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Ye Wants Your Forgiveness. So What?

Spencer Kornhaber

April 10, 2026

Ye (fka Kanye West)

A Legal Decision That Could Change Social Media

Kaitlyn Tiffany

March 25, 2026

Photograph of a child looking at a phone in a dark room with a dim red light

The Dethroning of Cesar Chavez

Geraldo L. Cadava

March 20, 2026

Illustration with black-and-white photo of Cesar Chavez alongside orange tinted photos of raised fists, applause, signs from a worker’s strike, and a man speaking into a megaphone

I Believe California Has a Right to Exist

March 9, 2026

Color photograph of Gavin Newsom speaking with U.S. and California flags behind him.

Hollywood Isn’t Directly Attacking Trump. It’s Doing Something More Interesting.

March 7, 2026

A collage of images from The Mastermind, Eddington, One Battle After Another, and The Chair Company

National Security

‘I Have Agreed to Talk’

Michael Scherer

March 1, 2026

Portrait of Trump wearing a suit, angled from slightly above

150 Years Ago in Photos

February 16, 2026

People gather at an information booth at the base of a very tall statue of an arm holding a torch, in a photo from 1876.

What Happened to the Great American Protest Concert?

Spencer Kornhaber

February 11, 2026

The stage for the Artist for Aid benefit concert

Can Instagram Ruin Your Life? The Jury Will Decide.

Kaitlyn Tiffany

February 9, 2026

A pixelated and distorted image of a child in a dress jumping rope

A Very Retro Olympics Opening Ceremony

February 6, 2026

An image from Milan's opening ceremony where models wear suits in red, white, and green, like the Italian flag

The Western Was Never About Freedom

February 5, 2026

The Ghoul sits in a makeshift camp in a desert with a dog.

The Worst Thing About the Black Dahlia Case

January 26, 2026

A close-up black and white photo of a smiling woman with light eyes and dark hair.

The Dangers That Scientists Found Inside L.A.’s Smoky Homes

Katharine Gammon

January 23, 2026

LA during the fire: The sky is orange, palm trees singled, and in the remains of a house a flame is still burning

A Novel About the Costs of Family Secrets

January 21, 2026

An illustration of a woman staring at a wall of missing family photographs

The Atlantic Daily

None of This Should Have Happened

David A. Graham

January 13, 2026

A bullet hole in a car windshield, after the Minneapolis shooting

Photos: One Year After the Los Angeles Wildfires

January 7, 2026

An aerial view shows empty lots and new homes under construction on a California hillside.

The View From the Palisades

January 7, 2026

Debris on a lot in Los Angeles

What the Palisades Fire Took, and What It Left

January 7, 2026

A black-and-white photo of burned books

The Huge Problem Waymo Didn’t See Coming

December 22, 2025

An image of a stalled Waymo

Only Timothée Chalamet Could Get Away With This

December 22, 2025

a photo of timothée chalamet; he is wearing a white tanktop and a silver chain necklace

What I Wish I’d Known When I Was Younger

Arthur C. Brooks

December 18, 2025

Illustration of an elderly man holding a smiley face sign ushering a line of younger people to walk forward

‘The Sun Rises and Sets With Her, Man’

December 15, 2025

An collage of characters from the movie “Heat”

The Intifada Comes to Bondi Beach

December 14, 2025

A photo of police and bystanders in Sydney, Australia

2025 in Photos: A Look at the Middle Months

December 9, 2025

A nighttime view of the Earth, from orbit, with a bright blue-and-red bolt of electrical energy shooting up from a lightning strike in a storm below

Frank Gehry’s Best Work Was Not His Flashiest

Carolina A. Miranda

December 8, 2025

Frank Gehry in front of his home.

Top 25 News Photos of 2025

December 5, 2025

A man reacts emotionally while standing outside a burning complex of tall residential buildings.

The Atlantic Daily

ICE and Border Patrol Don’t Operate the Same Way

November 25, 2025

Photo-illustration showing an ICE badge up close in black-and-white.

The Trump Administration’s Favorite Tool for Criminalizing Dissent

November 18, 2025

A pair of handcuffs over a background of a law. Each handcuff contains a photo in it, one of a law enforcement officer and the other of a flag-wrapped protestor wearing a gas mask

All Our Brilliant Friends

October 31, 2025

Illustration of two women lying outside, under the shadow of palm trees, reading together

A Surreal New Revelation About the L.A. Fires

October 9, 2025

A color photograph of a firefighter at night, backlit by hazy red light.

It’s Not Just Netflix—It’s Your Entire Life

September 30, 2025

People Are Getting Tattoos Under Anesthesia

September 22, 2025

A tattoo-like drawing of a sleeping cherub with a heart under one eye

What We Lose by Distorting the Mission of the National Guard

Christopher Purdy

August 31, 2025

Photo illustration shows a faceless person in uniform being stretched and distorted.

My Father, Guitar Guru to the Rock Gods

September 2025 Issue

photo of man with white hair sitting behind desk and holding acoustic guitar and surrounded by other musical instruments, with large antique portrait of man playing violin in background

Homes Still Aren’t Designed for a Body Like Mine

July 28, 2025

illustration of a house in the middle of a maze

Two Democrats Are Bolting From a Bipartisan Governors’ Group

Michael Scherer and Ashley Parker

July 24, 2025

Black-and-white photo of a hotel conference room set up for the 2018 NGA meeting.