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Tragedy in Arizona: The Shooting of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords

Tragedy in Arizona: The Shooting of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords

A roundup of The Atlantic's breaking news, analysis, and opinion aggregation as the story of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords's shooting develops More »

As Sudan Decides Its Future, a Look at the Country's Colonial Past

As Sudan Decides Its Future, a Look at the Country's Colonial Past

As Sudan decides its future, a look back at its past—LIFE photos from 1947 More »

Gadgets Gone Wild: The Atlantic Goes to the Consumer Electronics Show

Gadgets Gone Wild: The Atlantic Goes to the Consumer Electronics Show

Alexis Madrigal reports from inside the halls of the Las Vegas Convention Center where 2,700 exhibitors are showing their wares More »

10 Hearty Winter Soups

10 Hearty Winter Soups

French onion soup with mushrooms, Tuscan white bean soup, porcini-miso broth, Greek lamb soup, and other recipes to stave off the cold-weather blues More »

Eggnog Without Fear: 9 Better-for-You Hot Drink Recipes

Eggnog Without Fear: 9 Better-for-You Hot Drink Recipes

These winter drinks—all the classics, including three hot chocolate recipes—make hominess compatible with health More »

If You Can't Beat Winter, Eat Beets: 8 Recipes

If You Can't Beat Winter, Eat Beets: 8 Recipes

Sometimes embracing seasonality means eating your root vegetables. These dishes make burden seem like bounty. More »

The War Machine

The War Machine

Crooked contractors, radical overspending, and other stories of the military-industrial complex from the Atlantic archives More »

12 Desserts for Special Occasions

12 Desserts for Special Occasions

Le Bernardin's "cider and doughnuts," chocolate mousse torte, lemon curd s'mores, and other sweets for when presentation matters as much as taste More »

On Our Radar This Week: Jon Stewart, Natalie Portman, 'Catfish' ...

On Our Radar This Week: Jon Stewart, Natalie Portman, 'Catfish' ...

A look at the five things we're most excited about watching, reading, browsing, and listening to More »

12 Recipes With Orange: A Sort-of-Seasonal Menu

12 Recipes With Orange: A Sort-of-Seasonal Menu

California oranges are in season once again—so indulge, and don't fret about the first part of that whole "local, seasonal" thing More »

On Our Radar This Week: Ryan Gosling, Michelle Williams, 'Friends' ...

On Our Radar This Week: Ryan Gosling, Michelle Williams, 'Friends' ...

A look at the five things we're most excited about watching, reading, browsing, and listening to More »

16 Easy Holiday Appetizers

16 Easy Holiday Appetizers

Recipes for smoked salmon tartare, artichoke and goat cheese dip, lemon-garlic shrimp, and other dinner-party-ready first courses—each with only five ingredients More »

14 Finger Foods for Holiday Parties

14 Finger Foods for Holiday Parties

Simple roasted chestnuts and dips and more elaborate recipes like tomato focaccia bring wintery richness to your table More »

Cablegate Chronicles: Yemen's Unprotected Nuclear Bomb-Making Materials

Cablegate Chronicles: Yemen's Unprotected Nuclear Bomb-Making Materials

Radioactive materials sit unguarded at a facility in Yemen More »

On Our Radar This Week: The Coen Brothers, the Grinch, the Lakers ...

On Our Radar This Week: The Coen Brothers, the Grinch, the Lakers ...

A look at the five things we're most excited about watching, reading, browsing, and listening to More »

Cablegate Chronicles: Cuban-Style Corruption

A bit of news extracted from the early summer edition of "Cartas de Cuba," a roundup of dispatches from Cuba More »

Cablegate Chronicles: The Underarm of Appliances

A bit of news extracted from the early summer edition of "Cartas de Cuba," a roundup of dispatches from Cuba More »

Healthy Holiday Main Courses: 20 Festive Recipes

Healthy Holiday Main Courses: 20 Festive Recipes

Ideas from roasted chicken with pomegranate glaze and ginger-marinated lamb to salmon with red wine More »

Cablegate Chronicles: 'Would You Like Me to Hold a Trial and Then Hang Them?'

Cablegate Chronicles: 'Would You Like Me to Hold a Trial and Then Hang Them?'

An American ambassador writes a short biography of Eritrean president Isaias Afwerki More »

Cablegate Chronicles: Raul Castro the Family Man

Cablegate Chronicles: Raul Castro the Family Man

The Cuban regime reacts to the death of Vilma Espin, wife of acting Cuban dictator Raul Castro More »

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Picking up the Pieces After the Tornado in Moore, Oklahoma

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