Hegseth Summons Top Military Leaders to Washington
Panelists on Washington Week With The Atlantic joined to discuss the meeting with U.S. generals, and new press access rules at the Pentagon.
The Doomed Dream of an AI Matchmaker
No one really knows for sure what makes people fall in love.
Nexstar and Sinclair Lost Their Game of Chicken
Broadcast-media companies may be growing, but they still couldn’t afford to reject Jimmy Kimmel forever.
Charlie Kirk and the ‘Third Great Awakening’
MAGA is embracing the language of a rising Christian movement.
RFK Jr.’s Obsession With the Past
A conversation with Elizabeth Bruenig about the MAHA movement’s ideological underpinnings
The Emptiness of Attacking Critics for Their Hypocrisy
It’s hard to defend crackdowns on free speech. It’s easier to simply claim everyone’s doing it.
Golf’s Very Loud Weekend
At the Ryder Cup, players battle the course—and unusually noisy crowds.
Why Is the Pentagon Afraid of the Press?
Pete Hegseth’s department is imposing restrictions that threaten to limit media scrutiny.
A Rupture in One’s Sense of Self
In Patricia Lockwood’s new novel, the main character gets so ill that she wonders whether she’s become a different person.
The Comey Indictment Is an Embarrassment
The Justice Department should never have brought such a shoddy case.
Finally, a New Idea in Rock and Roll
The band Geese is pushing the genre in new and electrifying directions.
Trump Is Setting the National Parks Up to Fail
Workers say the real crisis is happening behind the scenes.
Photos of the Week: Rainy Games, Police Pups, Beard Championship
The reopening of Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris, autumn colors in New Hampshire, damage from Super Typhoon Ragasa in Hong Kong, the start of the Oktoberfest in Munich, and much more
The Classic Teen Novel I Still Haven’t Forgotten
My secret first encounter with Judy Blume’s Forever
The Fraught Role of the Military in a Weakening Democracy
Bill McRaven on why we need military leaders who speak truth to power
Fentanyl Doesn’t Come Through the Caribbean
The White House is using the opioid epidemic to justify lethal strikes and other policies.
The Comey Indictment Is Not Just Payback
It’s a glimpse of Trump’s next attempt to seize power.
Clues That a Recession Is Coming
Cardboard-box demand can be a legitimate indicator. Hemline length? Not so much.
Allen Ginsberg, Great American Poet-Buffoon
And the lesser-known Ginsberg who preceded him
How Charlie Kirk’s Death Will Change His Message
For a case study in how martyrdom can transform a firebrand, look to Malcolm X.
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