The Unapologetic Crime Fiction of Colson Whitehead
Sturdy, steady, and as reliable as a well-tooled construction, Ray Carney, the “cool machine” that powers the third volume of...
How the Smithsonian Could Fall
Photographs by Caroline Gutman The Trump administration wants to control the Smithsonian, but it won’t be so easy. When experts...
How the Smithsonian Could Fall
Photographs by Caroline Gutman The Trump administration wants to control the Smithsonian, but it won’t be so easy. When experts...
The Opening After Netanyahu
Last week, Rahm Emanuel traveled to Tel Aviv University to deliver an unusually blunt warning: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is...
Social Security Is Running Out of Time
Subscribe here: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube On this week’s episode of The David Frum Show, The Atlantic’s David...
Photos: The Richness of Life in Our Oceans
Olivier Morin / AFP / GettyA male orca chases a baitball of herring near Spildra Island, in northern Norway, on...
An Odyssey Deserving of the Biggest Screen Possible
Emily Wilson’s celebrated translation of Homer’s The Odyssey sets aside the classic description of the epic poem’s hero, Odysseus, as...
The Atlantic Announces Marc Novicoff and Nancy Walecki as Staff Writers, Michael Zelenko as Senior Editor, and James Kirchick as Contributing Writer
The Atlantic is announcing four new roles and promotions in the newsroom: Marc Novicoff and Nancy Walecki as staff writers,...
All the Cool Kids Are Birding
Not long before the sun rose on a Saturday in May, five men in their mid-20s were standing alongside an...
An Iran Agreement Honored Only in the Breach
The U.S.-Iran war was supposed to be over when President Trump signed a memorandum of understanding last month at a...
You Don’t Need to Vote for Socialists to Get Universal Health Care
The Trump administration is implementing the most sweeping rollback of social spending in American history. Millions of Americans are being...
Who Really Controls the Strait of Hormuz?
This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day,...
Marco Rubio’s Disappearing Signal Chat
Secretary of State Marco Rubio, like most federal officials, is legally required to retain records that he creates as part...
The Bizarre Partnership Between the U.S. and Venezuela
James Story, America’s last chargé d’affaires in Venezuela before the embassy closed in 2019, left after the foreign minister passed...
The Shooter in Maine Was a New ICE Recruit
Late last night, at the end of a day that started with the killing of a 26-year-old Colombian man in...
