The GOP’s Stunningly Swift Gerrymandering Drive
For more than four decades, the Ninth Congressional District of Tennessee stood as a bulwark, ensuring that the Black voters...
Software Ate My Homework
A student emailed me yesterday, panicked, in the early afternoon. She was worried about her final project in my university...
The Perverse Joy of Listening to Bad Music
This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day,...
The Alien Conspiracy
“There has been a threat to publicly release government material long shrouded in secrecy.” This sentence could have been intoned...
The Kind of Nonfiction That Wins Pulitzers
This is an edition of the Books Briefing, our editors’ weekly guide to the best in books. Sign up for...
Flipping Off Phones
Subscribe here: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube On this week’s episode of Galaxy Brain, Charlie Warzel talks with his...
‘This Is Not Going to Be the Next COVID’
The MV Hondius, the cruise ship where an outbreak of hantavirus was confirmed over the weekend, is moving once again....
Trump Is ‘Bored’ With the War He Started
President Trump really, really wants the war with Iran to end. He has declared victory many times, including about three...
How the Pope Connects War, Immigration, and Abortion
Throughout year one of his pontificate, Pope Leo XIV has been especially vocal about two issues: immigration and war. The...
Democrats Dare to Dream of Iowa
There are a few ways to think about Iowa. You might imagine America’s 29th state as the land of corn...
Photos of the Week: Met Gala, Beagle Rescue, Power Nap
Marcin Golba / NurPhoto / GettyA Finnish lapphund pauses after fetching a ball in Łuczyce, Poland, on May 1, 2026....
Mary Cassatt Was a Radical
On December 1, 1936, a group of artists stormed the New York City office of the Works Progress Administration. They...
The Iranian Exile Who Would Be King
In early February, while much of the world was focused on a looming war in the Persian Gulf, an outspoken...
Adam Silver Goes to War
Photographs by Paola Chapdelaine Adam Silver is one of America’s most powerful men. Part businessman and part diplomat, he leads...
What Happened on the Hantavirus Cruise, According to a Doctor on Board
When Stephen Kornfeld set sail aboard the MV Hondius in early April, his grand plan for the cruise was to...
