A Piece of Internet History the Internet Almost Forgot
The year 1995: Flash art, dial-up, and the first days of The Atlantic online
The Last Device You’ll Ever Need
Tech companies are racing to give AI a physical shape.
The CDC’s Website Is Anti-Vaccine Now
The agency’s revamped vaccine-safety page enshrines Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s fringe beliefs as government guidance.
The Big Risk Wicked Is Taking
The sequel to last year’s blockbuster musical shifts massively in tone—which is what its director wanted.
Women Keep Ruining the Workplace!!
Before they arrived, of course, everything was perfect.
The Ghislaine Maxwell Emails
Extra toilet paper is just one of the privileges the former Epstein associate is enjoying in prison.
When Border Patrol Comes to Town
The new face of Trump’s immigration crackdown
To Get Happier, Make Yourself Smaller
Self-esteem is overrated. The better path to enlightenment is through contemplating one’s insignificance.
President Piggy
This is what consequence-free misogyny looks like.
(Some) MAGA Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
What does it mean to be female and conservative in 2025?
Democrats Finally Realize It Isn’t 2016 Anymore
Members of the left and the center seem to have concluded that, to win elections, each side needs to become more like the other.
How to Fix the Mess of College Sports
Athletic departments are spending too much money on the wrong things.
A Self-Defeating Reversal on Ukraine
The Trump administration had actually begun to make progress. Now it’s all in doubt.
Every State Is a Border Patrol State
Far from the southern border, agents are leading raids on U.S. cities.
The Trump Steamroller Is Broken
Infighting. Bad polls. Party divisions. Midterm fears. It’s all back.
Trump’s Toddler Response to the Epstein Saga
The president baits, deflects, and chews the scenery in a drama that just won’t die.
The End of the American Empire
The historian Margaret MacMillan on the impact of the Trump-led American withdrawal from world leadership. Plus: David on the corrupting effects of lavish foreign gifts to Trump, and Charles Dickens’s The Old Curiosity Shop.
Eight Plot-Heavy Books That Will Keep You Turning Pages
Some readers enjoy plotless, heady fiction. Those who don’t should try these titles.
RFK Jr.’s Miasma Theory of Health Is Spreading
The NIH is picking up Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s argument that a healthy immune system can keep even pandemic germs at bay.
Photos: When the Polar Bears Move In
The photographer Vadim Makhorov, while recently cruising on the Chukchi Sea, noticed a group of polar bears that were taking shelter inside an abandoned research station on Russia’s remote Kolyuchin Island.
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