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How the Midwest Became the Place to Move

March 23, 2026

photo of cardboard moving boxes, one of which is shaped like a house

The Huge Problem Waymo Didn’t See Coming

December 22, 2025

An image of a stalled Waymo

Stop Trying to Make the Humanities ‘Relevant’

Thomas Chatterton Williams

December 14, 2025

A close-up image of a statue, showing a pair of hands holding a book

Texas’s Pete

September 9, 2025

Photo-illustration with two images of James Talarico, one red and one blue, and some red stars.

What It Means to Be a Mystic Girl

July 11, 2025

A vintage black-and-white photo of girls in a cabin at Camp Mystic, next to an image of a cabin at Camp Mystic, ruined by flood damage.

A Film That Captures a ‘Friend Breakup’

May 28, 2025

The cast of the film "Friendship"

The Pro-Baby Coalition of the Far Right

Elizabeth Bruenig

April 11, 2025

Illustration showing barbed wire with childish beads

Lady Gaga Sounds Like Herself Again

Spencer Kornhaber

March 10, 2025

Lady Gaga performs on Friday, February 14, 2025.

The Internet’s Favorite Sex Researcher

February 24, 2025

A Proven Way to Ease L.A.’s Housing Crisis

Grimes, M. Nolan Gray, and Nicole Nabulsi Nosek

February 16, 2025

An illustration that shows housing surrounded by stacks of paper

Atlantic Intelligence

The Nine AI Stories That Defined 2024

December 27, 2024

A green-screen-style illustration of a matrix-ified trophy

How Joe Rogan Remade Austin

October 2024 Issue

collage of two photos of Joe Rogan's face, one red and one blue, superimposed over a map of the city of Austin, Texas

The Never-Ending Guantánamo Trials

August 5, 2024

An American flag flies over Camp 6 detention center in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba

Confessions of an Information Hoarder

March 25, 2022