As word of mouth about a cult classic spreads and the title’s readers become evangelists for it, it begins to spark with a distinct kind of electricity. These six books are considered special by a very particular subset of readers, Ilana Masad writes: theatlantic.com/books/archive/…

AI understands just a tiny fraction of the thousands of languages used worldwide. That means the promised chatbot revolution could shut out billions of people, and even push some languages to extinction, Matteo Wong writes: theatlantic.com/technology/arc…

To Gal Beckerman, the strange and beautiful book 'The Children's Bach' is a striking picture of how ravaged a life can be when unmoored from any responsibility, and of how necessary it is to take care of others in order to feel whole. theatlantic.com/newsletters/ar…

A new memoir by the Irish historian Clair Wills reveals the violence and suffering that accompany any effort to enforce sexual morality, writes Maggie Doherty: theatlantic.com/books/archive/…

Alice Rohrwacher's beautiful film, 'La Chimera,' doesn't let us forget the allure of what’s underneath, David Sims writes: theatlantic.com/culture/archiv…

After the 2020 election, Trump supporters decided they had to take over the party apparatus, beginning with the smallest, lowliest units of political organizing—the precincts, Isaac Arnsdorf reports: theatlantic.com/politics/archi…

'If you still think that concerns about child medical transition are nothing more than a moral panic, then I have a question: What evidence would change your mind?' Helen Lewis writes: theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

“What is a consumer who wants to support a gentle, green system of agriculture to do?” Annie Lowrey writes: theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

'During protests in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem this weekend, the global condemnation of Israel’s tactics in Gaza didn’t seem to matter to anyone I spoke with,' Graeme Wood writes. But Israelis’ rage against their government had reached new levels of incandescence. theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

“The overturning of Roe injected chaos into an established element of American life … and the future of abortion access remains unsettled,” Lora Kelley writes in The Atlantic Daily. “Now abortion rights are an open question for the states to answer.” theatlantic.com/newsletters/ar…

Matt Gaetz is Trumpism's heir, Elaine Godfrey writes in her profile of the congressman. He's winning—but what's he after? theatln.tc/m7NsFiGW

It’s been 10 years since 276 Nigerian teenagers were dragged into the forest by Boko Haram. Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani reports on the complicated psychology of the victims who married their captors: theatlantic.com/international/…

For generations, Tupperware was so popular that its brand name became synonymous with food storage. Now, when reusable containers are more prominent in American kitchens than ever, the company appears to be on the verge of collapse, writes Amanda Mull. theatlantic.com/technology/arc…

Before Facebook, there was BlackPlanet—a website that may well have laid the foundation for the social web, Hannah Giorgis writes. Revisiting it can help us envision a different future for the internet: theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…

As a longtime fan of “Fallout,” Tom Nichols hoped the new Amazon adaptation would nail the game’s tone and world—and, luckily enough, it does: theatlantic.com/culture/archiv…

“Dating apps once looked like the foundation of American romance,” Lora Kelley writes. “Now the cracks are starting to show.” theatlantic.com/technology/arc…

'Attempting to gun down opponents abroad is very on brand for the Islamic Republic,' Arash Azizi آرش عزیزی writes: theatlantic.com/international/…

James and Jennifer Crumbley are being punished for failing to do what society writ large did not ask of them, Kimberly Wehle reports on the guilty verdict for the parents of a Michigan school shooter: theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

Some of the most powerful people and interests on the planet are aligned against an Indigenous group in the Serengeti. Stephanie McCrummen reports on how Gulf princes, wealthy tourists, and conservation groups are displacing the Serengeti’s original conservators: theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…

The legalization of cannabis in the United States has been an unqualified success for approximately no one. But a legal psychedelics industry could serve at least some Americans well, Jane C. Hu writes. theatlantic.com/health/archive…