A juvenile humpback washed ashore in Oregon. Could anybody help it?
As the war reaches its 60th day, lawmakers appear unwilling or unable to do anything.
There are many more animated children’s films to be made based on dystopian source material.
Thanks to the rise of Claude Code and other AI agents, revenues are finally catching up to the hype.
In a world full of distractions, getting your brain to focus on one thing at a time requires radical measures.
The Trump administration’s attacks on DEI are aimed at reversing the civil-rights movement.
A century ago, a German sociologist explained precisely how the president thinks about the world.
Thirteen thousand miles. Infinite contenders. One beautiful loaf.
Trump’s pet project would contort a White House design that is supposed to emphasize democracy and openness.
A new pill could soon extend dogs’ lives. How will that change our relationship with our pets?
Long after research contradicts common medical practices, patients continue to demand them and physicians continue to deliver.
Three years in, one of AI’s enduring impacts is to make people feel like they’re losing it.
The Atlantic staff writer Gal Beckerman and podcast host Adam Harris discuss Beckerman’s new book, How to Be a Dissident.
By seeking to “liberate” Germans from a globalized world order, the Nazi government sent the national economy careening backwards.
A new book on attachment theory proposes a radical solution for the anxious among us.
Trump’s vision for the arts is nothing like what John F. Kennedy’s was.
Parkour practice in the mountains of Afghanistan, an Anzac Day parade in Australia, a lunar-landing art project in Northern Ireland, corgi racing in the Czech Republic, and much more
The standoff isn’t about hard-liners blocking pragmatists inside Iran, but about both sides believing that they have won the war.
Would he look like Trayvon Martin?
To many Americans, Donald Trump feels good, but he can’t fix America’s growing social and cultural crisis, and the eventual comedown will be harsh.
The withdrawal of Casey Means’s nomination for surgeon general is the latest blow to the movement.
A Mexican athlete said he was kidnapped and forced to compete for his life in a tournament of gangs. But was he actually playing a different game?
Social codes are changing, in many ways for the better. But for those whose behavior doesn’t adapt fast enough to the new norms, judgment can be swift—and merciless.
The vice president is realizing that signing on with Donald Trump might seem like a shortcut to the top, but it’s actually a guarantee of humiliation.
States have started banning junk food from SNAP. It’s not going according to plan.
“There is no logical reason why a man who has the misfortune to break his leg, or to contract an illness that confines him to his house, should therefore lose his right to vote.”
The president is talking about things most Americans can’t comprehend, let alone care about.
The risk of a retaliatory attack outside the Middle East is growing.
The vice president’s comments on Fox News are the latest instance of his tortured attempts to navigate a path through Donald Trump’s war in Iran.
The Supreme Court’s contorted reasoning in a gerrymandering case leaves a fundamental flaw in our constitutional democracy without hope of a judicial remedy.
Millennials are abandoning the idea of living in a giant home.
These titles will spirit you to some of the planet’s wildest landscapes, without making you leave your armchair.
How an unlikely duo of lawmakers partnered with victims to try to hold the powerful accountable
U.S. goals haven’t been met, but the war will cause long-term disruptions.
Representative Andy Ogles wrote on Monday that “Muslims don’t belong in American society.” He represents thousands of them in Congress.
Many have claimed to know the origin story of the service industry’s most infamous number. But the real roots of the term have been largely forgotten.
Dmitri Mehlhorn has created a fictional world to game out constitutional collapse.
The future of creative labor will turn on whether AI-generated work can be copyrighted.
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