31 Atlantic Stories You Might Have Missed
An assortment of articles about a journey to Mark Twain’s Paris, what parents of boys should know, obtaining the perfect suit, and more.
Britain Should Have Read the Tweets First
The case of Alaa Abd el-Fattah is a test of Britain’s values.
The Show Won’t Go On
President Trump’s threats against artists who decline to perform at the renamed Kennedy Center are ultimately hollow.
The Trump Administration’s Most Paralyzing Blow to Science
Cuts to research may have spoiled the country’s appetite for bold exploration.
A Better Way to Think About New Year’s Resolutions
The best way to improve yourself is to help others too.
The Podcast ‘Productivity’ Trap
Maybe don’t fill every available silence with the sound of people talking.
The Problem With Letting AI Do the Grunt Work
Artificial intelligence is destroying the career ladder for aspiring artists.
The Plan That Foretold Trump’s 2025
Reviewing Project 2025’s year of successes and shortcomings
Photos: The Year in Volcanic Activity
Scenes from the wide variety of volcanic activity on Earth over the past year
Why the Supreme Court Is Giving ICE So Much Power
The Constitution inarguably applies to federal immigration agents—but the Supreme Court has taken away the hope of ever holding them to that standard.
Mary Todd Lincoln, Taken Out of Context
The challenge of staging Oh, Mary! for a British audience
The Sad Dads of Hollywood
Three of the year’s buzziest films hold career-obsessed, absentee fathers accountable.
North Road, Fall 2020
A poem
The Slow, Inevitable Death of the Bowl Game
For college-football fans, the playoffs are now everything.
Some of Our Most-Read Stories of 2025
Spend time with a selection of articles that resonated with our readers this year.
The Santa Presidency
Trump is trying to fix the economy—by handing out cash.
Good Intentions Gone Bad
How Canada’s “reconciliation” with its Indigenous people went wrong
55 Facts That Blew Our Minds in 2025
We’ll never look at potatoes the same way again.
The Year in Food
How prices, tastes, and preferences changed in 2025
A ‘Trump Class’ Folly on the High Seas
Ukraine sees the future of naval warfare. The White House doesn’t.