The Atlantic

April 3, 2026

Photos of the Week: Holy Week, 'No Kings,' Guitar Farm

Office-chair racing in Japan, an orca swimming near Seattle, a sandstorm over the island of Santorini, the launch of NASA’s newest lunar mis...

The Atlantic

April 3, 2026

You Don’t Really Need a NeeDoh—Do You?

Stores are sold out of the squishy toys. Shipments may not arrive for months. And parents—well, they need to chill.

The Atlantic

April 3, 2026

Lily Allen’s ‘West End Girl’ Tour Ups the Ante

Lily Allen’s "West End Girl" tour makes her astonishing concept album even better.

The Atlantic

April 3, 2026

Hegseth’s War on America’s Military

Someone needs to explain the Pentagon purges to the American people.

The Atlantic

April 3, 2026

Hegseth Removes Top Army Officer Mid-Iran War

A general is ousted and the Army secretary is in jeopardy, sources say.

The Atlantic

April 2, 2026

Pam Bondi May Be Just the Beginning of Trump’s Purge

After Pam Bondi’s ouster, other top administration officials could be in jeopardy.

The Atlantic

April 2, 2026

The Next Attorney General Has an Impossible Job

Just like the last one

The Atlantic

April 2, 2026

Atlantic Trivia, April 2, 2026: Moon Missions

NASA’s first flyby of the moon—three missions before humanity landed on it—is known by what name?

The Atlantic

April 2, 2026

Rachel Carson Has Known the Ocean

Her journey to the hidden depths of the sea invites a new way of seeing.

The Atlantic

April 2, 2026

Pam Bondi Couldn’t Possibly Succeed

She did what Donald Trump wanted her to do. That turned out to be part of the problem.

The Atlantic

April 2, 2026

Twilight of the ‘Cougar’

Recent depictions of May-December relationships are challenging cliché notions about women who date younger men.

The Atlantic

April 2, 2026

Ukraine's Housewives Versus Rheinmetall's CEO

My interview with a tank maker provoked fury and memes—including from Zelensky.

The Atlantic

April 2, 2026

birthright-citizenship-case-calhoun

The legal question in the birthright citizenship case is jarringly easy to answer. The more difficult question is what kind of country Ameri...

The Atlantic

April 2, 2026

The Manosphere Feels Betrayed

The Epstein files, Alex Pretti, now Iran?

The Atlantic

April 2, 2026

Trump’s Cozy Transportation Secretary

Sean Duffy is partnering with the industries he regulates in new ways.

The Atlantic

April 2, 2026

The Intellectual Right Is Mad at the Mess It’s Made

Conservatives are criticizing influencers for going too far.

The Atlantic

April 2, 2026

The Intellectual Right Is Mad at the Mess It’s Made

Conservatives are criticizing influencers for going too far.

The Atlantic

April 2, 2026

Who Gets to Block the Sun?

Stardust sold geoengineering to investors. Now it needs to sell it to the public.

The Atlantic

April 2, 2026

How ‘Real Housewives’ Rewrote the American Dream

Bravo’s signature reality-TV show is a shorthand for a certain flavor of petty drama—and a way that many people now live.

The Atlantic

April 2, 2026

Young People Are Falling Behind, but Not Because of AI

The case that AI is already stealing young people’s jobs is based on a statistical mirage.

The Atlantic

April 2, 2026

The Album That Made Me Fall Back in Love With Heavy Metal

Neurosis’s new record makes the right kind of noise to stand out in this overwhelming moment.

The Atlantic

April 2, 2026

The Pro-Immigrant Case for Opposing Illegal Immigration

Any viable reform coalition has to include voters who oppose unlawful immigration but support legal channels.

The Atlantic

April 2, 2026

Maybe Trump Should Not Have Given This Speech

His address raised more questions than it answered about the war in Iran.

The Atlantic

April 1, 2026

Why Doesn’t Anybody Realize We’re Going Back to the Moon?

On the ground at the Trump era’s most important space launch.

The Atlantic

April 1, 2026

The Justices Don’t Buy Trump’s Citizenship Arguments

The scandal is that the case got this far.

