The modern politics of masculinity

https://www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/2026/06/masculinity-politics-james-talarico-graham-platner/687498/

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Despite insisting that a $1.776 billion “anti-weaponization” fund has been scrapped, the administration is quietly assuring allies that payout plans remain ...

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026...

The flow of oil through the Strait of Hormuz will take time to return to normal.

https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/2026/05/iran-oil-prices-hormuz-deal/687338/

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With the rise of screen culture, all the world has stage fright.

https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026/04/screen-people-stage-fright-performance-anxiety/686803/

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The people we were died at the exact moment our child did.

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/05/death-bereavement-maternal-grief/686590/

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Its pivot to AI could be an escape hatch for a company with nothing to lose.

https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/2026/04/allbirds-ai-stocks-sneakers/686835/

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A bold restaging of Tristan und Isolde arrives at a moment of intense concern about the cultural inheritance of Western civilization.

https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026/04/tristan-und-isolde-the-...

NASA’s Artemis II—the first mission to carry humans beyond low Earth orbit in more than 50 years—is scheduled to launch on April 1, 2026. The 10-day journ...

https://www.theatlantic.com/photography/202...

The FDA has linked an E. coli outbreak to raw-cheddar cheese. The company that sells it refuses to agree to a recall.

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/2026/03/raw-cheese-outbreak-recall/686605/

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Viral clips of the far-right white supremacist make him palatable to progressives.

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/03/nick-fuentes-leftist-clips/686485/

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The war in Iran is a reminder that market movements can play an important role in the president’s decision making.

https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/2026/03/trump-markets-decision-making-iran/686...

Binge-watching has become a way of life, for better or worse.

https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026/03/tv-binge-watching-effects-alternative/686524/

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An update on Evan from our three-part series No Easy Fix

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/01/six-months-off-the-street/685422/

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The balance of power is shifting toward cheap drones and away from expensive ships.

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/12/trump-navy-drones-ships/685445/

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America has a lifeline against hunger: ultra-processed foods.

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/2025/11/food-stamps-snap-ultraprocessed-foods/684821/

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Palestinians in Gaza know that they’ll never return to the life they once had.

https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2025/10/cease-fire-israel-gaza-palestine/684623/

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What the man who has Trump’s ear learned in prison

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/10/steve-bannon-prison/684586/

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Addressing the isolation of young people has become an urgent priority in eastern Ukraine.

https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2025/10/ukraine-youth-isolation/684365/

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In just one week, the administration has targeted dozens of its perceived critics, leaving national-security officials angry and afraid.

https://www.theatlantic.com/national-security/archive/2025/08/bo...

After four years of vegan cuisine, the fine-dining stalwart Eleven Madison Park is cooking animals again.

https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2025/08/eleven-madison-park-vegan-ending/683876/

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Culture and entertainment musts from Isaac Stanley-Becker

https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2025/08/dylan-rothko-meritocracy/683792/

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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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