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.
Ramadan in Quarantine
A Brooklyn family celebrates Ramadan, a traditionally communal holiday, in social isolation.
What It’s Like to Survive Being Shot by the Police
In a new short documentary, Leon Ford reflects on the trauma he experienced.
‘COVID-19 Is a Delirium Factory’
In a new documentary from The Atlantic, coronavirus survivors describe frightening experiences in the intensive-care unit.
The Iguana King
How iguanas went viral in Florida
What Was Lost When SXSW Was Canceled
It’s okay to grieve the loss of a big opportunity, even during a pandemic.
A Coronavirus Prayer
James Parker reads a prayer for these trying times.
The Last True Hermit Was Alone for 27 Years
For nearly three decades, Christopher Knight lived undetected in the dense woods of Maine.
‘My Boyfriend Died of COVID-19’
In Wuhan, a young woman and her fiancé’s dreams are shattered.
‘Don’t Let Us Die in Here’
A group of women in an ICE detention center calls for help.
‘I Can’t Stay at Home’
An essential worker takes us inside the changed universe of his grocery store.