Elijah Cummings Trump Attacks Elijah Cummings: Politics DailyThe Atlantic - Elaine GodfreyTwo years ago, Representative Elijah Cummings—a recent target of the president’s attacks—briefly humbled Trump with some private advice. Plus: another mass shooting stuns a California city. ‣ At least
Play buttonBirth Certificate Is Indian Runner Dharam Pal Singh the World's Oldest Marathoner?The Atlantic - Emily BuderDharam Pal Singh, a champion marathon runner from rural India, is 119 years old. At least that’s the age he claims to be. He refers to his passport, voter ID card, and tax-identification card—all government-issued
Photos A Photo Trip to Bagan, MyanmarThe Atlantic - Alan TaylorEarlier this month, UNESCO officially designated Myanmar’s ancient city of Bagan as a World Heritage site. More than 3,500 ancient Buddhist pagodas, temples, and other religious structures occupy approximately
Culture 'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood' Is a Box-Office HitThe Atlantic - David SimsThe director’s new film smashed expectations during its opening weekend—the latest reminder that quality and originality can be a winning formula. The Hollywood box-office story of 2019 has been one of
Science Does My Cat Want Me to Lick Her Back?The Atlantic - David A. GrahamThis is not my question—I can guess the answer—but it’s the one blaring from the packaging of the Licki, in all caps. Lest anyone believe the query is rhetorical, the box provides an answer: “NOW YOU WITHOUT
Science The 'Belle in the Well' Has an Identity, After 38 YearsThe Atlantic - Sarah ZhangUsing DNA, genealogists finally confirmed the identity of the “Belle in the Well,” found 38 years ago. For 38 years, the case of the “Belle in the Well” haunted Bill Nenni, an investigator for the Lawrence
Science How the Brain-Eating Amoeba KillsThe Atlantic - Haley WeissThe single-celled menace rarely infects humans. That’s what makes it so hard to treat. Last week, a North Carolina man became a notorious microbial killer’s first confirmed victim this year. The 59-year-old
Republican Convention Trump Makes Up Reasons to Stoke Racial FearsThe Atlantic - Peter BeinartIn the past, the president riled up his base by exploiting violent incidents in the news. Now he just manufactures his own controversies. Over the past two weeks, as President Donald Trump has picked with
Ivanka Trump Trump's Cummings Attacks Don't Distract From ImpeachmentThe Atlantic - David A. GrahamPresident Trump seems eager to divert attention from impeachment and investigations, but distractions work only if they distract. If former Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s testimony to the House last
Conscience Are Anti-vaxxers Conscientious Objectors?The Atlantic - Eula BissWhen it comes to public health, there’s a duty to make moral decisions communally. By April, 2019 was already a bad year for measles. Outbreaks were occurring all over the world, including in Ethiopia,
Was I A Bad Wife to My Terminally Ill Husband?The Atlantic - Lori GottliebIn his final days, I didn’t show him the love and care he deserved. Editor's Note: Every Monday, Lori Gottlieb answers questions from readers about their problems, big and small. Have a question? Email
Death Penalty Barr Doesn't See What's Wrong With the Death PenaltyThe Atlantic - Andrea D. LyonA 16-year pause in federal executions taught the president and the attorney general nothing. Late last week, Attorney General William Barr announced that the federal government, after a hiatus of more
Sioux Falls, SD How a City Talks About Itself: Sioux FallsThe Atlantic - Deborah FallowsIn June 2013, my husband, Jim, and I first landed our small, single-engine Cirrus propeller airplane at the main airport, Joe Foss Field, in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. It was the first stop on our American
Ben Carson The Conundrum of Regulating Scam PACsThe Atlantic - David A. GrahamU.S. campaign-finance laws have been written to prevent donors from taking advantage of politicians—but do little to protect donors from being scammed. It’s nice work if you can get it—“it,” in this case,
China How Will Democrats Deal With China?The Atlantic - Michael SchumanThe 2020 campaign offers a chance to forge a consensus on how Washington can contend with Chinese power. Right now, there is none. As the many Democratic presidential candidates assemble for another round
