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April 18, 2026

The President and the Pope

Panelists joined to discuss Trump’s attacks on Pope Leo XIV for his comments about the war in Iran.

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April 18, 2026

How to Revive the Art of Hanging Out

Modern life makes it harder to seek out places to just be, but it’s not impossible.

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April 18, 2026

A Beguiling Film About the Downsides of Pop Stardom

Mother Mary offers a spooky spin on what it takes to stay famous.

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April 18, 2026

Can Turning Off Your Phone Bring You Closer to God?

Pastor John Mark Comer has won a massive following by preaching about the ills of technology.

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April 18, 2026

The Film From 1969 That Explains Contemporary America

The Sorrow and the Pity has lessons for how authoritarianism takes root.

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April 18, 2026

Ukraine Has Written Off the United States

Zelensky has stopped pretending that Trump might be an ally.

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April 17, 2026

Kash Patel’s Erratic Behavior Could Cost Him His Job

The FBI director has alarmed colleagues with episodes of excessive drinking and unexplained absences.

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April 17, 2026

The Donald J. Trump Guide to Classic Fairy Tales

Has the president failed to learn the lessons of classic cautionary fables—or does he just understand them in his own novel ways?

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April 17, 2026

Atlantic Trivia, April 17, 2026: First Ladies

Whereas the bishop of Rome—a.k.a. the pope—leads the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodoxy’s top authority is the patriarch of what city? (The...

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April 17, 2026

Iran Had a Doomsday Weapon All Along

Control of a vital waterway gives Tehran the deterrence power it’s always wanted.

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April 17, 2026

One of These Trump Threats Is Not Like the Others

Trump has developed a reputation for backing down from his most over-the-top threats, but dismissing his words is a mistake.

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April 17, 2026

Breaking Free From Alex Jones

A former Infowars employee on radicalization, lies, and getting out

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April 17, 2026

The Books Briefing: The First Draft of Cultural History

Lena Dunham’s new memoir is a fascinating primary source of Hollywood in the 2010s.

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April 17, 2026

'The Pitt' Brings the Crisis Home

What the hit show’s approach to Dr. Robby reveals

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April 17, 2026

Photos of the Week: Glacier Performance, Gorilla Birthday, Moon Return

Cherry blossoms in bloom in Japan, preparations for a humanoid-robot half marathon in China, a boisterous water festival in Thailand, a scen...

The Atlantic

April 16, 2026

The Allbirds Pivot Is a Terrible Idea … Right?

Allbirds’ pivot to AI could be an escape hatch for a company with nothing to lose.

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April 16, 2026

HHS Wants to Be Done With Drama, for Now

As Trump nominates a new, uncontroversial CDC director, a more restrained version of RFK Jr. is appearing.

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April 16, 2026

Israel Moderates Are Losing the Democratic Party

Their position has become untenable. But liberal Zionists can adapt.

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April 16, 2026

Atlantic Trivia, April 16, 2026: Name the Pol, Then the Actor

In her second memoir, Lena Dunham describes what actor as “all ears and nose, gangly and pigeon-toed”?

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April 16, 2026

The Tyranny of AI Everywhere

Sneakers? Why stop there?

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April 16, 2026

Trump Voters Have Had Enough

A shocking number of the president’s supporters have turned against him.

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April 16, 2026

My Front-Row Seat to the Kennedy Center Implosion

I spent 10 months working at the institution because I thought I could help protect it. What I observed there is far worse than the public k...

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April 16, 2026

The Clubs in Hungary That Helped Lead to Orbán's Defeat

Among the many reasons for Viktor Orbán’s defeat was the rural clubs where citizens relearned democratic habits.

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April 16, 2026

The DNA Fix for Aging

Everyone’s DNA keeps mutating. Could correcting those errors lead to longevity?

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April 16, 2026

Imagine a Chatbot That Actually Knew How to Talk to You

Silicon Valley is racing to build AI with people skills.

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April 16, 2026

Pope John David Vance the First

The vice president has decided he’s a more accomplished theologian than Leo XIV.

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April 16, 2026

Henry David Thoreau Was a Great American Dissident

He has been seen as an environmentalist, a libertarian, a life coach. To understand his influence, think of him first as a dissident.

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April 16, 2026

If Hungary Can Do It

Viktor Orbán offered a model for antidemocratic rule, one admired by Donald Trump and other world leaders. What does his stunning loss after...

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April 16, 2026

A Pillar of Economics Admits That It Was Wrong

In a new report, the World Bank thinks better of its old free-market absolutism.

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April 16, 2026

Why Reactionaries Are Taking Over the World

Why reactionaries are taking over the world

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April 15, 2026

Why Trump’s Latest Assault on Elections Might Fail

The president’s attempts to interfere with the midterms demand vigilance, but a recent flimsy gambit is an argument against despair.

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April 15, 2026

Trump’s Stuck in a Bind of His Own Making

On Iran, Hungary, and more, the president is on a losing streak.

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April 15, 2026

Is Woody Brown Really the Author of his Novel?

Upward Bound has gotten rave reviews and celebrity endorsements, but experts question its authenticity.

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April 15, 2026

Is Anybody Actually Winning Trump’s Iran War?

Former U.S. Deputy National Security Adviser Matt Pottinger on the U.S.-Iran cease-fire, Trump’s Hormuz blockade, and China’s reaction to th...

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April 15, 2026

Atlantic Trivia for April 15, 2026: Tax Day

The average U.S. tax filer spends 13 hours completing the form known by what four-digit number?

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April 15, 2026

Where’s Jared Kushner’s Ethics Disclosure?

Is the president’s son-in-law carrying out the public’s business or pursuing his own private interests?

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April 15, 2026

A New Kind of Hybrid Car Is About to Hit America’s Streets

The car industry says it has an answer for drivers wary of going electric.

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April 15, 2026

How to Fix the Medical Diagnosis Crisis

Hospitals have come to prioritize lab tests over patient time, which can cause dangerous side effects.

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April 15, 2026

Why Iran Has the Advantage in the Battle of the Blockades

Americans may not have the stamina for the economic pain and military losses ahead.

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April 15, 2026

America’s Insane Tax-Filing Process

Other countries don’t do this.

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April 15, 2026

Hungary's Lessons for Trump's Opponents

Viktor Orbán’s critics had to put their ideological differences aside.

The Atlantic

April 14, 2026

Trump’s Blockade of the Blockaders

He wants to use economic pain to weaken Iran—even if that threatens the global economy.

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April 14, 2026

The Heresies of Donald Trump

Bullying won’t work against a power that has little need to curry favor.

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April 14, 2026

Atlantic Trivia for April 14, 2026: Scripture and Special Ops

In the Bible, what Israelite king and psalmist says that, with God’s help, he beat his enemies “fine as dust before the wind”?

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April 14, 2026

The Guitar Sounds New Again

The grungy, extraterrestrial “Mk.gee tone” is everywhere and depends on a decades-old device.

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April 14, 2026

Elon Musk Is Banking on Fanboys

SpaceX may be losing money, but it will soon be the most expensive big stock in the market.

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April 14, 2026

Trump’s Dark Night on Truth Social

Attacking the pope was only part of the president’s disturbing meltdown.

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April 14, 2026

Lena Dunham, 'Famesick,' and the Limits of Self-Exposure

Her new memoir captures the cost of being an impossibly popular target.

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April 14, 2026

How 4chan Gamers Accidentally Invented AI Reasoning

It involves 4chan, of all places.

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April 14, 2026

Gratitude Lists in the Style of Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez Bezos

Never mind. We said “money” yesterday.