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Islamophobia Is Trump’s Closing Midterm Gambit

President Trump and his allies are ending the campaign with naked but nonsensical appeals to anti-Muslim bigotry.

Yes, We Have No Bananas

But please don’t blame the Jews.

How Long Until the Internet Breaks?

The web is much more fragile than it seems.

Red States Are Dumbing Down College Admissions

Can this classics test replace the SAT?

Leave the Cheesecake Factory Out of This

We must treat the restaurant like the treasure that it is.

Netanyahu Goes Into Full Panic Mode

Today Israelis will vote, many trembling for the future of their country, no matter which candidate they prefer.

A Map for Loving America

Fifty years ago, Stevie Wonder released Songs in the Key of Life. Its message still feels urgent.

The Collapse of Cuba

Hunger. Sickness. Blackouts. Abandoned streets. The withering of the state is shocking to behold.

A Halloween Myth That Can Finally Die

What sugar actually does to kids

The Real Culprit Behind High Grocery Prices

Although neither farmers nor grocers make very much money, many of the middlemen who operate between them make plenty of it.

Some Parents Are Rejecting Trump’s Free Money

The greatest obstacle to widespread acceptance of the Trump Accounts program may be embedded in its very name.

Losing the ‘Big-Ass Truck’ Vote

Donald Trump won big in Texas’s Rio Grande Valley in 2024—but now Latino voters are turning on him.

Peeling the Orange

A poem

Do Miracles Really Happen?

People throughout history have claimed to witness impossible occurrences. Historian Carlos Eire asks: What if they’re telling the truth?

A Mathematician Reads the AI Future

My field is as much an expression of the human spirit as music and literature. Is it for the machines now?

The Greek Island That Taught Me the Art of Living

Chronicling the disappearance of the old ways in a village where I was raised

Six of the Greatest Movie Soundtracks From This Century

A movie’s music choices can be just as memorable as the film itself.

Celebrity Has Become a Jobs Program

A new book by the hosts of Who? Weekly scrutinizes how social media democratized fame.

The Temporary Pleasure of Conversation

Talking is a fleeting act, but that transience gives it meaning.

What Shifting U.S. Support May Mean for Ukraine

Panelists on Washington Week With The Atlantic joined to discuss how Donald Trump’s dismissal of Russian aggression against Ukraine has prompted bipartisan backlash.