Ivanka Trump Why Trump Attacked Elijah CummingsThe Atlantic - Peter NicholasTwo years before calling the prominent black congressman “racist,” the president was briefly humbled by him. After President Donald Trump took office, I spent some time talking to people who had met with
Dan Coats Dan Coats Will Step Down, Trump TweetsThe Atlantic - Kathy GilsinanThe director of national intelligence won plaudits for plainly laying out the intelligence community’s assessments on issues ranging from Iran to Russia, putting him at odds with the president. Dan Coats
Caterpillars Readers Discuss Monarch-Butterfly MigrationThe AtlanticTwo readers discuss their efforts to support the migration of wild monarchs. Wild monarchs have faced a steep decline in recent decades, Ed Yong wrote in June. Some North American companies and hobbyists
Polio How Polio Inspired the Creation of Candy LandThe Atlantic - Alexander B. JoyA schoolteacher created the popular board game, which celebrates its 70th anniversary this year, for quarantined children. An Object Lesson. If you were a child at some point in the past 70 years, odds
Culture The Mountain Is a Strange and Alienating SatireThe Atlantic - David SimsJeff Goldblum gives an electrifying performance as a lobotomist traveling through 1950s America in Rick Alverson’s caustic new film. Rick Alverson’s new film The Mountain, which is set sometime in the
Pierre Cardin Pierre Cardin's Futuristic Fashion at the Brooklyn MuseumThe Atlantic - Charlene K. LauThe space-obsessed French couturier has pushed his avant-garde designs, with tremendous success, into houses and closets around the globe. At 97, the French haute couturier Pierre Cardin still conjures
Literature Conservatives Allege Big Tech Is Biased Against ThemThe Atlantic - Siva VaidhyanathanGoogle and Facebook aren’t infringing on the right’s freedom of expression, but insisting otherwise is politically convenient. Learning to distinguish evidence from nonsense is a core goal of both a liberal
How Not to Run a PanelThe Atlantic - Yascha MounkPanel discussions can be very boring, but they don’t have to be if you follow these six rules. Over the past few years, I’ve participated in about a hundred panels. Over the past couple of decades, I’ve
Donald Trump What Makes a True ConservativeThe Atlantic - Peter WehnerThe columnist’s latest book is marked by a new emphasis on the machinery of government—and by one purposeful omission. When I arrived in Washington, D.C., as an intern in the 1980s, there were two columnists
Beto O'Rourke Beto O'Rourke's 2020 Campaign Is StrugglingThe Atlantic - Edward-Isaac DovereThe breakout star of the 2018 midterms has had a disappointing 2019 presidential run. Can he turn it around? FLINT, Mich.—“Do you need me to check the sturdiness of the noodle?” Beto O’Rourke leaned over
Impeachment The House Democrats Slouch Toward ImpeachmentThe Atlantic - Quinta JurecicThe House Judiciary Committee takes the first step—but also brings a vital constitutional process down to the level of political horse-trading. On Friday, the House Judiciary Committee dropped a bombshell:
Science NASA and the Waning Years of MoonwalkersThe Atlantic - Marina KorenSoon, if no mission returns to the moon, no one on Earth will have set foot on another world. From 1969 to 1972, 12 men walked on the moon. Four of them are still alive. No one has been back since, and
U.S. Politics Candidates Can Use Campaign Funds to Pay for Child CareThe Atlantic - Joe PinskerBut federal guidelines now allow candidates to use campaign funds to pay for child care. This week, it got a bit easier for working parents—and working mothers especially—to run for federal office. On
A$AP Rocky A$AP Rocky's Trial in Sweden: What It MeansThe Atlantic - Spencer KornhaberThe rapper’s supporters see a story of racism. The president sees a story about immigration. “We don’t want to fight y’all. We’re not trying to go to jail.” That’s what A$AP Rocky, the 30-year-old New
U.S. Air Force The Real State of the U.S. MilitaryThe Atlantic - Thomas G. MahnkenThe wars of the future may depend not so much on the kinds of things you can put on parade, but on new technologies that reimagine warfare. That a military display on Independence Day proved to be controversial
