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.

The Atlantic

March 24, 2026

Is There a Better Way to Watch TV?

The tyranny of decision fatigue suggests otherwise.

The Atlantic

March 24, 2026

Atlantic Trivia, March 24, 2026: Ill-Fated Francophilia

Last year, the Golden State Valkyries became the first new franchise since 2008 to join what professional-sports league?

The Atlantic

March 24, 2026

Military Families Once Again Brace for a Knock

For the first time in years, the U.S. is losing service members to a foreign war.

The Atlantic

March 24, 2026

The Iranians Losing Faith in America

I’ve spoken with more than a dozen Iranians since the start of the war. Most are terrified, and some are losing faith in America.

The Atlantic

March 24, 2026

Why America’s Catholic Bishops Started Sounding Liberal

Trump’s second term has transformed the priorities of the U.S. Catholic hierarchy.

The Atlantic

March 24, 2026

A New Era for Women’s Basketball

The next generation of WNBA players will be the richest in history. What did it take to get there?

The Atlantic

March 24, 2026

The Meme-Washing of RFK Jr.

The online persona of America’s health secretary is very different from the man himself.

The Atlantic

March 24, 2026

Abandoned by America

An Afghan family in hiding waits in fear and hope.

The Atlantic

March 24, 2026

Is Trump Actually Having ‘Very Good’ Talks With Tehran?

The disconnect between the president’s claims and Iran’s denials underscores how little control either side has over the conflict—or its nar...

The Atlantic

March 23, 2026

Iran Is Trying to Defeat America in the Living Room

The regime knows that its best ally against American power is American public opinion.

The Atlantic

March 23, 2026

When Warning Lights Flash Red

Americans are learning that public safety is not a given.

The Atlantic

March 23, 2026

Europe’s Far Right Is Turning on Trump

The president’s attempt to influence elections across the Atlantic is backfiring.

The Atlantic

March 23, 2026

Atlantic Trivia, March 23, 2026: March Madness

Jon Scheyer took over as head coach of a basketball program helmed for the previous 42 seasons by what man with a much harder-to-spell last...