The Consensus on Havana Syndrome Is Cracking
After long denying the possibility, some intelligence agencies are no longer willing to rule out a mystery weapon.
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After helping Trump win the election, the world’s richest man is turning his attention to Europe.
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Donald Trump’s defenders have little choice but to cast his trolling as a clever geopolitical stratagem.
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The Brutalist’s ambitious gamble with the audience mostly pays off.
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I have received 11 alerts. As far as I can tell, they were all sent in error.
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Tens of millions of American Christians are embracing a charismatic movement known as the New Apostolic Reformation, which seeks to destroy the secular state.
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The many fires burning around Los Angeles are pressing the limits of firefighting.
The Anti-Social Century
Americans are now spending more time alone than ever. It’s changing our personalities, our politics, and even our relationship to reality.
A Crush Can Teach You a Lot About Yourself
There’s no harm in fantasies, even if you know they’ll never come true. (From 2023)
Illustration by Jared Bartman / The Atlantic. Sources: Getty; Rawpixel. Fact-Checking Was Too Good for Facebook
The social network has given up on verifying facts. That’s a good thing.
Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Getty. How Bad Is the Flu?
“The possibility of recurrent epidemics, perhaps of increasing virulence, even of another pandemic, must be faced.” (From 1944)
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The nativist right and Silicon Valley are already at war.
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How do we overcome the awkwardness that keeps us from starting a conversation?
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We found out that our new neighbors were supporting January 6 insurrectionists. We knocked on their door. A podcast series about what happened next.
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There are authoritarian tactics already at work in the United States. To root them out, you have to know where to look.