Elijah Cummings Trump Attacks Elijah Cummings: Politics DailyThe Atlantic - Elaine GodfreyTwo years ago, Representative Elijah Cummings—a recent target of the president’s attacks—briefly humbled Trump with some private advice. Plus: another mass shooting stuns a California city. ‣ At least
Play buttonBirth Certificate Is Indian Runner Dharam Pal Singh the World's Oldest Marathoner?The Atlantic - Emily BuderDharam Pal Singh, a champion marathon runner from rural India, is 119 years old. At least that’s the age he claims to be. He refers to his passport, voter ID card, and tax-identification card—all government-issued
Photos A Photo Trip to Bagan, MyanmarThe Atlantic - Alan TaylorEarlier this month, UNESCO officially designated Myanmar’s ancient city of Bagan as a World Heritage site. More than 3,500 ancient Buddhist pagodas, temples, and other religious structures occupy approximately
Culture 'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood' Is a Box-Office HitThe Atlantic - David SimsThe director’s new film smashed expectations during its opening weekend—the latest reminder that quality and originality can be a winning formula. The Hollywood box-office story of 2019 has been one of
Science Does My Cat Want Me to Lick Her Back?The Atlantic - David A. GrahamThis is not my question—I can guess the answer—but it’s the one blaring from the packaging of the Licki, in all caps. Lest anyone believe the query is rhetorical, the box provides an answer: “NOW YOU WITHOUT
Science The 'Belle in the Well' Has an Identity, After 38 YearsThe Atlantic - Sarah ZhangUsing DNA, genealogists finally confirmed the identity of the “Belle in the Well,” found 38 years ago. For 38 years, the case of the “Belle in the Well” haunted Bill Nenni, an investigator for the Lawrence
Science How the Brain-Eating Amoeba KillsThe Atlantic - Haley WeissThe single-celled menace rarely infects humans. That’s what makes it so hard to treat. Last week, a North Carolina man became a notorious microbial killer’s first confirmed victim this year. The 59-year-old
Republican Convention Trump Makes Up Reasons to Stoke Racial FearsThe Atlantic - Peter BeinartIn the past, the president riled up his base by exploiting violent incidents in the news. Now he just manufactures his own controversies. Over the past two weeks, as President Donald Trump has picked with
Ivanka Trump Trump's Cummings Attacks Don't Distract From ImpeachmentThe Atlantic - David A. GrahamPresident Trump seems eager to divert attention from impeachment and investigations, but distractions work only if they distract. If former Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s testimony to the House last
Conscience Are Anti-vaxxers Conscientious Objectors?The Atlantic - Eula BissWhen it comes to public health, there’s a duty to make moral decisions communally. By April, 2019 was already a bad year for measles. Outbreaks were occurring all over the world, including in Ethiopia,
Was I A Bad Wife to My Terminally Ill Husband?The Atlantic - Lori GottliebIn his final days, I didn’t show him the love and care he deserved. Editor's Note: Every Monday, Lori Gottlieb answers questions from readers about their problems, big and small. Have a question? Email
Death Penalty Barr Doesn't See What's Wrong With the Death PenaltyThe Atlantic - Andrea D. LyonA 16-year pause in federal executions taught the president and the attorney general nothing. Late last week, Attorney General William Barr announced that the federal government, after a hiatus of more
Sioux Falls, SD How a City Talks About Itself: Sioux FallsThe Atlantic - Deborah FallowsIn June 2013, my husband, Jim, and I first landed our small, single-engine Cirrus propeller airplane at the main airport, Joe Foss Field, in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. It was the first stop on our American
Ben Carson The Conundrum of Regulating Scam PACsThe Atlantic - David A. GrahamU.S. campaign-finance laws have been written to prevent donors from taking advantage of politicians—but do little to protect donors from being scammed. It’s nice work if you can get it—“it,” in this case,
China How Will Democrats Deal With China?The Atlantic - Michael SchumanThe 2020 campaign offers a chance to forge a consensus on how Washington can contend with Chinese power. Right now, there is none. As the many Democratic presidential candidates assemble for another round
