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A poem

The scandals of the president’s first term now seem quaint.

The country Trump once disdained as a burden has become a military powerhouse.

The myth and science of the country’s favorite floofy, fluffy cuddle-badgers

Panelists joined to discuss the president’s continued interest in renovating landmarks in the nation’s capital.

The country’s most beloved men are paragons of diversity, but ethnic resentment is still winning.

An 1846 caricature of the Romantic composer Hector Berlioz, known for his love of big, loud orchestras

New secrets from our past have been coming out in droves.

A new film pokes fun at Gen Z’s inhibitions—erotic and otherwise.

In Richard Russo’s novels, the American dream feels like a cruel joke.

In the aftermath of pandemics, people either try to forget them or find others to blame for them.

The former Senate GOP leader’s legacy will make America harder to govern for years to come.

Consumers are so afraid of getting colors wrong, they don’t use them at all.

The president’s latest attempt to limit who is an American by birth is plagued by weak legal arguments and nonsensical claims.

As a busy adult, I approach foundational, complicated ideas with the help of the intellectual biography.

Jane Schoenbrun’s new film interrogates the relationship between what we watch and who we are.

For 15 minutes, the celebrity-gossip blogger Perez Hilton livestreamed his violent self-harm without anyone intervening.

We’ve never had more ways to keep in touch. So why are we talking to one another less?

Not everyone who has a child is fit to love them.

In the posting era, there’s room only for redemption and improvement narratives.

Today The Atlantic is announcing two new staff writers: Madeleine Carlisle and Danyel Smith. This marks a homecoming for Madeleine, who was an Atlantic editorial fellow in 2018 and 2019, and went on to Time magazine and most recently 60 Minutes . Danyel is a legend in journalism who spent the past three years as a contributing writer to The New York Times Magazine and was previously the editor of both Vibe and Billboard . Below is the staff announcement from editor in chief Jeffrey Goldberg: Dea

AI is like ultra-processed food for developing brains.

Curbing the outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo will require stepping up testing.

Lara Grbac rides a horse named Perlaz in the water during a heat wave in Supetar, on the island of Brac, Croatia, on August 5, 2026.

Tina Peters.

The hit Netflix documentary Maternal Instinct tidies a far more complicated story.

The humble booklet is more than just a last redoubt against cheating. Staring down its empty pages, students discover what they’re capable of as writers and thinkers.

Tehran wants the Arab public to balk at the cost of allying with the United States.

The chorus of optimism has quieted on several fronts, including Zelensky’s struggle with corruption and his relations with Trump.

Piecemeal price cuts won’t solve the Iran war’s effects on inflation.

The Cambridge professor Jason Arday’s unlikely ascent has come to a tragic end.