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The Incredible Ambitions, and Rivalry, of Musk and Bezos

October 13, 2026

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The Atlantic’s November Cover: Josh Tyrangiel Profiles Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk on Their Race to Control Outer Space—And Measures Who Is Ahead

October 13, 2026

The Atlantic's November 2026 Cover

Choose Your Overlord

November 2026 Issue

Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk as action figures on the moon, with rockets, drones, cybertruck, and in the distance the planet Earth on fire

What I Learned About Billionaires at Jeff Bezos’s Private Retreat

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The 10 Things the Bezoses Are Almost Certainly Grateful for Each Morning

Alexandra Petri

April 14, 2026

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The Very Powerful Men Who Think Introspection Is Dumb

Thomas Chatterton Williams

March 27, 2026

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The Washington Post’s Leaders Missed the Point

February 20, 2026

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I Went to the March for Billionaires

February 10, 2026

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How Jeff Bezos Broke The Washington Post

February 5, 2026

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The Murder of The Washington Post

February 4, 2026

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Jeff Bezos Needs to Speak Up

January 14, 2026

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The Dark Poetry of the Bezos Wedding

June 30, 2025

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A Novel That Reimagines the Meaning of Outer Space

June 21, 2025

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Will The Washington Post Embrace the AI Slush Pile?

June 7, 2025

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The Media Is Splitting in Two

June 4, 2025

A Reality Check for Tech Oligarchs

May 28, 2025

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The Atlantic Daily

Seven Sunday Reads

March 30, 2025

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Where Jeff Bezos Went Wrong With The Washington Post

March 3, 2025

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The Washington Post Is Dying a Death of Despair

March 1, 2025

There Are No More Red Lines

February 28, 2025

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Jeff Bezos’s Hypocritical Assertion of Power

February 26, 2025

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Americans Are Trapped in an Algorithmic Cage

February 7, 2025

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Capitulation Is Contagious

Adrienne LaFrance

March 2025 Issue

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The Tech Oligarchy Arrives

Michael Scherer and Ashley Parker

January 20, 2025

Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, and others at Donald Trump's inauguration

Billions of People in the Palm of Trump’s Hand

January 20, 2025

Donald Trump's guests—including tech leaders Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, Sundar Pichai, and Elon Musk—stand next to him during his inauguration speech.

Trump Has Found the Media’s Biggest Vulnerability

December 18, 2024

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The Atlantic Daily

Silicon Valley Heads to Mar-a-Lago

December 16, 2024

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Even the Koch Brothers Weren’t This Brazen

December 9, 2024

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Bad News

November 8, 2024

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Jeff Bezos Is Blaming the Victim

November 1, 2024

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How the Trump Resistance Gave Up

October 29, 2024

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Don’t Cancel The Washington Post. Cancel Amazon Prime.

October 26, 2024

Jeff Bezos Is Being Knocked Back Down to Earth

October 1, 2021

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Jeff Bezos Needs NASA to Listen to Him

August 20, 2021

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The Atlantic Daily: Welcome to the Era of Private Space Travel

Caroline Mimbs Nyce

July 20, 2021

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Jeff Bezos Knows Who Paid for Him to Go to Space

July 20, 2021

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