Traditional Values Came for TV’s Weirdest Dating Show
A season with a notably old-fashioned streak ended in a breakdown of Love Is Blind’s premise.
The Movies That Capture Women’s Deepest Fears
To understand how American horror connects with a cultural moment, look to the 1970s.
Why You Should Keep an Open Mind on the Divine
There are more things in heaven and Earth than are dreamed of in a purely materialist philosophy.
What Ghosts Reveal When They Visit
Many of the ghost stories in The Atlantic’s archives come from true believers.
Strike First, Explain Never
What is Trump up to with Venezuela?
Thomas McGuane Is the Last of His Kind
What will we lose when we lose the “literary outdoorsman”?
Top Trump Officials Are Moving Onto Military Bases
Stephen Miller, Marco Rubio, Kristi Noem, and others have taken over homes that until recently housed senior officers.
A Post-Literate Age
Journalism and fiction are both essential to a thriving democracy.
Rahm Emanuel … For President?
He’d like you to keep an open mind.
Trump Is Very Confused About Nuclear Weapons
The president says he wants to resume nuclear testing but doesn’t seem to know why.
China Is Building the Future
The United States can learn from its technological success.
The Deadline for a Major Shutdown Casualty
Roughly 42 million Americans may not get their SNAP benefits on Saturday.
A Writer Who Did What Hillbilly Elegy Wouldn’t
In her new book, Beth Macy returns to her Trump-voting hometown to find out how America got so divided.
Would U.S. Generals Obey Illegal Trump Orders?
Tom Nichols on Trump, the military, and what happens when loyalty replaces law. Plus: the Trump administration’s “politicized stupidity” and a discussion of Eugène Ionesco’s play Rhinoceros.
Nine Movies That Break Down How Fear Really Works
What to watch to understand your terror
Trump Is Sleepwalking Into Political Disaster
A health-care battle tarnished the president’s first term. Here he goes again.
Winners of a Panoramic-Photo Competition
Some of the highest-scoring images from this year's 2025 Epson International Pano Awards
How to Make Music Popular Again
The rise of headphone listening has changed us profoundly—and maybe not for the better.
The Missing President
Trump has been busy with everything but the government shutdown.
America’s Impending Population Collapse
This year, for the first time in nearly a century, more foreign-born people will likely leave the United States than will enter.