The Banality of MAGA-fication
A new book by an unremarkable Republican accidentally illuminates the devolution of the party.
Is Schoolwork Optional Now?
Education is on the verge of becoming fully automated.
Ye Wants Your Forgiveness. So What?
The former Kanye West is making his bid to rejoin mainstream culture—with mixed results.
Vance’s ‘Fraud Czar’ Title May Come Back to Haunt Him
The vice president’s ambitious new focus comes with some baggage.
What Will Humanity Do With the Moon?
As the Artemis missions work to build a permanent lunar home, we should remember why we keep going back.
Reasons to Be Hopeful in Iran
How a deal could change the country for the better.
Claude Mythos Is Everyone’s Problem
What happens when AI can hack everything?
Atlantic Trivia for April 9, 2026: Cities, Islands, and Island Cities
Test your knowledge—and read our stories for a little extra help.
A Cancer Treatment That Does More Than Scientists Thought
CAR-T cell therapy, originally developed for cancer, is showing ever more promise as a treatment for autoimmune diseases.
Masterpieces of the New Deal
Critics wrote the work off as kitsch for the masses. But a set of murals celebrating Social Security—now threatened with destruction—show that such sweeping judgments went too far.
A Writer of ‘Hypnotic Repetition’
With her first new novel in more than 20 years, Nancy Lemann returns, yet again, to New Orleans and its eccentricities.
What China Just Learned From the Iran War
A blockade of Taiwan would hurt the global economy more than Iran’s blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.
Winners of the 2026 World Press Photo Contest
The winning entries of this year’s World Press Photo Contest were just announced. This year, according to organizers, 57,376 images were submitted for judging, made by 3,747 photographers from 141 countries.
States Are Learning the Wrong Lesson From the ‘Mississippi Miracle’
A phonics-based curriculum is only one part of how Mississippi went from worst to first in education. The other part is much harder to pull off.
The State That Could Decide Trump’s Gerrymandering War
Democrats want Virginians to aggressively gerrymander the state.
Trump Is Wishcasting Victory in Iran
The president went from threatening that “a whole civilization will die” to claiming a “total and complete victory.” What does the already shaky cease-fire mean as he tries to steer his way out of the war?
1979 Is the Year That Explains Donald Trump
And pretty much all of the 1980s do too.
Pete Hegseth Is Trying to Resegregate the Military
“Color-blind and merit-based” now seems to be anything but.
Only Losers Play the Madman
Does Trump seem crazy? Sure. Credible, not so much.
The Artemis Astronauts Are Studs
Strength, courage, expertise, wonder: NASA’s moon-mission crew has reset the bar for greatness.
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