Our Last Great Adventure
My husband, Richard Goodwin, drafted landmark speeches for JFK and LBJ. Late in life, we dived into his archives, searching for vivid traces of our hopeful youth.
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Illustration by The Atlantic; Source: Getty.
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Nichole Sobecki for The Atlantic ‘This Will Finish Us’
How Gulf princes, the safari industry, and conservation groups are displacing the Maasai from the last of their Serengeti homeland
Gary Shteyngart for The Atlantic Crying Myself to Sleep on the Biggest Cruise Ship Ever
Seven agonizing nights aboard the Icon of the Seas
Hannah Yoon for The Atlantic The RFK-Curious Women of Bucks County
What I heard from some crucial voters who are far from happy about their choice of presidential candidates
Spencer Platt / Getty The Tough Sell of the Third-Party Candidate
Fear of handing the election to Donald Trump is making an outsider run radioactive.
Photograph by Stephen Ross Goldstein for The Atlantic Civil War Was Made in Anger
What would it take for California and Texas to unite against the White House? Nothing good, according to Alex Garland.
Illustration by Ben Kothe / The Atlantic The Web Became a Strip Mall
Domain names once gave the internet a sense of place. Now they are meaningless.
Daniel Steinle/Bloomberg/Getty Trump’s Shoot-the-Moon Legal Strategy
Attacking the judges handling his cases is likely to backfire. But if it works it will really work.
Photo-illustration by Paul Spella* A Study in Senate Cowardice
Republicans like Rob Portman could have ended Donald Trump’s political career. They chose not to.
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The One Big Thing You Can Do for Your Kids
The research shows that you probably have less effect on your kids than you think—with one big exception: Your love will make them happy.
The Last Giraffes on Earth
The planet’s tallest animal is in far greater danger than people might think. (From 2020)
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Miki Lowe Picasso: Creator and Destroyer
Picasso’s art enacted the violent passions and twisted energies of the twentieth century. So did his life. (From 1988)
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Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Getty. how to keep time•Episode 6Can We Keep Time?
Do photos, social posts, and diaries actually help us remember better?
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