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Elon Musk and Dario Amodei are offering gifts—with strings attached.

What do Elizabeth Holmes and Elon Musk's flying car have in common?

No society, no matter how equal or enlightened, can satisfy nihilists.

You don’t have to agree with the author and activist to see that Britain’s suppression of speech is a problem.

Anne Applebaum’s podcast asks: Can we repair the American institutions Donald Trump is breaking?

Long careers spent covering politicians have taught David Brooks and Jeffrey Goldberg the importance of putting politics in its place.

If high gas prices won’t convince drivers to go electric, what will?

Firefighters are dying trying to put out fires that could be left alone.

Publishers have every right to challenge businesses that exploit their work—but the Wayback Machine has become collateral damage.

The New York City mayor deserves a new cult following—among pragmatists.

In Sarah Anderson’s novel, Fallow , a woman is hired to bear children for busy C-suite executives.

The breakup with Big Tech is evident in dozens of campaign ads.

The senator is trying to defy the odds, again.

Donald Trump has abandoned the Western order.

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Enough with the sex toys, already.

Long careers spent covering politicians have taught David Brooks and Jeffrey Goldberg the importance of putting politics in its place.

Americans have grown accustomed to her kind of fraud.

Panelists discuss the midterm elections in a special edition of Washington Week With The Atlantic in Austin, Texas.

Pumpkin-spice treats, cozy reads, and a few more ways to make the most of the season

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The Trump administration returns to classic form.

The best-selling genre is more than just smut.

Could Charleston send a Democrat to Congress?

When a soldier’s wife went to pick up her military ID at a base in Texas, ICE officers showed up.

A handful of multibillionaires have some terrifying plans.

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Trump is fine with a military execution by firing squad, just not with putting it on YouTube

I eagerly await your response.

The memory shortage is coming for classrooms.

A live taping with Helen Lewis and Sophie Gilbert about the evolution of masculinism

The alternative to working from home is often logging on in a sea of mostly empty cubicles.

They block roads, eat houses, and spread literal brain worms. Only Florida knows how to deal with them.

Why Buffalo Bills fans are convinced this is finally their year

The best explanation is the least complicated one.

Autumn, the best season, has arrived once again—the season of harvests, festivals, migrations, and, of course, spectacular fall colors. Collected here are early images from this year.

Space is hard, and expensive. The U.S. is relying on some of its wealthiest individuals to help it get there.

From John Milton to Prince, great thinkers and artists have argued that you can’t have true romance without a meeting of the minds.

Americans need to party more. A new class of IRL influencers is ready to help.