How do you make a documentary about a subject that predates the invention of photography? Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein, and David Schmidt on what it took to film “The American Revolution”: theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…

The trouble with Bari Weiss's worldview is that the world has changed theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

The American experiment only works if people believe in it. George Packer on why we still need patriotism: theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…

My latest piece for The Atlantic looks at how American education peaked in 2013—and has been sliding to 25-year, sometimes 50-year, lows in math and reading. Why? I don't think it's the pandemic, and I don't think it's too little spending. theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

From a young age, Diane Keaton, who died Saturday at 79, seemed to understand that actual beauty, the timeless kind, required a degree of depth, even darkness, Adrienne LaFrance writes. theatlantic.com/culture/2025/1…

As soon as I heard about the Riyadh Comedy Festival, I pleaded with my boss to send me there. Who wouldn't want to watch Louis CK and Jimmy Carr do stand-up in, until recently, one of the most repressive Muslim countries in the world?

The leaked Young Republicans’ group chats— filled with endorsements of rape and praise for Hitler—have brought condemnation from some Republicans. J. D. Vance had a different, and more telling, response, Jonathan Chait argues: theatlantic.com/politics/archi…

This year has been grim for professional arts criticism. Spencer Kornhaber reports on the fans, stans, and influencers who are filling the gap: theatlantic.com/culture/2025/1…

Every once in a while, someone tells me some version of "actually, the wealthiest moms are the most miserable." For The Atlantic, I looked into what we know about how socioeconomic status and parental wellbeing interact. theatlantic.com/family/2025/10…

When Guillermo del Toro was a child, he fell in love with "Frankenstein." With his long-awaited adaptation in theaters, the filmmaker explains his lifelong fascination with horror, and why the genre "illuminates our souls": theatlantic.com/books/2025/10/…

Alabama’s experiment of execution by nitrogen hypoxia has utterly failed, Elizabeth Bruenig argues. She reports on yesterday’s brutal execution of Anthony Boyd and its implications: theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

The story of the Louvre heist last weekend could have been ripped from a movie—so The Atlantic’s writers and editors have recommended seven heist films that won’t swindle you out of a good time. theatlantic.com/newsletters/ar…

For the first time since the Great Depression, America might have zero net migration. Lots of past experience suggests this won't be as good for native workers as advertised. And the welfare state would be driven to the breaking point relatively quickly. theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

Many of the ghost stories published in The Atlantic have come from true believers. Stephanie Bai dives into the archives to uncover the omens and lost spirits that have haunted our writers in this week’s Time-Travel Thursdays. theatlantic.com/newsletters/ar…

Police spent more than 50 days searching a lake for Ryan Borgwardt, a kayaker they assumed had drowned. Then they told his wife that they’d come to believe something different. Jamie Thompson spoke with the people involved in the case that rattled a Wisconsin town:

A new book makes the conservative case for feminization. Anna Louie Sussman speaks with the author, @leahlibresco, about how America might benefit if more men adopted the values of vulnerability and care: theatlantic.com/books/2025/11/…

Veteran ICE officials whom Nick Miroff spoke with view the use of masks as an unquestionably negative development. But it’s not going away anytime soon, Miroff reports: theatlantic.com/politics/2025/…

Under Trump, post-liberal intellectuals have abandoned tradition for radicalism and scholarship for vulgarity. George Packer on Laura Field’s new book, “Furious Minds,” and the rot of the MAGA mind: theatlantic.com/books/2025/11/…

Following the shooting of two National Guard soldiers in Washington, D.C., speculation about the motive has outpaced the available facts, Graeme Wood argues. theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/11/…

To help you pass the time at the gate and on the tarmac, Stephanie Bai asked The Atlantic’s writers and editors: What is the best book to read at the airport? theatlantic.com/newsletters/20…