The U.S. and Iran Are Fighting a Massively Asymmetrical War
The Iran war started as a test of military capabilities and stockpiles, and the U.S. and Israel had the clear...
How AI Is Creeping Into ‘The New York Times’
On Sunday, a writer named Becky Tuch posted an excerpt on X from a months-old New York Times “Modern Love”column...
La Guardia’s Air Traffic Controllers Had Too Much to Do
In 20 seconds on the night of March 22, the seamless sequence of arrivals, departures, and holds at LaGuardia Airport—along...
Where Are All the Campus Protests?
The events of the past three months seem almost perfectly engineered to spark campus unrest. In January, mass-deportation operations led...
A Useful Way to Understand Trump’s Decision Making
This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day,...
Is Binge-Watching TV Really a Pastime?
With apologies to baseball, I believe that binge-watching television may have become America’s true pastime. TV sets have ruled living...
Military Families Once Again Brace for a Knock
Even before his son was in high school, Mylo Simmons told me, there was something about flying that fascinated him....
‘You Want to Leave Us Alone With Mojtaba?’
The war in Iran has terrified many inside the country, but some worry that peace could be just as frightening....
Why America’s Catholic Bishops Started Sounding Liberal
Not so long ago, when U.S. Catholic leaders said something political, they tended to sound like conservatives. American bishops’ most...
The Meme-Washing of RFK Jr.
Millions of people have watched Robert F. Kennedy Jr. body-slam a man dressed up as a Twinkie. In an AI-generated...
Abandoned by America
While bombs and drones explode across the Middle East, in Pakistan an Afghan family is hiding from the police. Saman;...
Iran Is Trying to Defeat America in the Living Room
Among the first lessons that Iran’s Islamic revolutionaries learned after coming to power in 1979 was that their best ally...
Photos: Eid al-Fitr and the End of Ramadan 2026
Marie Ruwet / AFP / GettyMuslims arrive ahead of Eid al-Fitr prayers, marking the end of the holy month of...
American Aviation Is Near Collapse
This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day,...
The In Living Color Effect
On Sunday, April 15, 1990, Americans got their first look at a daring new experiment in television—a sketch-comedy show intended...
