The Atlantic

When Meditation Makes You Feel Worse

A prominent psychologist and meditation teacher set out to research the benefits of the practice. What she found alarmed her....

1 hour ago

The Missing Ingredient of Modern Life

Why we need wonder...

2 hours ago

Am I Talking to You, or ChatGPT?

The “Dead Internet” theory is back....

3 hours ago

Trump’s Antitrust Gambit May Backfire

What the Live Nation Case Says About the Fate of Monopolies Now....

11 hours ago

The Vicious Cycle Trump May Restart

The American seizure of Venezuelan oil is likely the first step in a familiar, unhappy chain of events....

15 hours ago

Computers Promised to Free Us. What Happened?

Technology was once seen as countercultural....

17 hours ago

Hasan Piker Is the New Democratic Litmus Test

Many Democrats aren’t happy about it....

17 hours ago

An Alien Scholar’s Notes on Trump’s Washington

Why did he hate one pond so much?...

19 hours ago

The Problem With Putting Sexual Deception on Trial

A new book about a “bed trick” case asks how the stories we tell can define our relationships....

21 hours ago

Gloria Steinem’s Feminism for All

The activist and writer, who died yesterday at the age of 92, steadfastly fought for her belief that women could change the world together....

23 hours ago

American Crayfish Are Running Amok in Europe

What will it take for the Dutch to eat them?...

1 day ago

What the Floods Say About Xi Jinping

China’s leader behaves more like an emperor than a man of the people....

1 day ago

How ‘Somatics’ Became the Solution to Modern Life

The word isn’t new—but in wellness circles, it’s all the rage....

1 day ago

An Inflection Point for Prediction Markets

The crackdown on insider trading has exposed the platforms’ fundamental contradictions....

1 day ago

The Met’s Problem Was Always Bigger Than John Galliano

Maybe museums shouldn’t be showcasing living fashion designers....

1 day ago

MAGA’s Imaginary Censorship-Industrial Complex

The conspiracy theory that persists even though no evidence supports it...

1 day ago

How Trump Lost Asia

Former Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on how Donald Trump is abandoning America’s historic allies and abandoning the Pacific to China. Plus: What could happen to Trump’s ill-gotten wealth,...

1 day ago

The 2026 Audubon Photography Awards

Winners and honorable mentions from the Audubon Society’s 17th annual competition featuring some of the best images of bird life from around the world...

1 day ago

The Court Is Totally Wrong on Separation of Powers

The problem with Trump’s ballroom isn’t a too-eager judicial branch but a lawless executive....

1 day ago

The Air Marshals Keeping Watch On Eric Swalwell

The FBI made a highly irregular request to monitor one of Trump’s most visible critics....

2 days ago

Inside a Conservative Operation to Hijack Your Social-Media Feed

A service run from Latvia offers payment for short, social-media-friendly clips designed to look like grassroots GOP support....

2 days ago

Massachusetts Democrats Embrace the Gerontocracy

Ed Markey will be 86 at the end of his next term....

2 days ago

A Technological Reckoning With No Great Answers

Whatever the AI future is, we’re in it right now....

2 days ago

What’s Behind the Sudden Anger at Flock

The sudden, intense pushback against these cameras seems to reflect more than just wariness about the surveillance system....

2 days ago

The Backlash Against Polyester Has Gone Too Far

Clothing made from natural fibers isn’t always better....

2 days ago

Trump Meant It Literally When He Said He Was Taking the Oil

The Venezuela operation is the purest distillation of his amoral foreign policy....

2 days ago

The Absurdity of New York City’s Pied-à-Terre Tax

Zohran Mamdani has wasted an opportunity to address the city’s real long-term fiscal problems....

2 days ago

A Tempest in a Walk-In Closet

New York City’s pied-à-terre tax is a reasonable policy....

3 days ago

What Howard Zinn Got Wrong

The historian believed that empowering the people would improve society. History hasn’t always proved him right....

3 days ago

The Growing Lawlessness in California’s Forests

Two frog biologists were kidnapped in the woods. More bizarre situations may come....

3 days ago

Hegseth’s Pentagon Lurches off the Rails

The resignation of Army Secretary Dan Driscoll is the latest sign of severe dysfunction in the Defense Department....

3 days ago

Dan Driscoll’s Parting Shot

The Army secretary told Trump about problems in the Army and his friction with Hegseth, then resigned....

3 days ago

Trump’s Hatred of Free Speech Is Intensifying

The president’s latest attacks on Americans’ press freedom are dangerous, unconstitutional—and maybe self-defeating....

3 days ago

The Women Obsessed With Lindsay Clancy

Horrific crimes have always attracted attention, but the women who have filled the courtroom are seeking something beyond spectacle....

3 days ago

Photos: The Aftermath of Nepal’s Flash Floods

Images from hard-hit mountain villages where rescue and recovery efforts continue. More than 900 deaths have been confirmed, while nearly 4,000 remain missing, following powerful floods triggered by a...

3 days ago

The Recalled-Food Show With RFK Jr.

If you share my attitude toward risk, you’ll love these recipes!...

3 days ago

How to Raise Resilient Children

Introducing a new newsletter series on parenting with more happiness and less worry...

4 days ago

The Apocalyptic Style in Woke Thinking

Much of the climate movement, particularly its most radical elements, has pivoted to Palestine....

4 days ago

How Silicon Valley Learned to Love Killer Robots

Many of the tech billionaires who built our world have taken the wrong lessons from their favorite science fiction....

4 days ago

The Fight Between Texas and Minnesota Should Never Have Got This Far

A legal battle over one ICE agent’s future is a sign of serious strain between red and blue America....

4 days ago

The War on Birthright Citizenship Has Only Just Begun

The conservative legal movement never considered Roe v. Wade to be the final word on abortion. It doesn’t consider Trump v. Barbara to be the final word on the Fourteenth Amendment....

4 days ago