The Destruction of One of America’s Oldest Traditions
America has always had a strong aversion to seeing the military on the country’s streets. That is not stopping the current president.
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Illustration by Matteo Giuseppe Pani / The Atlantic* A WNBA Star Goes Scorched-Earth
With the league more popular than ever, players know their worth—and they aren’t afraid to let leadership know it.
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Avi Schiffmann says he’s enjoying the angry reaction to the Friend AI pendant. Is he serious?
Christopher Furlong / G Anti-Semitism Is Poison for the Palestinian Cause
No good will come to the pro-Palestinian movement from any association with violent attacks.
Matías Antonio Cortés Calderón / 2025 Audubon Photography Awards Selections From the 2025 Audubon Photography Awards Top 100
A couple of weeks ago, we featured some of the winners of this year’s Audubon Photography Awards, and today, contest organizers were kind enough to share some of their Top 100 photographs from their competition.
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Stephanie Keith / Getty As Money Rushed In, ICE’s Rapid Expansion Stalled Out
Immigration arrests have declined and jail overcrowding is worse despite billions in new funds.
Illustration by Akshita Chandra / The Atlantic Democrats Still Have No Idea What Went Wrong
The party’s progressives seem to think the problem is not with their platform but with voters.
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Kash Patel’s Challenge Coin Is Perfect for Him
The FBI director has created a memento that symbolizes his unfitness.
How Smart People Can Stop Being Miserable
Intelligence can make you happier, but only if you see it as more than a tool to get ahead. (From 2023)
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Illustration by Ben Kothe / The Atlantic. Source: Getty. Rugby Is a Better Game
“American football is violent, expensive, and time-consuming; and the number of people who are able to play under these conditions is extremely limited. Rugby, on the other hand, is more rough than violent, and the expenditure of time and money is small.” (From 1952)
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“A great many, who have spent their lives in cities, and have never chanced to come into the country at this season, have never seen this, the flower, or rather the ripe fruit, of the year.” (From 1862)
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Getty radio atlantic•Episode 149The Justice Department Won’t Break Easily
The president wants his enemies prosecuted. How far can he go?
Christopher Patey the david frum show•Episode 26The Rise of Technofascists
Sam Harris on Silicon Valley’s turn toward authoritarian politics and the collapse of the information commons. Plus: Donald Trump’s politicization of prosecutions and Robert Proctor’s The Nazi War on Cancer.
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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.
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Younger generations are having a hard time imagining their future.
Photograph by Brandon Holland for The Atlantic floodlines•Episode 9Floodlines Part IX: Rebirth
A visit with Le-Ann Williams and her daughter, Destiny, 20 years after Hurricane Katrina
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