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Is Moderate Drinking Okay?

“Every drink takes five minutes off your life.” Maybe the thought scares you. Personally, I find comfort in it.

A Sweeping January 6 Pardon Is an Attack on the Ju...

The federal judges who stewarded these cases deserve more respect than that.

The Forgotten Woman Who Transformed Forensics

In the 1970s, Martha Goddard invented the rape kit. So why did she die in relative obscurity?

Israel Never Defined Its Goals

When I talked with Israeli national-security officials last year, the most realistic of them spoke of Gaza’s future as resembling ...

January 6 and the Case for Oblivion

The difference between forgetting the past and choosing not to remember it

A Gaza Deal Closed, but No Closure

The cease-fire agreement between Israel and Hamas is no guarantee of peace.

Milk Has Divided Americans for More Than 150 Years

The raw-milk debate is but one flash point in the nation’s ongoing dairy drama.

The Right Way to Look for a New Job

Being miserable at work is definitely a good reason for change. But how you go about it really matters for a happy outcome.

Elon Musk Imagined a Cover-Up

The world’s wealthiest man revived an argument that the right already won.

The Place Where I Grew Up Is Gone

And so is the man who made it magical

Brace for Foreign-Policy Chaos

The only certainty is more uncertainty.

The Internet Is TikTok Now

Even LinkedIn copied it.

‘I Won’t Touch Instagram’

TikTok users are searching for a new home. Are there any good ones left?

The End of the DEI Era

As Donald Trump returns to the White House, a newly emboldened anti-DEI bloc has gained powerful allies.

MAGA’s Demon-Haunted World

Peter Thiel is the latest pro-Trump luminary to take a conspiracist turn.

Justin Trudeau’s Performative Self-Regard

The Canadian leader made progressivism his brand—and ended up looking like a hypocrite.

A New Kind of Immigrant Novel

Aria Aber’s debut about an Afghan German party girl in Berlin shows that there are plenty of ways to tell an outsider’s story.

No More Mr. Tough Guy on China

Trump’s relations with corporate titans seem to have softened his hard line.

The Hipster Grifter Peaked Too Soon

Kari Ferrell’s memoir is a zippy, intimate account of low-level trickery before the era of scams fully erupted.

What Happens When a Plastic City Burns

Most modern couches are basically blocks of gasoline.

Life in Another Light, 2024 Infrared-Photography-C...

Some of the top and honored images from this year’s infrared-photography competition

Aspiring Parents Have a New DNA Test to Obsess Ove...

An emerging field of genetics promises to let parents choose the “healthiest” baby.

Trump Made the Gaza Cease-Fire Happen

But not for the reasons he or Biden’s critics say

My Favorite Trails Are Destroyed

Easy access to nature is what makes my hometown special. Now some of its signature hikes are burning.

The One Trump Pick Democrats Actually Like

Does Lori Chavez-DeRemer’s nomination for labor secretary signal a shift in the GOP’s stance toward unions?

No One Will Remember Jack Smith’s Report

But indifference to truth and honor and the rule of law has a way of catching up with a country.

How Worried to Be About Bird Flu

A conversation with Katherine J. Wu about the spread of the virus so far

How Netanyahu Misread His Relationship with Trump

The cease-fire in Gaza reflects another triumph for Donald Trump and shows Benjamin Netanyahu who’s boss.

America Just Kinda, Sorta Banned Cigarettes

A new rule by the FDA could change smoking as we know it.

A Holocaust Novel Confronts Fiction’s Limits

Lily Tuck’s attempt to bring to life a victim of the atrocity turns her into a prosecutor, not a novelist.

The Scientist vs. the Machine

What happened when AI took over these researchers’ jobs?

Harvard Didn’t Break America

Readers respond to our December 2024 cover story and more.

Where Han Kang’s Nightmares Come From

In her novels, the South Korean Nobel laureate returns again and again to her country’s bloody past.

They Stole Yogi Berra’s World Series Rings. Then T...

The childhood friends behind the most audacious string of sports-memorabilia heists in American history

Iran’s Return to Pragmatism

The events of 2024 shifted the balance of power in the Middle East—and inside Iran.

No One Cares That the Chimpanzee Is Singing

The musical biopic Better Man is so much more than its curious gimmick.

<em>The Atlantic</em> Hires Caity Weaver as Staff ...

Today The Atlantic is announcing the hire of Caity Weaver as a staff writer, who joins from The New York Times Magazine, and two n...

Why Didn’t Jack Smith Charge Trump With Insurrecti...

The law simply wasn’t prepared for a sitting president who would attempt to steal an election.

Jack Smith Gives Up

The January 6 crime paid off for Trump.

I Have a Huge Crush on a Writer

Should I reach out to her?

A Secret Way to Fight Off Stomach Bugs

It isn’t hand sanitizer.

How Los Angeles Must Rebuild

“Almost everything you can do to avoid the worst outcomes must take place long before that first spark.”

Pete Hegseth Declines to Answer

At today’s confirmation hearing, the defense-secretary nominee looked like a man who understood that the fix was in.

The GOP Is No Longer the Party of National Securit...

America’s allies and enemies watched as Trump’s pick for defense secretary failed to quell concerns about his character and qualif...


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