The Evidence That God Exists
Searching for scientific proof for faith misunderstands faith.
Is The End of NATO Near?
The alliance has been battered by Trump’s threats.
A Life of Paying Attention
Revisiting Tracy Kidder’s work for The Atlantic
A Novel About Women Who Trade One Kind of Captivity for Another
In Charlotte Wood’s The Natural Way of Things, a group of captive women discover who they might become beyond the control of men.
ICE Might Be Violating America’s Other Bill of Rights
To keep rogue agents in check, we need to look beyond the Constitution.
The Worst Airport in America
Traveling by plane anywhere is bad right now, but in some places, it’s worse.
What Was Clavicular?
The internet’s most famous looks-maxxer is far more pernicious than he may seem.
The Immigration Restriction Trump Won’t Try
Focusing enforcement on employers might be the easiest choice in immigration policy—after all the hard ones are made.
Protecting a Hero Too Long
The pressure to shield men who hurt women
Meet the New ICE
Same as the old ICE?
OpenAI Is Doing Everything … Poorly
The company’s sudden decision to pull the plug on Sora is a sign of deeper trouble.
RFK Jr. Is Losing His Grip on the CDC
The Trump administration seems to be putting MAHA on notice.
Trump Is Asking to Be Bailed Out Again
The president’s eagerness to act keeps getting him into difficult spots—which he then demands that legislators and the public help him escape.
Atlantic Trivia for March 25, 2026: A Little Dickens
Test your knowledge—and read our stories for some extra help.
When Claude Met Claude
Why is Anthropic sponsoring an exhibition about Monet?
A Legal Decision That Could Change Social Media
Jurors found Meta and Google liable for building apps that inflicted mental-health problems on a teenager, and similar lawsuits are on the horizon.
The War With Iran Is Exposing Big Problems for the Military
What we have learned about the strengths and weaknesses of the American way of war
Scenes From the Canadian Arctic
Carlos Osorio, a photojournalist with Reuters, recently traveled to Canada’s northern reaches to document military exercises, daily life, robotic testing, wildlife, and more.
The Far-Right Algorithm: Anti-Churchill, Anti-West
The historian Andrew Roberts on why many right-wing podcasters now believe that the wrong side won the Second World War, and the rise of algorithmically driven pseudo-historians. Plus: Trump is looking for an off-ramp from his war in Iran, and Gore Vidal’s novel Burr.
The U.S. and Iran Are Fighting a Massively Asymmetrical War
The Strait of Hormuz presents a classic war theater for an insurgency to bog down superior forces.
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