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The Most Nihilistic Conflict on Earth
Sudan’s devastating civil war shows what will replace the liberal order: anarchy and greed.
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Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Getty. The 48-Hour Fentanyl Clock
San Francisco is changing how it responds to homelessness and addiction on its streets—but people who need help right now don’t have the luxury of waiting.
Illustration by Akshita Chandra / The Atlantic.* My Brother and the Relationship That Could Have Been
Ever since he died, I wonder how we would have gotten along as adults.
Ronen Zvulun / Reuters Israel’s Settler Right Is Preparing to Annex Gaza
A radical campaign that began in 2023 is entering its final phase.
Win McNamee / Getty Donald Trump Doesn’t Want You to Read This Article
He’s tried three tactics to change the subject, but they’re just exacerbating his problem.
Illustration by Ben Kothe / The Atlantic. Source: zhengshun tang / Getty; CSA Archives / Getty. How Democrats Tied Their Own Hands on Redistricting
Their threat to match Republican gerrymandering could be difficult to fulfill.
Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Getty. The War Over America’s Birthday Party
As plans for the festivities became Trumpier, allies of the president tried to oust Republican commissioners.
Bettmann / Getty What Kids Told Us About How to Get Them Off Their Phones
Children who were raised on screens need more freedom out in the real world.
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What Is Evil?
Explaining away even the most horrific acts of violence by saying some people are just wicked is understandable—but it won’t help us build a safer society.
What Your Favorite Personality Test Says About You
Are you a Myers-Briggs person, an Enneagram person, or something else? The Atlantic made a quiz to help you find out. (From 2023)
Illustrations by Geoff McFetridge Mrs. Dalloway’s Midlife Crisis
Virginia Woolf’s wild run of creativity in her 40s included writing her masterpiece on the terrors and triumphs of middle age.
Illustration by Akshita Chandra* What’s Good About Children’s TV
American television is fair game for its critics, but think twice, says this student of TV, before you disparage The Friendly Giant, Misterogers’ Neighborhood, and Captain Kangaroo. (From 1969)
AP Subversive of What?
“Just where will this demand for conformity, for unquestioning loyalty, lead?” (From 1948)
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Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Getty. radio atlantic•Episode 141The 48-Hour Fentanyl Clock
San Francisco is changing how it responds to homelessness and addiction on its streets—but people who need help right now don’t have the luxury of waiting.
TETIANA DZHAFAROVA / AFP / Getty the david frum show•Episode 18Ukraine Won’t Surrender
Tim Mak and Adrian Karatnycky on battlefield reality, stalled U.S. support, and why Ukraine won’t give up
LIMITED SERIESAutocracy in America
There are authoritarian tactics already at work in the United States. To root them out, you have to know where to look.
Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Getty. how to age up•Episode 6How to Age Up on a Warming Planet
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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