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The MetroCard Never Got Its Due

December 31, 2025

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55 Facts That Blew Our Minds in 2025

The Atlantic Science Desk

December 27, 2025

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To Understand Today’s Left, Remember Daniel Patrick Moynihan

December 26, 2025

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Watching Someone Fail Shouldn’t Be So Fun

December 25, 2025

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What I Lost When I Gave Up My Catholicism

Xochitl Gonzalez

December 24, 2025

ChatGPT Needs More Cowbell

December 24, 2025

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The Huge Problem Waymo Didn’t See Coming

December 22, 2025

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Photos of the Week: London Fog, Scooter Blankets, Giant Snowman

December 19, 2025

A person takes a photo in New York City's Central Park, where bare trees all covered in fresh snow, and people are walking over a stone arch bridge.

What I Wish I’d Known When I Was Younger

Arthur C. Brooks

December 18, 2025

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Why the Brown University Shooter Is Still at Large

Brandon del Pozo

December 18, 2025

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The ‘Filthy Little Slum Child’ Who Remade the American Right

December 18, 2025

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The Savage Empathy of the Mosh Pit

December 16, 2025

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Trump Is Using a Sacred Power for Depraved Purposes

December 15, 2025

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The Populist Revolt Against Cognitive Elites

December 15, 2025

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The Intifada Comes to Bondi Beach

December 14, 2025

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America Is Failing Its Children

Xochitl Gonzalez

December 14, 2025

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Stop Trying to Make the Humanities ‘Relevant’

Thomas Chatterton Williams

December 14, 2025

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Hopeful Images of 2025

December 12, 2025

A newborn child rests on the chest of a person playing a traditional stringed instrument.

The Most Impractical Tool in My Kitchen

Tyler Austin Harper

December 10, 2025

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The Atlantic and Prologue Entertainment Strike Exclusive First Look for Films and Series

December 9, 2025

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2025 in Photos: A Look at the Middle Months

December 9, 2025

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New York Can’t Be Progressive Without the One Percent

December 8, 2025

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Why Taylor Swift’s Accent Has Changed

December 3, 2025

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‘Grandparenting on Eggshells’

November 26, 2025

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Trump Under Pressure

November 22, 2025

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What to Do When Your Friends Disappoint You

November 22, 2025

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Why Donald Trump Seems Taken With Zohran Mamdani

November 21, 2025

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The Last Device You’ll Ever Need

November 20, 2025

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(Some) MAGA Girls Just Wanna Have Fun

November 20, 2025

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A Generational Portrait That Actually Says Something New

November 17, 2025

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Why Can’t I Just Watch Sports on Television?

Stephanie Hayes

November 15, 2025

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The Affordability Curse

November 7, 2025

Democrats Mikie Sherrill, Zohran Mamdani, and Abigail Spanberger

The Opposite of Slop Politics

November 6, 2025

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Zohran Mamdani Is About to Confront Reality

November 6, 2025

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Time-Travel Thursdays

The Wonder of Watching People Run

Mariana Labbate

November 6, 2025

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