The President and the Pope
Panelists joined to discuss Trump’s attacks on Pope Leo XIV for his comments about the war in Iran.
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The Iran War Is Putting Pressure on Europe
Panelists joined to discuss the effects of the conflict on America’s allies, and more.
What Trump’s Address to the Nation Revealed
Panelists on Washington Week With The Atlantic joined to discuss the president’s first national address since the war with Iran began.
Trump’s Mixed Messages About Iran
Panelists joined to discuss the president’s shifting answers to how the conflict could end.
Is Anybody Actually Winning Trump’s Iran War?
Former U.S. Deputy National Security Adviser Matt Pottinger on the U.S.-Iran cease-fire, Trump’s Hormuz blockade, and China’s reaction to the Iran war. Plus: A seismic election in Hungary, and Labyrinths, by Jorge Luis Borges.
What It Means to Be American
Fareed Zakaria and David Frum on whether they regret becoming American citizens. Plus: how 18 years of economic turmoil ushered in a new populist era, and a discussion of Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino.
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.
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 Great Giraffe Illusion
Giraffes may be omnipresent in popular culture, but they’re disappearing in real life.
The Voices of the Loneliness Epidemic
Young people from across the U.K. leave anonymous voicemails for the minister for loneliness.
The Truth About Stalin’s Prison Camps
A harrowing account of one woman’s experience in the gulags illuminates a dark period of Russian history.
The Daredevil Aviatrix That History Forgot
Bessie Coleman, the first female African American pilot, is remembered in a thrilling new documentary.
The Embers of a Childhood Lost
In the aftermath of a devastating California wildfire, children sift through the ashes of their home—and memories.
Ghost Stories Keep the Roma Alive
In the lush forests of Latvia, Roma families reflect on their identity and traditions by sharing ghost stories.
A Secret at the Border
As a Border Patrol agent, Raul Rodriguez deported thousands of people. Now he faces his own deportation.
Two Couples Tried a Group Marriage. It Didn’t Work.
In 1969, two “conventional” married couples conducted an unwieldy social experiment.
The Nuclear Family Wasn’t Built to Last
David Brooks breaks down the enduring myth of the virtuous all-American family.
The Ethical Folly of ‘Modern Witch-Burning’
When Mike Nayna uploaded a viral video of a hate-speech tirade, he thought he was being a Good Samaritan. Then, the narrative got out of his hands.