The Atlantic

March 28, 2026

Food Safety in America Just Hit a New Low

The FDA has linked an E. coli outbreak to raw-cheddar cheese. The company that sells it refuses to agree to a recall.

The Atlantic

March 28, 2026

How Nick Fuentes Is Charming the Left

Viral clips of the far-right white supremacist make him palatable to progressives.

The Atlantic

March 27, 2026

Expensive Plane Tickets Are a Preview

Airfare is way up. It’s a signal of what could come next.

The Atlantic

March 27, 2026

Atlantic Trivia, March 27, 2026: Chinese Science

What ninth-century Chinese invention was at first employed primarily for fireworks rather than in the capacity that would change the world c...

The Atlantic

March 27, 2026

Let a Book Annoy You

Let a Book Annoy You

The Atlantic

March 27, 2026

No, Netanyahu Is Not Dead

But a shocking number of people, against all evidence to the contrary, insist that he is.

The Atlantic

March 27, 2026

What Is Twitter’s Legacy, 20 Years Later?

An early Twitter exec reckons with the monster he helped create.

The Atlantic

March 27, 2026

A Day in Class With Plato, the Melania Trump–Mandated AI Humanoid Instructor

Envision a future of humanoid instruction, Melania told us, and … we did.

The Atlantic

March 27, 2026

In Hungary, the First Post-Reality Political Campaign

Hungary’s Viktor Orbán is waging cognitive warfare on a new scale.

The Atlantic

March 27, 2026

The People Who Think Introspection Is Dumb

For some of America’s tech oligarchs, looking inward seems to be a waste of time better spent moving fast and breaking things.

The Atlantic

March 27, 2026

The U.S. and Cuba Have Both Abandoned Their Principles

The two countries are no longer clashing primarily over ideology.

The Atlantic

March 27, 2026

Photos of the Week: Fallas Festival, Butterfly Gathering, Beach Violin

Traditional bull racing in Indonesia, puppies rescued from flooding in Hawaii, humanoid robots in China, and much more

The Atlantic

March 27, 2026

Kristi Noem is Gone. Now Mass Deportations Can Really Begin.

DHS has a new leader and a big pot of money to deliver on Trump’s campaign promise.

The Atlantic

March 27, 2026

The Shocking Speed of China’s Scientific Rise

When will Chinese research pull ahead of ours?

The Atlantic

March 27, 2026

The Tension That Defines Modern Life

Most people need a smartphone. But many want to use it less.

The Atlantic

March 27, 2026

Homophobia Is Back. It’s Different Now.

Americans are burned-out, frustrated, and hunting for scapegoats.

The Atlantic

March 27, 2026

Who Needs Tanks In the Age of Drones?

Ukrainian drones have made artillery and armored vehicles look obsolete. Why is the world still buying them?

The Atlantic

March 26, 2026

The Tacit Politics of Pixar’s Latest Hit, ‘Hoppers’

Hoppers offers a surprisingly radical message for a story about talking animals.

The Atlantic

March 26, 2026

Shockingly, ICE Hasn't Fixed the Airport Crisis Yet

Perhaps because they're not trained to expedite the long lines that are making travel so difficult

The Atlantic

March 26, 2026

Critics Have a New Way to Describe the Trump Administration

Calling his presidency a “regime” has some benefits, but it underestimates the resilience of the 250-year-old republic.

The Atlantic

March 26, 2026

The AI Boom Wasn’t Built for the Polycrisis

“There are too many ways for it to fail for it not to fail.”

The Atlantic

March 26, 2026

The Reason Trump May Pull Back From the Brink

The president is discovering the high stakes of an escalation that damages energy facilities.

The Atlantic

March 26, 2026

The Countdown to a Ground War

The president wants to avoid a long, messy entanglement, but all of the ground options promise to be just that.

The Atlantic

March 26, 2026

Atlantic Trivia, March 26, 2026: AI Code, Airport Code

What painter who shares his first name with a popular AI chatbot is known for his monumental depictions of water lilies?

The Atlantic

March 26, 2026

How to Believe in God

Scientific evidence for faith misunderstands faith.