The Atlantic

April 1, 2026

The Anger Trailing Congress Around the Country

Even TMZ is channeling the national discontent.

The Atlantic

April 1, 2026

What Tracy Kidder Stood For

His deep, immersive writing had moral stakes and changed people’s lives.

The Atlantic

April 1, 2026

I Am Here to Watch the Birthright-Citizenship Arguments but Not in a Threatening Way

Can’t a president come watch his justices?

The Atlantic

April 1, 2026

Atlantic Trivia, April 1, 2026: Computer Games

Levying a late-return fee is a common task in the 1990s-set video game Retro Rewind, which simulates employment in what bygone type of retai...

The Atlantic

April 1, 2026

Where to Find a Better Housewife Escapist Fantasy

Crime-solving housewives have become less compelling.

The Atlantic

April 1, 2026

Watching War From the Strait of Hormuz

Graeme Wood on what he saw at the Strait of Hormuz and the lockdown of oil in the Persian Gulf. Plus: Trump’s war-information blackout and T...

The Atlantic

April 1, 2026

It’s Not Gambling, It’s ‘Girl Math’

Prediction markets are trying to woo women through matcha memes and #girlboss ads.

The Atlantic

April 1, 2026

Smirking Past the Gallows

An ugly law backed by Itamar Ben-Gvir might never be applied—but will still do real damage.

The Atlantic

April 1, 2026

A Presidential Library Fit for a Real-Estate Mogul

Plans for a Miami skyscraper perfectly capture the ethos of the Trump administration.

The Atlantic

April 1, 2026

The Perils of One-Man Rule

Xi Jinping’s ruthless reign in China offers important lessons for aspiring autocrats.

The Atlantic

April 1, 2026

Why Trump Bungled Oil and Gas

The president doesn’t understand that markets are global.

The Atlantic

April 1, 2026

The Lesson of a Thrilling March Madness

Nostalgists worried that giving athletes more rights would ruin college sports. This year’s NCAA basketball tournament is proving them wrong...

The Atlantic

April 1, 2026

U.S. Troops Could Soon Be on the Ground in Iran

The military is waiting for his go-ahead for high-risk ground operations in Iran.

The Atlantic

April 1, 2026

A New Solution to the ‘Wagner Problem’

A bold restaging of Tristan und Isolde arrives at a moment of intense concern about the cultural inheritance of Western civilization.

The Atlantic

April 1, 2026

Photos: Counting Down to the Launch of Artemis II

NASA’s Artemis II—the first mission to carry humans beyond low Earth orbit in more than 50 years—is scheduled to launch on April 1, 2026. Th...

The Atlantic

April 1, 2026

Lions Led by Donkeys

The U.S. is fighting Iran under the worst wartime political leadership America has ever had.

The Atlantic

March 31, 2026

What ‘Regime Change’?

Trump’s claim about the Iran war is premature.

The Atlantic

March 31, 2026

HHS Is Exiling Top Officials to the Indian Health Service

The Indian Health Service needs more clinical workers. The federal health officials being transferred to the agency don’t fit that bill.

The Atlantic

March 31, 2026

‘Retro Rewind’ Is a Boring Video Game I Can’t Put Down

A video game about running a rental store offers comfort in mundanity.

The Atlantic

March 31, 2026

The Gen Z Christian Revival That Wasn’t

Some pastors and politicians claim that a Christian revival is afoot among young Americans. Nationwide data tell a different story.

The Atlantic

March 31, 2026

Four Ways the Iran War Could End

Trump has options, but they all come with serious liabilities.

The Atlantic

March 31, 2026

Atlantic Trivia, March 31, 2026: Board Games

Weiqi, an ancient-Chinese board game played with black and white stones, is more familiarly known in the West by what name?

The Atlantic

March 31, 2026

You Can’t Escape the AI Tax

Electronics are getting more expensive and worse. Blame the AI boom.

The Atlantic

March 31, 2026

The Family That Has No Stomachs

Māori families with a mutation for aggressive gastric cancer have had their stomachs preemptively removed. How do you live without one?

The Atlantic

March 31, 2026

Trump’s Mystifying Two-Front Messaging War

But he’s trying.