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I Am Time Magazine’s Person of the Year

Charlie Warzel

December 11, 2025

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USAID Hired the Right-Wing Influencer Responsible for Its Decimation

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December 9, 2025

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Photography

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December 5, 2025

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Technology

Could ChatGPT Secretly Tell You How to Vote?

Matteo Wong

December 4, 2025

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Culture

The Racist, AI-Generated Future of Entertainment

Tyler Austin Harper

November 26, 2025

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Politics

People Are Underestimating America’s Groyper Problem

Yair Rosenberg

November 25, 2025

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The Atlantic Daily

Why One Political Office Is So Mired in Scandals

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November 24, 2025

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Technology

Elon Musk’s Worthless, Poisoned Hall of Mirrors

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November 24, 2025

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Elon Musk Is Trying to Rewrite History

Charlie Warzel and Matteo Wong

November 21, 2025

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Ideas

Something Feels Different About the Economy

Gilad Edelman

November 14, 2025

Technology

The New Brutality of OpenAI

Matteo Wong

November 10, 2025

Technology

The Age of Anti-Social Media Is Here

Damon Beres

December 2025 Issue

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The Atlantic Daily

The People Who Will Determine Whether Musk Becomes a Trillionaire

Will Gottsegen

November 4, 2025

Books

The Risk of Financial—And Moral—Collapse

Evan Hughes

October 20, 2025

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Ideas

The Depth of MAGA’s Moral Collapse

George Packer

October 17, 2025

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Ideas

The Other Martyr

Thomas Chatterton Williams

October 2, 2025

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Technology

Move Fast and Break Nothing

Saahil Desai

October 2, 2025

Culture

Elon Musk’s Utterly Mundane Vision of Dining

Ellen Cushing

September 22, 2025

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Technology

Grok’s Responses Are Only Getting More Bizarre

Matteo Wong

September 16, 2025

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The Atlantic Daily

Why Tesla Thinks Elon Musk Needs More Money

Will Gottsegen

September 15, 2025

Technology

AI Is Grown, Not Built

Eliezer Yudkowsky and Nate Soares

September 15, 2025

The Atlantic Daily

The Awful Ubiquity of Charlie Kirk’s Assassination Video

Will Gottsegen

September 11, 2025

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Tesla Wants Out of the Car Business

Patrick George

September 5, 2025

Science

Yes, a Moon Base

Ross Andersen

August 10, 2025

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Science

How NASA Engineered Its Own Decline

Franklin Foer

September 2025 Issue

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Matteo Wong

July 11, 2025

Ideas

Zohran Mamdani Reveals the Absurdity of Affirmative Action

Thomas Chatterton Williams

July 11, 2025

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The Atlantic Daily

H. Elon Perot

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July 9, 2025

Technology

Elon Musk’s Grok Is Calling for a New Holocaust

Charlie Warzel and Matteo Wong

July 8, 2025

Ideas

A Real Cancer in Washington

Annie Lowrey

June 29, 2025

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The Atlantic Daily

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Stephanie Bai

June 29, 2025

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How Sleeping Less Became an American Value

Isabel Fattal

June 26, 2025

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Technology

Elon Musk Is Playing God

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June 24, 2025

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Elon Musk’s Pornography Machine

A 2025 Ranking You Won’t Read Anywhere Else

Trump Still Needs Susie Wiles

I Am Time Magazine’s Person of the Year

USAID Hired the Right-Wing Influencer Responsible for Its Decimation

Top 25 News Photos of 2025

Could ChatGPT Secretly Tell You How to Vote?

The Racist, AI-Generated Future of Entertainment

People Are Underestimating America’s Groyper Problem

Why One Political Office Is So Mired in Scandals

Elon Musk’s Worthless, Poisoned Hall of Mirrors

Elon Musk Is Trying to Rewrite History

Something Feels Different About the Economy

The New Brutality of OpenAI

The Age of Anti-Social Media Is Here

The People Who Will Determine Whether Musk Becomes a Trillionaire

The Risk of Financial—And Moral—Collapse

The Depth of MAGA’s Moral Collapse

The Other Martyr

Move Fast and Break Nothing

Elon Musk’s Utterly Mundane Vision of Dining

Grok’s Responses Are Only Getting More Bizarre

Why Tesla Thinks Elon Musk Needs More Money

AI Is Grown, Not Built

The Awful Ubiquity of Charlie Kirk’s Assassination Video

Tesla Wants Out of the Car Business

Yes, a Moon Base

How NASA Engineered Its Own Decline

Elon Musk Updated Grok. Guess What It Said?

Zohran Mamdani Reveals the Absurdity of Affirmative Action

H. Elon Perot

Elon Musk’s Grok Is Calling for a New Holocaust

A Real Cancer in Washington

Five Sunday Reads

How Sleeping Less Became an American Value

Elon Musk Is Playing God