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theatlantic 12h ago

You Don’t Need to Vote for Socialists to Get Universal Health Care

Critics on the left and the right are, for different reasons, obscuring the Democratic Party’s long commitment to this cause.
theatlantic 27h ago

The Bizarre Partnership Between the U.S. and Venezuela

Responding to the recent earthquakes pushed the two countries’ new relationship out into the open.
theatlantic 24h ago

Who Really Controls the Strait of Hormuz?

Since the war began, Iran has only expanded its power over the waterway.
theatlantic 6h ago

Social Security Is Running Out of Time

Maya MacGuineas on the looming exhaustion of the Social Security Trust Fund and whether America will ever have a responsible federal budget. Plus: another ICE shooting and A Place of Greater Safety by Hilary Mantel.
theatlantic 29h ago

The Shooter in Maine Was a New ICE Recruit

The agency’s second killing in as many weeks prompted an abrupt policy change on vehicle stops.
theatlantic 7h ago

An <em>Odyssey</em> Deserving of the Biggest Screen Possible

Christopher Nolan successfully brings the epic into the IMAX era.
theatlantic 10h ago

All the Cool Kids Are Birding

A younger crowd is flocking to a hobby once dominated by retirees—and transforming it along the way.
theatlantic 31h ago

Generative AI Is an Engineering Disaster

A shockingly inefficient trillion-dollar project
theatlantic 7h ago

Photos: The Wonders of Ocean Life

Images of the incredibly wide variety of marine life on our planet, including seabirds, marine mammals, fish, corals, crustaceans, and much more
theatlantic 32h ago

The 40-Year-Old Man-Child

Ferris Bueller’s Day Off has avoided a midlife crisis for good reason: It’s a timeless portrait of popularity and truthiness.
theatlantic 8h ago

<em>The Atlantic</em> Announces Marc Novicoff and Nancy Walecki as Staff Writers, Michael Zelenko as Senior Editor, and James Kirchick as Contributing Writer

From left: Marc Novicoff, Nancy Walecki, Michael Zelenko, and James Kirchick
theatlantic 11h ago

The Forever Negotiation

Trump and Iran might keep talking. Or they might keep bombing. Or both.
theatlantic 35h ago

The See-No-Evil Supreme Court

The majority refuses to see evidence of racism.
theatlantic 27h ago

Marco Rubio’s Disappearing Signal Chat

The State Department told a court last year that the secretary didn’t use disappearing messages. By this spring, it had dropped that claim.
theatlantic 36h ago

Punctuation: A Generational Divide

Can parents ever learn to text like their kids? Should they even try?
theatlantic 37h ago

Trump’s Anti-Growth Agenda

When a superpower’s economy lags, hegemony becomes unsustainable.