The Moment of Truth
The reelection of Donald Trump would mark the end of George Washington’s vision for the presidency—and the United States.
November 2024
In This Issue
Washington's nightmare, the most remote place on Earth, reconciliation in Rwanda, catching carjackers, and an endorsement. Plus red-state surveillance, AI-assisted playwriting, Zoya's portraits of suffering, Al Pacino, Malcolm Gladwell, your inevitable demise, and more.
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Point Nemo, the Most Remote Place on Earth
It’s the farthest place in the world from land. A lot seems to be going on there.
How Do You Forgive the People Who Killed Your Family?
Thirty years after the genocide in Rwanda, survivors and perpetrators live side by side.
The Playwright in the Age of AI
Ayad Akhtar’s new play, McNeal, starring Robert Downey Jr., subverts the idea that artificial intelligence threatens human ingenuity.
The Rise of the Right-Wing Tattletale
In Texas and elsewhere, new laws and policies have encouraged neighbors to report neighbors to the government.
Inside the Carjacking Crisis
On the street with an elite police unit as it combats a crime wave
The Israeli Artist Who Offends Everyone
Long a fearless critic of Israel, Zoya Cherkassky-Nnadi has made wrenching portraits of her nation’s suffering since October 7.
Dispatches
Illustration by The Atlantic. Sources: Getty; Shutterstock. The Case for Kamala Harris
The Atlantic’s endorsement
Illustration by Masha Krasnova-Shabaeva The Elite College Students Who Can’t Read Books
To read a book in college, it helps to have read a book in high school.
Culture & Critics
Illustration by Jan Robert Dünnweller. Sources: United Archives / Alamy; Allstar Picture Library / Alamy; FlixPix / Alamy; Photo 12 / Alamy. Scent of a Man
In a new memoir, Al Pacino promises to reveal the person behind the actor. But is he holding something back?
Illustration by Aldo Jarillo Alan Hollinghurst’s Lost England
In his new novel, the present isn’t much better than the past—and it’s a lot less sexy.
Photograph by Evelyn Freja for The Atlantic You Are Going to Die
Oliver Burkeman has become an unlikely self-help guru by reminding everyone of their mortality.
Illustration by Colin Hunter Malcolm Gladwell, Meet Mark Zuckerberg
The writer’s insistence on ignoring the web is an even bigger blind spot today than it was when The Tipping Point came out.
Departments
The Atlantic The Commons: Immigrants Are ‘Normal People Forced to Flee Their Countries’
Readers respond to our September 2024 cover story and more.
The Atlantic Caleb's Inferno: November 2024
A devilish crossword puzzle
Poetry
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