The Columbine-Killers Fan Club
A quarter century on, the school shooters’ mythology has propagated a sprawling subculture that idolizes murder and mayhem.
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Mark Peterson / Getty The Trump Trial’s Extraordinary Opening
The first days of the criminal case against the former president have been mundane, even boring—and that’s remarkable.
Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Getty. Something Weird Is Happening With Caesar Salads
With chefs tossing in pig ear, tequila, and other wacky ingredients, when does a classic dish become something other than itself?
Millennium Images / Gallery Stock The Illogical Relationship Americans Have With Animals
A new book explores the roots of our love for certain creatures—and our indifference toward many others.
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Eid al-Fitr prayers in India, trophy winners at the Boston Marathon, the burning of a historic building in Denmark, a joyous water festival in Thailand, and much more
Illustration by Joanne Imperio / The Atlantic. Source: Getty. Your Fast Food Is Already Automated
The founder of Chipotle wants to reinvent lunch with robots. Is that really a reinvention at all?
Illustration by The Atlantic There’s No Easy Answer to Chinese EVs
Supercheap electric cars or an American industrial renaissance: Pick one.
Stefania Pelfini, La Waziya Photography / Getty The Real Youth-Vote Shift to Watch
No, young voters aren’t definitively turning toward Trump. But there’s a more specific dynamic to pay attention to.
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‘This Will Finish Us’
How Gulf princes, the safari industry, and conservation groups are displacing the Maasai from the last of their Serengeti homeland
Do We Really Want a Food Cartel?
Mergers and acquisitions have created food oligopolies that are inefficient, barely regulated, unfair, and even dangerous.
Millennium Images / Gallery Stock I Know the Secret to the Quiet Mind. I Wish I’d Never Learned It.
Of all the injuries we suffered, mine is the worst. My brain injury has shaken my confidence in my own personality, my own existence. (From 2021)
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Anna Pogossova / Gallery Stock Mick Jagger Shoots Birds
The Beatles don’t exist anymore. You’ve got to get it through your heads. There’s only us. —Mick Jagger (From 1971)
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Michael M. Santiago / AFP / Getty radio atlantic•Episode 68The Crucial Factor of the Stormy Daniels Case
The case has one important advantage the others don’t.
Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Getty. how to keep time•Episode 6Can We Keep Time?
Do photos, social posts, and diaries actually help us remember better?
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