Features

large abstract painting with layers and swirls of dots in yellow, green, white, and brown
© Emily Kam Kngwarray / Copyright Agency. Licensed by Artists Rights Society, New York, 2026.

The Secrets of Indigenous Art

Major exhibitions are upending the way people understand Native American and Aboriginal artists.

photo portrait of young man with red hair in red long-sleeve TEAM USA shirt and black pants, sitting on stool with one hand under chin
OK McCausland for The Atlantic

The Man Who Broke Physics

Even before competing in his first Olympics, 21-year-old Ilia Malinin has transformed the sport of figure skating.

a black-ink Rorschach-test style illustration of Donald Trump's face made from the outlines of the continents, set on an orange background
Illustration by Ben Hickey

America vs. the World

President Trump wants to return to the 19th century’s international order. He will leave America less prosperous—and the whole world less secure.

GIF transitioning through color portraits of many of the former public servants profiled.
Dina Litovsky for The Atlantic

The Purged

Donald Trump’s destruction of the civil service is a tragedy not just for the roughly 300,000 workers who have been discarded, but for an entire nation.