Ivanka Trump Why Trump Attacked Elijah CummingsThe Atlantic - Peter NicholasTwo years before calling the prominent black congressman “racist,” the president was briefly humbled by him. After President Donald Trump took office, I spent some time talking to people who had met with
Dan Coats Dan Coats Will Step Down, Trump TweetsThe Atlantic - Kathy GilsinanThe director of national intelligence won plaudits for plainly laying out the intelligence community’s assessments on issues ranging from Iran to Russia, putting him at odds with the president. Dan Coats
Caterpillars Readers Discuss Monarch-Butterfly MigrationThe AtlanticTwo readers discuss their efforts to support the migration of wild monarchs. Wild monarchs have faced a steep decline in recent decades, Ed Yong wrote in June. Some North American companies and hobbyists
Polio How Polio Inspired the Creation of Candy LandThe Atlantic - Alexander B. JoyA schoolteacher created the popular board game, which celebrates its 70th anniversary this year, for quarantined children. An Object Lesson. If you were a child at some point in the past 70 years, odds
Culture The Mountain Is a Strange and Alienating SatireThe Atlantic - David SimsJeff Goldblum gives an electrifying performance as a lobotomist traveling through 1950s America in Rick Alverson’s caustic new film. Rick Alverson’s new film The Mountain, which is set sometime in the
Pierre Cardin Pierre Cardin's Futuristic Fashion at the Brooklyn MuseumThe Atlantic - Charlene K. LauThe space-obsessed French couturier has pushed his avant-garde designs, with tremendous success, into houses and closets around the globe. At 97, the French haute couturier Pierre Cardin still conjures
Literature Conservatives Allege Big Tech Is Biased Against ThemThe Atlantic - Siva VaidhyanathanGoogle and Facebook aren’t infringing on the right’s freedom of expression, but insisting otherwise is politically convenient. Learning to distinguish evidence from nonsense is a core goal of both a liberal
How Not to Run a PanelThe Atlantic - Yascha MounkPanel discussions can be very boring, but they don’t have to be if you follow these six rules. Over the past few years, I’ve participated in about a hundred panels. Over the past couple of decades, I’ve
Donald Trump What Makes a True ConservativeThe Atlantic - Peter WehnerThe columnist’s latest book is marked by a new emphasis on the machinery of government—and by one purposeful omission. When I arrived in Washington, D.C., as an intern in the 1980s, there were two columnists
Beto O'Rourke Beto O'Rourke's 2020 Campaign Is StrugglingThe Atlantic - Edward-Isaac DovereThe breakout star of the 2018 midterms has had a disappointing 2019 presidential run. Can he turn it around? FLINT, Mich.—“Do you need me to check the sturdiness of the noodle?” Beto O’Rourke leaned over
Impeachment The House Democrats Slouch Toward ImpeachmentThe Atlantic - Quinta JurecicThe House Judiciary Committee takes the first step—but also brings a vital constitutional process down to the level of political horse-trading. On Friday, the House Judiciary Committee dropped a bombshell:
Science NASA and the Waning Years of MoonwalkersThe Atlantic - Marina KorenSoon, if no mission returns to the moon, no one on Earth will have set foot on another world. From 1969 to 1972, 12 men walked on the moon. Four of them are still alive. No one has been back since, and
U.S. Politics Candidates Can Use Campaign Funds to Pay for Child CareThe Atlantic - Joe PinskerBut federal guidelines now allow candidates to use campaign funds to pay for child care. This week, it got a bit easier for working parents—and working mothers especially—to run for federal office. On
A$AP Rocky A$AP Rocky's Trial in Sweden: What It MeansThe Atlantic - Spencer KornhaberThe rapper’s supporters see a story of racism. The president sees a story about immigration. “We don’t want to fight y’all. We’re not trying to go to jail.” That’s what A$AP Rocky, the 30-year-old New
U.S. Air Force The Real State of the U.S. MilitaryThe Atlantic - Thomas G. MahnkenThe wars of the future may depend not so much on the kinds of things you can put on parade, but on new technologies that reimagine warfare. That a military display on Independence Day proved to be controversial
