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Elon Musk

April 14, 2026

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National Security

What China Just Learned From the Iran War

Simon Shuster

April 9, 2026

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Ideas

The Man Who Thought He Could Keep AI Safe

Sebastian Mallaby

March 29, 2026

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Podcasts

What Is Twitter’s Legacy, 20 Years Later?

Charlie Warzel

March 27, 2026

Technology

Tesla’s Secret Weapon Is a Giant Metal Box

Andrew Moseman

March 4, 2026

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National Security

Elon Musk Moves Against the Russians in Ukraine

Simon Shuster

February 27, 2026

Politics

The Epstein Emails Show How the Powerful Talk About Race

Ali Breland

February 11, 2026

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Technology

Do You Feel the AGI Yet?

Matteo Wong

February 2, 2026

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Technology

America Will Be Reading the Epstein Files for Decades

Kaitlyn Tiffany

January 30, 2026

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Technology

Tesla Just Killed the Most Important Car of the 21st Century

Patrick George

January 29, 2026

Technology

The New Shadowbanning Panic

Kaitlyn Tiffany

January 28, 2026

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Podcasts

The Problem Is So Much Bigger Than Grok

Charlie Warzel

January 16, 2026

Culture

The Unspeakable, Enabled

Sophie Gilbert

January 16, 2026

Technology

A Tipping Point in Online Child Abuse

Matteo Wong

January 15, 2026

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Technology

Elon Musk Cannot Get Away With This

Charlie Warzel and Matteo Wong

January 13, 2026

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Technology

@Grok, Did Venezuela ‘Deserve It’?

Gary Marcus and Damon Beres

January 5, 2026

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Technology

Elon Musk’s Pornography Machine

Matteo Wong

January 2, 2026

The Atlantic Daily

A 2025 Ranking You Won’t Read Anywhere Else

Alexandra Petri

December 26, 2025

Politics

Trump Still Needs Susie Wiles

Jonathan Lemire and Vivian Salama

December 16, 2025

Technology

I Am Time Magazine’s Person of the Year

Charlie Warzel

December 11, 2025

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Politics

USAID Hired the Right-Wing Influencer Responsible for Its Decimation

Isaac Stanley-Becker

December 9, 2025

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Photography

Top 25 News Photos of 2025

Alan Taylor

December 5, 2025

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Technology

Could ChatGPT Secretly Tell You How to Vote?

Matteo Wong

December 4, 2025

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Culture

The Racist, AI-Generated Future of Entertainment

Tyler Austin Harper

November 26, 2025

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Politics

People Are Underestimating America’s Groyper Problem

Yair Rosenberg

November 25, 2025

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The Atlantic Daily

Why One Political Office Is So Mired in Scandals

David A. Graham

November 24, 2025

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Technology

Elon Musk’s Worthless, Poisoned Hall of Mirrors

Charlie Warzel

November 24, 2025

Technology

Elon Musk Is Trying to Rewrite History

Charlie Warzel and Matteo Wong

November 21, 2025

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Ideas

Something Feels Different About the Economy

Gilad Edelman

November 14, 2025

Technology

The New Brutality of OpenAI

Matteo Wong

November 10, 2025

Technology

The Age of Anti-Social Media Is Here

Damon Beres

December 2025 Issue

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The Atlantic Daily

The People Who Will Determine Whether Musk Becomes a Trillionaire

Will Gottsegen

November 4, 2025

Books

The Risk of Financial—And Moral—Collapse

Evan Hughes

October 20, 2025

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Ideas

The Depth of MAGA’s Moral Collapse

George Packer

October 17, 2025

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Ideas

The Other Martyr

Thomas Chatterton Williams

October 2, 2025

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Technology

Move Fast and Break Nothing

Saahil Desai

October 2, 2025

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SpaceX Is Basically a Huge Meme Stock

What China Just Learned From the Iran War

The Man Who Thought He Could Keep AI Safe

What Is Twitter’s Legacy, 20 Years Later?

Tesla’s Secret Weapon Is a Giant Metal Box

Elon Musk Moves Against the Russians in Ukraine

The Epstein Emails Show How the Powerful Talk About Race

Do You Feel the AGI Yet?

America Will Be Reading the Epstein Files for Decades

Tesla Just Killed the Most Important Car of the 21st Century

The New Shadowbanning Panic

The Problem Is So Much Bigger Than Grok

The Unspeakable, Enabled

A Tipping Point in Online Child Abuse

Elon Musk Cannot Get Away With This

@Grok, Did Venezuela ‘Deserve It’?

Elon Musk’s Pornography Machine

A 2025 Ranking You Won’t Read Anywhere Else

Trump Still Needs Susie Wiles

I Am Time Magazine’s Person of the Year

USAID Hired the Right-Wing Influencer Responsible for Its Decimation

Top 25 News Photos of 2025

Could ChatGPT Secretly Tell You How to Vote?

The Racist, AI-Generated Future of Entertainment

People Are Underestimating America’s Groyper Problem

Why One Political Office Is So Mired in Scandals

Elon Musk’s Worthless, Poisoned Hall of Mirrors

Elon Musk Is Trying to Rewrite History

Something Feels Different About the Economy

The New Brutality of OpenAI

The Age of Anti-Social Media Is Here

The People Who Will Determine Whether Musk Becomes a Trillionaire

The Risk of Financial—And Moral—Collapse

The Depth of MAGA’s Moral Collapse

The Other Martyr

Move Fast and Break Nothing