon Society’s 16th-annual competition featuring amazing images of bird life from around the worl...

The Atlantic

September 17, 2025

The Art of the Prisoner Deal

How Trump embraced the game of trading prisoners with Vladimir Putin

The Atlantic

September 17, 2025

The Dangerous Outbreaks That Could Rise on College Campuses

Students are at particular risk from meningococcal disease—but also vulnerable if measles and mumps rates rise.

The Atlantic

September 17, 2025

A Bleak World Without Women

"Task," HBO’s new Delaware County–set crime drama, has violence, vengeance, and a point to make about men.

The Atlantic

September 17, 2025

CDC Employees on What Science From the Agency They Still Trust

Information on subjects other than vaccines is largely reliable—for now.

The Atlantic

September 17, 2025

The Thrill of Lying to Your Friends

While playing board games. Only while playing board games.

The Atlantic

September 17, 2025

Trump Isn’t Interested in Competing With China

To see how the president is losing ground to Beijing, consider his disastrous relationship with India.

The Atlantic

September 16, 2025

The Irony of Using Charlie Kirk’s Murder to Silence Debate

The conservative activist couldn’t have risen to prominence without robust free speech.

The Atlantic

September 16, 2025

Autism Research Is a Chance for RFK Jr. to Take Pesticides Seriously

Unlike some of his other concerns, these echo legitimate science.

The Atlantic

September 16, 2025

The New War on Weed

Why are states with loose marijuana laws arresting people for selling the drug?

The Atlantic

September 16, 2025

The Attorney General’s Attack on Free Speech

Pam Bondi stated that the federal government will “go after” Americans “if you are targeting anyone with hate speech.”

The Atlantic

September 16, 2025

The Strange and Erotic World of Elon Musk’s Chatbot

Grok’s anti-“woke” programming is getting pushed further and further.

The Atlantic

September 16, 2025

Pregnant Americans Are Trapped in Vaccine Limbo

Expectant mothers are running out of options to protect their babies from COVID.

The Atlantic

September 16, 2025

Why Are So Many People Convinced They Stink?

Whole-body deodorant is thriving. And nobody really needs it.

The Atlantic

September 16, 2025

Dear James: I Was DOGE’d. Now What?

I’m lucky to have had a comfortable landing, but I’m struggling to find purpose.

The Atlantic

September 16, 2025

Robert Redford Made It Look Easy

The late actor’s talent could seem invisible until the right conditions made it heroically apparent.

The Atlantic

September 16, 2025

How to Prevent the Next Charlotte Murder

Senseless violence on the city’s light-rail was the culmination of years of failure.

The Atlantic

September 16, 2025

The WNBA Superstar Who Left the Game in Her Prime

Maya Moore walked away from basketball to focus on social-justice activism. Was it worth it?

The Atlantic

September 16, 2025

What Charlie Kirk Told Me About His Legacy

He didn’t just want to win elections. He wanted to win a generation.

The Atlantic

September 16, 2025

The Greatest Fight of All Time

Fifty years ago, Muhammad Ali met Joe Frazier in Manila.

The Atlantic

September 16, 2025

The Commons: Eighty Years on the Edge

Readers respond to our August 2025 issue and more.

The Atlantic

September 15, 2025

Why Tesla Thinks Elon Needs More Money

Tesla’s board proposes a supercharged compensation package.

The Atlantic

September 15, 2025

AI Is Grown, Not Built

Nobody knows exactly what an AI will become. That’s very bad.

The Atlantic

September 15, 2025

This Is No Way to Make D.C. Safer

Even if the president’s efforts bring crime down temporarily, they are undermining the city’s long-term well-being.

The Atlantic

September 15, 2025

The Death of an Influencer

Charlie Kirk was a content creator—a job that shapes how many now talk about and experience politics.

The Atlantic

September 15, 2025

The Invention of Judd Apatow

How a kid from Long Island willed his way to the top of American comedy

The Atlantic

September 15, 2025

Inside the Deadly Game of Drone Warfare

From the front lines in Kherson, with one of Ukraine’s most lethal units

The Atlantic

September 15, 2025

The HHS Officials Being Paid Six Figures to Do Nothing

The Trump administration hasn’t fired them but won’t let them do their jobs.

The Atlantic

September 15, 2025

Nate Bargatze Needed a Better Bit

The Emmys host wanted to make the ceremony fun, but his big idea didn’t work.

The Atlantic

September 15, 2025

The Delight of a Surprise Emmys Win

The night’s most moving speech captured the hard slog of being a working actor.

The Atlantic

September 14, 2025

Why Theme Parks Keep Getting More Extreme

Inside the exceedingly expensive, highly engineered quest to keep us entertained

The Atlantic

September 14, 2025

In the Beginning, There Was the Word

A poem

The Atlantic

September 14, 2025

MAHA Is Piling More Work on Moms

Dinnertime has gotten even more complicated.

The Atlantic

September 14, 2025

Five Nonfiction Books That Read Like Fiction

These books have all the qualities that make good novels so enjoyable.

The Atlantic

September 13, 2025

The Questions Kirk’s Assassination Raises

Panelists joined to discuss the country’s escalating political violence.

The Atlantic

September 13, 2025

How People Make the Most of Their Mornings

Taking advantage of the early hours can add calm to your day if you do it right.

The Atlantic

September 13, 2025

Trump Has a Warning for Spencer Cox

Utah’s grieving governor opens up about his state, the country’s dangerous spiral, and a haunting conversation with the president

The Atlantic

September 13, 2025

Whither the Dictionary?

These are parlous times for lexicographers.

The Atlantic

September 13, 2025

Christopher Rufo’s Cancel Culture

The right-wing activist is learning from his enemies—and changing the rules of the culture war.

The Atlantic

September 13, 2025

What If This Is a Turning Point?

Charlie Kirk’s closest allies will help determine whether the next few weeks bring confrontation, deescalation, or something in between.

The Atlantic

September 13, 2025

The Epstein Scandal Finally Takes Down a Politician

Just not an American one

The Atlantic

September 12, 2025

Something Is Very Wrong Online

Our political conversations take place in the very same spaces that incubate and perpetuate unthinkable violence.

The Atlantic

September 12, 2025

One of Utah’s Own

The early picture of Charlie Kirk’s alleged assassin complicates many assumptions.

The Atlantic

September 12, 2025

A Call for Peace to a President Who Isn’t Listening

Utah Governor Spencer Cox must know by now that his hopes for Trump were in vain.

The Atlantic

September 12, 2025

Leading Democrats Are Condemning Charlie Kirk’s Murder

Why is the online right having such a hard time recognizing that?

The Atlantic

September 12, 2025

A Raw Depiction of What Panic Feels Like

Lee Lai’s Cannon builds up to an earthshaking moment when its protagonist’s anxiety can no longer be contained.

The Atlantic

September 12, 2025

Photos of the Week: Lunar Eclipse, Sandbar Cricket, Horn Dance

A cattle drive in Germany, antigovernment protests in France and Nepal, the U.S. Open Tennis Championships in New York, surfing Chihuahuas i...

The Atlantic

September 12, 2025

This Was Spinal Tap

One more smell of the glove