The People Who Will Determine Whether Musk Becomes a Trillionaire
This week’s Tesla shareholder vote could give the world’s richest man more money and more control.
This Could Be How the Shutdown Ends
A shuttered government just cost nearly 42 million Americans their food assistance.
Americans on Food Stamps Have No Good Options
America has a lifeline against hunger: ultra-processed foods.
Today’s Atlantic Trivia
Test your knowledge—and read our latest stories for a little extra help.
Introducing: Galaxy Brain Podcast
The Atlantic is launching a new weekly show hosted by our staff writer Charlie Warzel, who is paying attention to where we pay attention.
Two Unlikely Biopics About Unlikable People
One of Hollywood’s most affable directors finds something to relate to in famously prickly artists.
Mike Johnson: I Am Tuning Out the News Cycle to Focus on Self-Care
Don’t ask me about the news. I am protecting my mental space.
Dear James: When It’s Time to Say Goodbye
A reader keeps having to leave unsupportive support groups. And James Parker bids farewell to his column.
There Was One Dick Cheney All Along
The end of the former vice president’s career reflected its beginnings.
Venezuela’s Grim Prospect
Why regime change is unlikely to bring a return to democracy
Why Students Are Obsessed With ‘Points Taken Off’
Students and professors are in a drawn-out battle over grade inflation. It may never end.
The Man Who Rescued Faulkner
How the critic Malcolm Cowley made American literature into its own great tradition
The Inflammation Gap
Popular ideas about inflammation have lost touch with medical reality.
Yitzhak Rabin Knew What Netanyahu Doesn’t
Thirty years after Rabin’s assassination, Israel is ignoring the lessons of the most honest statesman I’ve ever known.
War Is Coming Back to Gaza
Until Hamas is disarmed, Gaza has no future.
The Company Quietly Funneling Paywalled Articles to AI Developers
“You shouldn’t have put your content on the internet if you didn’t want it to be on the internet,” Common Crawl’s executive director says.
No Politics Is Local
State and city elections are now heavily intertwined with what happens in Washington.
A Confederacy of Toddlers
The Trump administration is a regime of troubled children.
What’s a Scandal When Everything Is Outrageous?
Trump’s ballroom blitz is blatantly corrupt. The fact that no one seems to care shows just how low the standards of behavior have fallen in Washington.
The Solution to the Third-Term Threat
Republican leaders need to speak up now, loudly and clearly, against any schemes to put Donald Trump back into the White House yet again.
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