A conversation with Jeffrey Goldberg, Ashley Parker, and Michael Scherer about their recent interview with the president of the United States

https://www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/archive/2025/04/radio-...

The classic kids’ game teaches a lesson about public health that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has failed to learn.

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2025/04/cooties-measles-health-kennedy/682475/

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Richard White, the historian and author of The Republic for Which It Stands, explains what made the late 19th century gilded.

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/04/history-rich-influence-go...

Deferred-payment apps are a fact of life for many Americans, yet the future of the agency responsible for protecting those who use them is murky.

https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2025/03...

An enduring trauma of the pandemic has been treated as a painful memory, not as a problem that hospitals need to address.

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2025/03/isolation-covid-deaths/68207...

The Department of Government Efficiency lives. But Donald Trump is reining in Elon Musk.

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/03/trump-musk-power-restraints/681974/

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How a pandemic travel restriction led to a revolutionary discovery about early humans

https://www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/archive/2025/02/the-human-neanderthal-mystery/681737/

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A conversation with Derek Thompson on how social isolation is affecting both happiness and civic life

https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2025/01/americas-crisis-of-aloneness/681251/

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Wim Wenders’s Perfect Days demands your full attention.

https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2024/12/the-ideal-mental-reset-movie/681168/

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The internet is better at telling stories than it is at making sense.

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2024/12/luigi-mangione-internet-theories/680974/

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These four Trump picks should be stopped.

https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2024/11/the-senate-exists-for-a-reason/680702/

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Americans may not be in a party mood right now. But the rituals of Election Night can serve a higher civic purpose.

https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2024/11/the-case-for-gathering-on-ele...

Elections are a sore subject for the tech giant.

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2024/11/meta-election-policy-2024/680532/

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Those rat-proof bins? Not rat-proof after all.

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/10/mayor-adams-rat-war-trash-bins/680334/

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In a new novel, France’s famously abrasive author progresses from barbed satire to a spiritual-conversion narrative.

https://www.theatlantic.com/books/archive/2024/10/michel-houellebecq-cynical-novelis...

Democrats tend to brush off questions about whether these abortions should be restricted.

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/10/democrats-third-trimester-abortions/680163/

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In books about the aftermath of October 7, Israelis and Palestinians seek recognition for their humanity.

https://www.theatlantic.com/books/archive/2024/10/october-7-books-on-israeli-and-palestinian-su...

The company’s bankruptcy filing is a reminder that being first isn’t always enough.

https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2024/09/the-tupperware-trap/679985/

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Democrats who helped prepare past nominees for debates have some advice for Kamala Harris.

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/09/harris-trump-debate-advice-democrats/679756/

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The Atlantic covers news, politics, culture, technology, health, and more, through its articles, podcasts, videos, and flagship magazine.

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2024/10/peter-gizz...

His proposed reforms open a constitutional Pandora’s box—and signal an escalating attack on American institutions.

https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2024/07/a-case-against-bidens-supreme-...

A military blow isn’t going to make Hezbollah disappear.

https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2024/07/nothing-good-would-come-israeli-war-lebanon-hezbollah/678921/

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First ladies have unique influence over their husband’s decision to embark on a presidential campaign, and over the presidency itself.

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/07/jill-bidens-m...

Three Atlantic writers on the Supreme Court ruling and what it means for the presidency

https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2024/07/trumps-risky-reaction-to-the-immunity-decision/678867/

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What happens in our brains as we try to distinguish between truth and falsehood.

https://www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/archive/2024/05/how-to-trust-your-brain-online/678457/

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Plus: Why a dog’s death hits so hard

https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2024/05/7-stories-to-read-on-memorial-day/678509/

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A jumbled cast of GOP characters have inserted themselves into the former president’s legal drama.

https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2024/05/a-courtroom-parade-of-trumps-allies/678390/

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Moderate sun exposure can be good for you. Why won’t American experts acknowledge that?

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2024/06/sun-exposure-health-benefits/678205/

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We evolved to form snap judgments about who’s friend and who’s foe, but we need to be more evolved now.

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/05/first-impressions-job-interviews/678305/

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Culture and entertainment musts from Valerie Trapp

https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2024/04/how-to-look-at-the-world-with-more-wonder/678143/

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