The Atlantic

November 9, 2025

SNL Has a Cold-Open Fix for the Trump News Cycle

James Austin Johnson has become the linchpin of the show’s catchall approach to political satire.

The Atlantic

November 9, 2025

Love Song Set to a Tune of Gathering

A poem

The Atlantic

November 9, 2025

Why I Am Leaving the Federal Bench

A judge explains his reasons for resigning.

The Atlantic

November 9, 2025

The Deportees Whose Stories We’ll Never Know

Amid the president’s fast-moving deportation campaign, the stories of most people being swept up are missed.

The Atlantic

November 9, 2025

Blaming Foreigners for American Failings Won’t Fix Them

Railing against Ukraine, Israel, and other outsiders is easy. Solving problems at home is not.

The Atlantic

November 9, 2025

The Ideal That Underlies the Declaration of Independence

Restoring stability to American politics will require reviving an age-old concept: common ground.

The Atlantic

November 9, 2025

A Funny Book About Faith

Anne Lamott’s stories, John Singer Sargent’s paintings, and more culture and entertainment recommendations

The Atlantic

November 9, 2025

What I Learned About Dick Cheney

The former vice president was certain he knew better than the citizens he served what was good for them.

The Atlantic

November 8, 2025

The Democrats Try Out a Big Tent

Or is it more “medium-sized”?

The Atlantic

November 8, 2025

How Lawmakers Are Responding to the Shutdown

Meanwhile, panelists discuss what Tuesday’s election results mean for Democrats.

The Atlantic

November 8, 2025

The Dreams and Limits of the Suburbs

They’re more diverse than ever, but they remain the sites of deep racial and socioeconomic gaps.

The Atlantic

November 8, 2025

When Scarcity Blurs the Line Between Right and Wrong

Megha Majumdar’s second novel imagines how climate disaster might scramble our sense of morality.

The Atlantic

November 8, 2025

'All’s Fair' Is an Atrocity

Ryan Murphy’s new series is essentially the world inside your phone, made into a TV show.

The Atlantic

November 8, 2025

The Mafia Style in American Politics

Trump is saying, essentially, If you don’t want to get hurt, you’ll do what I say.

The Atlantic

November 7, 2025

Why This Shutdown Is So Dangerous

The way the president is disrupting essential services shows the dangers of his vision for big government.

The Atlantic

November 7, 2025

Pop Culture Is Obsessed With Female Friendships

Margaret Atwood’s Cat’s Eye perfectly portrays an intense, fickle, painful dynamic between women.

The Atlantic

November 7, 2025

Tulsi Gabbard’s Quest to Bring the ‘Deep State’ Under Her Control

A memo circulating within the federal government lays out her office’s reasoning for wanting to transfer counterintelligence work away from...

The Atlantic

November 7, 2025

Democrats, Mamdani Doesn’t Point the Way Forward

He won by a modest margin in a deeply blue city not because of his radical commitments, but despite them.

The Atlantic

November 7, 2025

The Most Useless Piece of Parenting Advice

The problem with telling moms “It takes a village”

The Atlantic

November 7, 2025

Photos of the Week: Dinosaur Sweater, Miniature Park, Hippo Calf

The aftermath of Typhoon Kalmaegi in the Philippines, Day of the Dead celebrations in Mexico, a penny-farthing race in Prague, a mayoral ele...

The Atlantic

November 7, 2025

The One and Only Sammy

The astonishing, confounding career of Sammy Davis Jr.

The Atlantic

November 7, 2025

The Coming Swell of Scientists-Turned-Politicians

Instead of trying to depoliticize science, they’re running for office.

The Atlantic

November 7, 2025

A Conservative Case for Feminization

A new book argues that America would benefit if more men adopted the values of vulnerability and mutual care that are usually attributed to...

The Atlantic

November 7, 2025

Democrats Haven’t Solved Their Electoral Problem

Big off-year wins in New Jersey and Virginia get the party no closer to taking back the Senate or the White House.

The Atlantic

November 7, 2025

Democrats Have a New Winning Formula

Each candidate arguably got more out of affordability than any other approach.

