Los Angeles

October 28, 2026

Culture

George Lucas’s Next Great Epic Is an Art Museum

James Parker

October 2026 Issue

collage-style illustration with black-and-white photos and scans of Lucas, Vader, Leia, the Death Star, and Star Wars logos on red and white background

Books Briefing

The Spectacle of 1980s Hollywood

Boris Kachka

September 11, 2026

Politics

The Charges Were Dropped, but the Damage Was Already Done

Yvonne Wingett Sanchez

September 7, 2026

Man in black T-shirt speaks at the camera with a crowd of people behind him and many microphones pointed toward him.

Culture

Party in the (Downwardly Mobile) U.S.A.

Spencer Kornhaber

August 25, 2026

A photo collage in blue, pink and orange of (from left to right) Adéla, Slayyyter, and Kim Petras

Trivia

Atlantic Trivia: Quizzin’ Confidential

Drew Goins

August 7, 2026

Books

The Literary Genre That Thrives in Hard Times

Carolyn Kellogg

July 8, 2026

Cars in a street surrounded by hills and palm trees

Books

The Incredible Freedom of Not Trying to Look Good

Ilana Masad

June 30, 2026

Illustration of a frowning woman surrounded by multiple hands applying makeup and styling her hair.

Family

The Hot New Place for Singles

Anna Holmes

June 22, 2026

Ideas

Why Republicans Aren’t Condemning Trump’s Meet the Press Walkout

Jonathan Chait

June 8, 2026

A photograph of Los Angeles voters waiting to cast their ballots next to “I Voted” signs

Culture

Hope, Change, Troll

Louis Staples

June 1, 2026

Politics

L.A.’s Lose-Lose-Lose Primary

Marc Novicoff

May 31, 2026

Images of Karen Bass, Nithya Raman, and Spencer Pratt in front of an illustration of palm trees, a debate stage, and a map of California.

Ideas

What Los Angeles Has Become

Meghan Daum

May 15, 2026

Photograph of Spencer Pratt wearing sunglasses and a black baseball cap that says “Let It Burn” in red and orange letters that are on fire. The image is slightly blurred and tinted with red, yellow, and blue, as if glitching on a screen.

Ideas

Spencer Pratt and the Temptations of Populism

Conor Friedersdorf

May 12, 2026

Ideas

People Who Don’t Like People Are Making All of Our Decisions

Xochitl Gonzalez

May 10, 2026

An autonomous yellow taxi cab driving at night on an empty street with a single passenger in the backseat staring at her glowing cellphone

The Wonder Reader

Understanding Our Mothers

Rafaela Jinich

May 9, 2026

Culture

Ye Wants Your Forgiveness. So What?

Spencer Kornhaber

April 10, 2026

Technology

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

Ideas

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

Ideas

I Believe California Has a Right to Exist

David Wolpe

March 9, 2026

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

Culture

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

Jake Pitre

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

Photography

150 Years Ago in Photos

Alan Taylor

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.

Culture

What Happened to the Great American Protest Concert?

Spencer Kornhaber

February 11, 2026

The stage for the Artist for Aid benefit concert

Technology

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

Culture

A Very Retro Olympics Opening Ceremony

Ellen Cushing

February 6, 2026

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

Culture

The Western Was Never About Freedom

Shirley Li

February 5, 2026

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

Books

The Worst Thing About the Black Dahlia Case

Sarah Weinman

January 26, 2026

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

Planet

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

Books

A Novel About the Costs of Family Secrets

Ruth Madievsky

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

Photography

Photos: One Year After the Los Angeles Wildfires

Alan Taylor

January 7, 2026

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

Planet

The View From the Palisades

Nancy Walecki

January 7, 2026

Ideas

What the Palisades Fire Took, and What It Left

Kenneth Turan

January 7, 2026

Technology

The Huge Problem Waymo Didn’t See Coming

Patrick George

December 22, 2025

Culture

Only Timothée Chalamet Could Get Away With This

Shirley Li

December 22, 2025

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

Sections

The Print Edition

The Pants That Define the Cool Millennial Mom

George Lucas’s Next Great Epic Is an Art Museum

The Spectacle of 1980s Hollywood

The Charges Were Dropped, but the Damage Was Already Done

Party in the (Downwardly Mobile) U.S.A.

Atlantic Trivia: Quizzin’ Confidential

The Literary Genre That Thrives in Hard Times

The Incredible Freedom of Not Trying to Look Good

The Hot New Place for Singles

Why Republicans Aren’t Condemning Trump’s Meet the Press Walkout

Hope, Change, Troll

L.A.’s Lose-Lose-Lose Primary

What Los Angeles Has Become

Spencer Pratt and the Temptations of Populism

People Who Don’t Like People Are Making All of Our Decisions

Understanding Our Mothers

Ye Wants Your Forgiveness. So What?

A Legal Decision That Could Change Social Media

The Dethroning of Cesar Chavez

I Believe California Has a Right to Exist

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

‘I Have Agreed to Talk’

150 Years Ago in Photos

What Happened to the Great American Protest Concert?

Can Instagram Ruin Your Life? The Jury Will Decide.

A Very Retro Olympics Opening Ceremony

The Western Was Never About Freedom

The Worst Thing About the Black Dahlia Case

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

A Novel About the Costs of Family Secrets

None of This Should Have Happened

Photos: One Year After the Los Angeles Wildfires

The View From the Palisades

What the Palisades Fire Took, and What It Left

The Huge Problem Waymo Didn’t See Coming

Only Timothée Chalamet Could Get Away With This