The Accidental Speaker
What if Mike Johnson is actually good at this?
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Illustration by Matteo Giuseppe Pani. Source: Getty. Freedom for the Wolves
Neoliberal orthodoxy holds that economic freedom is the basis of every other kind. That orthodoxy, a Nobel economist says, is not only false; it is devouring itself.
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Illustration by The Atlantic. Sources: Mark Peterson / Getty; Johnny Louis / Getty. Trump’s Misogyny Is on Trial in New York
To read through the court filings is to be plunged back anew into the dizzying chaos of those last few weeks before the 2016 election.
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Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Getty. Boeing and the Dark Age of American Manufacturing
Somewhere along the line, the plane maker lost interest in making its own planes. Can it rediscover its engineering soul?
Kostya Liberov / Libkos / Getty The GOP’s Pro-Russia Caucus Lost. Now Ukraine Has to Win.
Once U.S. money starts flowing again, the dynamics of the war will change.
‘This Will Finish Us’
How Gulf princes, the safari industry, and conservation groups are displacing the Maasai from the last of their Serengeti homeland
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The Decolonization Narrative Is Dangerous and False
It does not accurately describe either the foundation of Israel or the tragedy of the Palestinians. (From 2023)
Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times / Getty The Nocturnals
While most people are fast asleep, some ultra-introverts are going about their lives, reveling in the quiet and solitude. They challenge a core assumption of psychology: that all humans need social connection. (From 2022.)
Max Mikulecky Love in America
“It is as if the experience of being in love could only be one of two things: a superhuman ecstasy, the way of reaching heaven on earth and in pairs; or a psychopathic condition to be treated by specialists.” (From 1938)
Associated Press Life on Mars
Space scientists won't say so, but the results of three brilliantly conceived experiments lead inevitably to one startling conclusion: Life, in some form, exists on Mars. (From 1977)
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The case has one important advantage the others don’t.
The Atlantic how to keep time•Episode 1Introducing: How to Know What’s Real
A new season of the How To series from The Atlantic
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