The Atlantic

November 7, 2025

The Battle Iranian Women Are Winning

The mandatory veiling of women was once a pillar of the Islamic Republic. Now it’s almost gone.

The Atlantic

November 7, 2025

Just When It Looked Like the Shutdown Might End

Election Day happened.

The Atlantic

November 7, 2025

Ozempic Is About to Go on Sale

Even after Trump’s new deal, obesity drugs are still too expensive.

The Atlantic

November 6, 2025

Dick Cheney Didn’t Care What You Thought

The former VP’s indifference to approval made him a boogeyman for the left and the right.

The Atlantic

November 6, 2025

Voters Who Oppose Wars of Choice Have Nowhere to Turn

Anti-war Americans keep rejecting establishment hawks, only to see the supposed alternatives deploy force unilaterally.

The Atlantic

November 6, 2025

A New Way to Look at the Pressures of Motherhood

In Die My Love, parenting is the least of a struggling new mother’s concerns.

The Atlantic

November 6, 2025

What Worked for Zohran Mamdani

The mayor-elect of New York City won without cynical AI tricks.

The Atlantic

November 6, 2025

Zohran Mamdani Is About to Confront Reality

The new mayor will face enormous challenges and needs to prove quickly that he is up for them.

The Atlantic

November 6, 2025

Is Marjorie Taylor Greene Playing Three-Dimensional Chess?

The “Jewish space lasers” lady may be positioning herself to lead the MAGA movement.

The Atlantic

November 6, 2025

Today’s Atlantic Trivia: Sayings and Showgirls

Test your knowledge—and read our latest stories for a little extra help.

The Atlantic

November 6, 2025

The Wonder of Watching People Run

Marathons have gathered strangers for more than a century now.

The Atlantic

November 6, 2025

America Is Great When America Is Good

Those who believe in liberty and dignity must never give in to the forces arrayed against the things we hold dearest.

The Atlantic

November 6, 2025

American Suburbs Have a Financial Secret

Municipal bonds have become an unavoidable part of local governance—and their costs divide rich towns from poor ones.

The Atlantic

November 6, 2025

What a Young Paul McCartney Knew About Growing Old

Put true love at the center of your life, and your happiness will only grow.

The Atlantic

November 6, 2025

The Catholic Church and the Trump Administration Are Not Getting Along

The religion’s call to radical love can’t countenance this much cruelty.

The Atlantic

November 6, 2025

We Are Not One

A short story

The Atlantic

November 6, 2025

Will 2026 Be a Fair Fight?

Democrats swept the 2025 elections. But Donald Trump is already laying the groundwork to subvert the next vote.

The Atlantic

November 6, 2025

Trump’s Gerrymandering War Has Stalled

“None of this is good for Republicans,” one strategist said.

The Atlantic

November 5, 2025

Can Mamdani Pull off a Child-Care Miracle?

The hurdles facing the incoming mayor’s proposal are as large as its potential rewards.

The Atlantic

November 5, 2025

America on the Brink of War With Venezuela

Quico Toro on the Trump administration’s dangerous game of brinksmanship with Venezuela and why a conflict in the Caribbean could be a disas...

The Atlantic

November 5, 2025

Trump Is Right: Ditch the Filibuster

The tactic is a deformed anachronism. Its demise would benefit the whole country, and Democrats especially.

The Atlantic

November 5, 2025

Seeing the World Up Close

Shortlisted images from the 2025 Close-Up Photographer of the Year, celebrating “close-up, macro, and micro photography”

The Atlantic

November 5, 2025

Why Is Colombia’s President Provoking Trump?

Gustavo Petro seems to think that he’s better off being the American president’s victim than his friend.

The Atlantic

November 5, 2025

No, Women Aren't the Problem

The country is rapidly becoming the manosphere, but, sure, let’s go after the “feminization” of culture.

The Atlantic

November 5, 2025

The Anti-MAGA Majority Reemerges

Democrats won up and down the ballot yesterday, riding a backlash to Donald Trump’s second term.