A Former French President’s Prison Pity Party
France and America have much in common: parallel 18th-century revolutions, a shared commitment to universal ideals, the same three colors...
Remember the Epstein Files?
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Trump’s Fateful Choice in Iran
The fate of a 2,500-year-old nation and its 93 million inhabitants rests, for now, in the hands of Donald Trump....
The Problem Is So Much Bigger Than Grok
Subscribe here: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube In this episode of Galaxy Brain, Charlie Warzel confronts the growing crisis...
Taking the Internet Novel Offline
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An Ancient Pastime With New Tools
Every time I’ve found myself lost for words over something in the news this past year—which has happened disconcertingly often—I’ve...
How Russia’s Children Got So Violent
One Tuesday morning last month, a 15-year-old Russian boy got ready for school by packing a paramilitary vest, a helmet,...
Photos of the Week: Icy Dip, Resting Goose, Campaign Bear
Yuan Hongyan / VCG / GettyPeople wearing protective gear, or “lobster suits,” experience ice floating in winter at Yuehai National...
The Question at the Heart of the Debate Over Trans Athletes
Transgender participation in women’s athletics is the single most difficult issue I’ve seen in 40 years of covering sports. It...
Trump-Administration Officials Describe an Elementary School Drop-Off
Based on how members of the Trump administration rushed to describe Renee Nicole Good, the Minneapolis woman who was shot...
Today’s Atlantic Trivia: Protein’s Gilded Age
Updated with new questions at 2:50 p.m. ET on January 15, 2026. Welcome back to Atlantic Trivia! Are you hungry...
‘Look, You Can’t Cancel the Election’
Could the Trump administration really cancel an election? President Trump once again mused about the possibility, telling Reuters recently that...
AI’s Child-Porn Problem Is Getting Much Worse
In 2025, new data show, the volume of child pornography online was likely larger than at any other point in...
The Danes Who Died for America
It was sunny in southern Afghanistan on June 1, 2010, and the temperature quickly reached 104 degrees. Sophia Bruun was...
The President Who Cries Emergency
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