Seeing the World Up Close
Shortlisted images from the 2025 Close-Up Photographer of the Year, celebrating “close-up, macro, and micro photography”
Why Is Colombia’s President Provoking Trump?
Gustavo Petro seems to think that he’s better off being the American president’s victim than his friend.
No, Women Aren’t the Problem
America is rapidly becoming the manosphere, but sure, let’s go after the “feminization” of culture.
The Anti-MAGA Majority Reemerges
Democrats won up and down the ballot yesterday, riding a backlash to Donald Trump’s second term.
The Pantsless Trend Reaches Its Logical Conclusion
Celebrities have embraced a new sort of garment: the fashion diaper.
The Age of Anti-Social Media Is Here
The social-media era is over. What’s coming will be much worse.
The Court Must Decide If the Constitution Means What It Says
Conservative justices have worked to curb exactly the kind of power Trump is abusing in the tariff case.
Mamdani Is the Foil Trump Wants
Prepare to hear a lot about New York’s new mayor.
The People Who Will Determine Whether Musk Becomes a Trillionaire
This week’s Tesla shareholder vote could give the world’s richest man more money and more control.
This Could Be How the Shutdown Ends
A closed government just cost nearly 42 million Americans their food assistance.
Americans on Food Stamps Have No Good Options
America has a lifeline against hunger: ultra-processed foods.
Introducing: Galaxy Brain Podcast
The Atlantic is launching a new weekly show hosted by our staff writer Charlie Warzel, who is paying attention to where we pay attention.
Two Unlikely Biopics About Unlikable People
One of Hollywood’s most affable directors finds something to relate to in famously prickly artists.
Mike Johnson: I Am Tuning Out the News Cycle to Focus on Self-Care
Don’t ask me about the news. I am protecting my mental space.
Dear James: When It’s Time to Say Goodbye
A reader keeps having to leave unsupportive support groups. And James Parker bids farewell to his column.
There Was One Dick Cheney All Along
The end of the former vice president’s career reflected its beginnings.
Venezuela’s Grim Prospect
Why regime change is unlikely to bring a return to democracy
Why Students Are Obsessed With ‘Points Taken Off’
Students and professors are in a drawn-out battle over grade inflation. It may never end.
The Man Who Rescued Faulkner
How the critic Malcolm Cowley made American literature into its own great tradition
The Inflammation Gap
Popular ideas about inflammation have lost touch with medical reality.
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