The Atlantic

March 26, 2026

NATO’s Terrible Position

Trump wants help from allies, but they don’t want to be pulled into a war.

The Atlantic

March 26, 2026

A Life of Close Observation

Revisiting Tracy Kidder’s work for The Atlantic

The Atlantic

March 26, 2026

A Prison That Offers a Strange Kind of Freedom

In Charlotte Wood’s The Natural Way of Things, a group of captive women discover who they might become beyond the control of men.

The Atlantic

March 26, 2026

ICE Might Be Violating America’s Other Bill of Rights

To keep rogue agents in check, we need to look beyond the Constitution.

The Atlantic

March 26, 2026

The Worst Airport in America

Traveling by plane anywhere is bad right now, but in some places, it’s worse.

The Atlantic

March 26, 2026

E-Verify Is No Silver Bullet

Focusing enforcement on employers might be the easiest choice in immigration policy—just as soon as you make all of the hard ones.

The Atlantic

March 26, 2026

Protecting a Hero Too Long

The pressure to shield men who hurt women

The Atlantic

March 26, 2026

Meet the New ICE

Same as the old ICE?

The Atlantic

March 25, 2026

OpenAI’s Identity Crisis

The company’s sudden decision to pull the plug on Sora is a sign of deeper trouble.

The Atlantic

March 25, 2026

RFK Jr. Is Losing His Grip on the CDC

The Trump administration seems to be putting MAHA on notice.

The Atlantic

March 25, 2026

Trump Is Asking to Be Bailed Out Again

The president’s eagerness to act keeps getting him into difficult spots—which he then demands that legislators and the public help him escap...

The Atlantic

March 25, 2026

Atlantic Trivia, March 25, 2026: Charles Dickens

What nighttime disorder was previously called “Pickwickian syndrome,” after an overweight, underslept Charles Dickens character?

The Atlantic

March 25, 2026

Claude Takes On Monet

Why is Anthropic sponsoring an exhibition about Monet?

The Atlantic

March 25, 2026

A Landmark Verdict Against Meta and Google

Jurors found the companies liable for building apps that inflicted mental-health problems on a teenager, and similar lawsuits are on the hor...

The Atlantic

March 25, 2026

The War With Iran Is Exposing Big Problems for the Military

What we have learned about the strengths and weaknesses of the American way of war.

The Atlantic

March 25, 2026

Scenes from the Canadian Arctic

Carlos Osorio, a photojournalist with Reuters, recently traveled to Canada’s northern reaches to document military exercises, daily life, ro...

The Atlantic

March 25, 2026

The Far-Right Algorithm: Anti-Churchill, Anti-West

The historian Andrew Roberts on why many right-wing podcasters now believe that the wrong side won the Second World War, and the rise of alg...

The Atlantic

March 25, 2026

The U.S. and Iran Are Fighting a Massively Asymmetrical War

The Strait of Hormuz presents a classic war theater for an insurgency to bog down superior forces.

The Atlantic

March 25, 2026

How AI Is Creeping Into The New York Times

Artificial intelligence seems to be turning up, undisclosed, in the opinion pages of major news publications.

The Atlantic

March 25, 2026

LaGuardia’s Air Traffic Controllers Had Too Much to Do

Having two controllers on a midnight shift might be standard procedure, but they can still be overwhelmed.

The Atlantic

March 25, 2026

Are You Coal or a Horse?

How to guess if your job will exist in five years

The Atlantic

March 25, 2026

The Deep Risk That Republican Hawks Overlooked

If the Iran war goes badly, the isolationist, anti-Israel wing of the party is likely to steer the GOP’s future.

The Atlantic

March 25, 2026

Where Are All the Campus Protests?

Two years ago, students occupied buildings and colonized the quad. Now the same places are strangely silent.

The Atlantic

March 25, 2026

How to Make Better Decisions

Some people look to bold, visionary leaders. Others value technocratic expertise. But there’s a third alternative.

The Atlantic

March 24, 2026

A Useful Way to Understand Trump’s Decision Making

Market fluctuations are one guide to the president’s foreign policy.