How the Left Accidentally Bolstered the Nativist Right
By dismissing the distinction between legal and illegal immigration as bogus, advocates signaled that they would not defend it.
Maybe Trump Should Not Have Given This Speech
His address raised more questions than it answered about the war in Iran.
Why Doesn’t Anybody Realize We’re Going Back to the Moon?
On the ground at the Trump era’s most important space launch
Trump’s Absurd Citizenship Arguments Went Nowhere
The scandal is that the case got this far.
Public Anger Is Rising
Even TMZ is channeling the national discontent.
What Tracy Kidder Stood For
His deep, immersive writing had moral stakes and changed people’s lives.
I Am Here to Watch the Birthright-Citizenship Arguments, but Not in a Threatening Way
Can’t a president go watch his justices?
Atlantic Trivia for April 1, 2026: Computer Games
Test your knowledge—and read our stories for a little extra help.
TV’s Failing Cure for Middle-Aged Malaise
Crime-solving housewives have become less compelling.
Watching War From the Strait of Hormuz
Graeme Wood on what he saw at the Strait of Hormuz and the lockdown of oil in the Persian Gulf. Plus: Trump’s war-information blackout and Thomas Paine’s Common Sense at 250 years old.
It’s Not Gambling, It’s ‘Girl Math’
Prediction markets are trying to woo women through matcha memes and #girlboss ads.
Smirking Past the Gallows
An ugly law backed by Itamar Ben-Gvir might never be applied—but it will still do real damage.
The Trump Library Symbolizes His Presidency Perfectly
Plans for a new Miami skyscraper reveal a monument fit for a real-estate mogul.
Someday in Tehran
The heartbreak of hoping for a democratic Iran
The Autocrat’s Dilemma
Xi Jinping’s ruthless reign in China offers important lessons for aspiring authoritarians.
Why Trump Didn’t Predict the Gas-Price Spike
The president doesn’t understand that markets are global.
The Shot That Killed Duke but Saved March Madness
Nostalgists worried that giving players more rights would ruin the game. This year’s NCAA tournament is proving them wrong.
Trump’s Fateful Choice
The military is waiting for the president’s go-ahead for high-risk ground operations in Iran.
Richard Wagner in the Present Tense
A bold restaging of Tristan und Isolde arrives at a moment of intense concern about the cultural inheritance of Western civilization.
Photos: Counting Down to the Launch of Artemis II
NASA’s Artemis II—the first mission to carry humans beyond low Earth orbit in more than 50 years—is scheduled to launch on April 1, 2026. The 10-day journey will take four astronauts around the moon and back, testing NASA’s new launch system before future missions to the lunar surface.