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The <em>Atlantic</em> Gift Guide

The Atlantic has chosen 65 gifts for bringing more merriment, adventure, and wonder to the ones you love.

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Did it solve scarcity or create it?

Falling in Love With Reading Will Change Your Life

Readers respond to our November 2024 issue and more.

The Three Pillars of the Bro-Economy

Day-trading, sports betting, and crypto are about to get bigger.

Washington Is Shocked

Just shocked, I tell you.

The ‘Democracy’ Gap

Almost all Americans say they support democracy—but they have very different ideas about what the word means.

<em>Say Nothing</em> Goes Beyond Good vs. Evil

A terrific drama captures the struggle of separating who you are from what you fight for.

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Children used to die of diseases far more gruesome and deadly than we remember.

The Business-School Scandal That Just Keeps Gettin...

The rot runs deeper than almost anyone has guessed.

I Used to Have Friends. Then They Had Kids.

How do I rebuild my broken social life?

Your Armpits Are Trying to Tell You Something

The best time to apply antiperspirant is right before bed. Seriously.

What Going ‘Wild on Health’ Looks Like

The potential consequences of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s most troubling ideas

Apple Lost the Plot on Texting

A new feature uses AI to summarize push notifications. It sounds great until you actually try it.

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Use this search tool to see how writing from 139,000 movies and TV shows has trained generative AI.

There’s No Longer Any Doubt That Hollywood Writing...

Dialogue from these movies and TV shows has been used by companies such as Apple and Anthropic to train AI systems.

How Jimmy O. Yang Became a Main Character

The actor spent years stuck in small, clichéd roles. Now, starring in Interior Chinatown, he’s figuring out who he wants to be.

‘We’re Just Going to Have to Deal With Him’

Europe braces for Trump.

The Thin Line Between Biopic and Propaganda

The success of Reagan reflects the market demands of a more fragmented moviegoing public—and reality.

What De La Soul’s Big Mistake Cost Hip-Hop

A new book revisits the revolutionary trio’s decision to renounce its debut album, and the implications for the future of music.

Why Are Dogs So Obsessed With Lamb Chop?

In a market with thousands of toys, somehow the 1960s puppet has become ubiquitous.

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Each day for 50 years, the Japanese boxer Iwao Hakamada woke up unsure whether it would be his last.

This Is What Record-Breaking Bad Air Looks Like

Recent images of the record-setting smog blanketing the area

How Trump Could Make Congress Go Away for a While

An untested provision in the Constitution might allow him to install his Cabinet picks no matter what the Senate has to say.

Drought Is an Immigration Issue

And Trump's climate policies are designed to ignore that.

The Senate Exists for a Reason

These four Trump picks should be stopped.

A Classic Blockbuster for a Sunday Afternoon

Culture and entertainment musts from Jen Balderama

Trump’s New York Sentencing Must Proceed

An election is not a jury verdict, and winning an election doesn’t make you any less guilty.

Stop Looking at Your Therapist

The couch is there for a reason.

Even Worse Than <em>The Da Vinci Code</em>

Conclave treats Catholic theology as mere policy, like the membership rules at Augusta National.

Failed Elegy

It seems these days every poem is a failed elegyfor the world. Each one asks correctly, what gooddid writing this do? I cannot den...

The Many Sides of Charli XCX

On SNL, the singer who popularized the “brat” ethos showed that she can be goofy and versatile.

The Perverse Logic of Trump’s Nomination Circus

The sheer quantity of individually unqualified selections might make blocking any of them harder.

Making Government Efficient Again

An incoming Trump administration plans to ransack the civil service. But it needs reform, not demolition.

A Film Impossible to Have Mild Feelings About

Emilia Pérez is messy, excessive, and manipulative—and spectacular because of it.

Nick Cave’s Revised Rules for Men

On his new album, he seems to want to help men cope with feelings of insecurity and irrelevance.

The Inner Lives of Musicians

Learning where famous artists sleep and what they eat is like finally glimpsing the unknowable.

American Kakistocracy

Italy knows a thing or two about what the United States faces—but there are key differences between the two countries’ experiences...

What’s Behind Trump’s Controversial Cabinet Picks...

Trump’s nominees share two main attributes: loyalty and loathing.

Is Wokeness One Big Power Grab?

Behind much social-justice discourse is a self-interested struggle for power.

Israel Is Fighting a Different War Now

The Israeli high command now sees all of its conflicts as elements of a single, multifront war with Iran.

What the Band Eats

Memories of the meals I ate growing up with the Grateful Dead

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Speed climbing in Saudi Arabia, wildfires in California and New Jersey, a blanket of smog in New Delhi, a celebration of rural lif...

What the Internet Age Is Taking Away From Writers

Authors tirelessly self-market online, but I find myself wishing that they still had the option to disappear.

<em>The Onion</em>’s Most Trenchant Headline

The satirical site’s announcement that it is acquiring Alex Jones’s Infowars created confusion—and perfectly captured the media wo...

Amazon Haul Is an Omen

Welcome to the slop era of online shopping.


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