Lenika Cruz
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For subscribers: A ‘swan’ song from a global pop sensation
This is The Atlantic’s weekly email to subscribers—a close look at the issues our writers are watching, just for you.
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Ira Powell / Shutterstock How One Atlantic Editor Is Spending Her Holidays This Year
It won’t be in the French Alps.
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Ethan Miller / Getty / Thanh Do / ... I Wasn’t a Fan of BTS. And Then I Was.
The Korean supergroup’s devoted following and chart-topping success have won them comparisons to the Beatles. Why was I surprised to get swept up in their magic?
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HBO Did Viewers Win or Lose in Game of Thrones?
Three Atlantic writers discuss the HBO epic’s divisive series finale, which tries to break the wheel one last time.
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HBO Game of Thrones Delivers Its Most Cataclysmic Episode
Three Atlantic staffers discuss “The Bells,” the bloody and fiery penultimate entry of the series.
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Netflix Netflix’s Tuca & Bertie Is a Surreal Celebration of Friendship
Lisa Hanawalt, the cartoonist known for her work on BoJack Horseman, discusses making a new animated comedy about the bond between two young bird-women.
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HBO The Long Night Finally Arrives on Game of Thrones
The much-awaited, epic Battle of Winterfell aired, and three Atlantic staffers discuss what its dramatic conclusion might mean for the show’s last episodes.
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Helen Sloan / HBO Game of Thrones: The One Where Everyone Contemplates Imminent Death
Three Atlantic staffers discuss “A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms,” the second episode of Season 8.
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HBO Game of Thrones Makes Time for Love Before War
Three Atlantic staffers discuss “Winterfell,” the first episode of Season 8.
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Wenjia Tang The Media Barely Covered One of the Worst Storms to Hit U.S. Soil
Weeks ago, Super Typhoon Yutu devastated the Northern Mariana Islands, which are home to tens of thousands of Americans. Mainland outlets paid little attention.
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Netflix How the Hollywood Redemption Machine Works, According to BoJack Horseman
The show’s fifth season shows how protecting abusive, famous men is a tangled and corrupting process that touches everyone.
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Drawn & Quarterly Coyote Doggirl Gives the Western a Whimsical, Watercolor Spin
A new graphic novel from the artist Lisa Hanawalt (BoJack Horseman) gives an old genre the kind of heroine it’s never seen before.
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Warner Bros. / The Atlantic Which Crazy Rich Asians Scenes Were Most Memorable?
Four Atlantic staffers discuss the film’s particular power, and the movie moments they’re still thinking about.
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Netflix Where BoJack Horseman Season 4 Shone Brightest
The animated Netflix show’s two best episodes this year experimented with narrative to bring the private pain of its female characters to light.
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Nina Subin / Zak Bickel / The Atlantic Marjorie Liu on the Road to Making Monstress
The comic-book writer discusses working for Marvel, the loneliness of novel-writing, and why her epic-fantasy series is mostly populated by women and characters of color.
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HBO What Did Game of Thrones Accomplish This Year?
Three Atlantic staffers discuss "The Dragon and the Wolf," the Season 7 finale.
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Helen Sloan / courtesy of HBO Is Game of Thrones on Thin Ice?
Three Atlantic staffers discuss “Beyond the Wall,” the sixth episode of the seventh season.
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Helen Sloan / HBO Game of Thrones: No Choice at All
Three Atlantic staffers discuss “Eastwatch,” the fifth episode of the seventh season.
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Erik De Castro / Reuters North Korea: The View From Guam
What it’s like to be in the cross-hairs of the war of words between Washington and Pyongyang
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HBO Game of Thrones: Queen of the Ashes
Three Atlantic staffers discuss “The Spoils of War,” the fourth episode of the seventh season.
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