Why Trump Got Sick of Ric Grenell
America’s Trumpiest arts administrator leaves the institution renamed, nearly closed, and wildly unpopular.
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Jagoda Lasota When Mentally Ill Teenagers Ask to Be Put to Death
A Dutch psychiatrist gave lethal injections to patients with mental suffering, some of them teenagers. Does that make him a hero—or something else?
Illustration by Akshita Chandra / The Atlantic The Dieting Myth That Just Won’t Die
The link between dieting and eating disorders is more complicated than it seems.
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Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Giuseppe Ramos / Getty. The Great American Condo Crisis
If the U.S. wants to remain a nation of homeowners, it has no choice but to start building condos again.
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Gareth Cattermole / Getty The Movie Star Hiding in Plain Sight
The actor Stellan Skarsgård has slowly cultivated one of Hollywood’s most impressive résumés.
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Seth Wenig / AP Where Mamdani Has Refused to Moderate
The New York City mayor is not soft-pedaling his views on Israel.
Maxim Thoré / Bildbyrån / Reuters Winter Paralympics Photo of the Day: Tasty Medals
A multi-medal winner celebrates during a photo shoot.
Ariel Skelley / Getty Coincidences and the Meaning of Life
The surprising chances of our lives can seem like they’re hinting at hidden truths, but they’re really revealing the human mind at work. (From 2016)
Hein Nouwens / Shutterstock / Kara Gordon / The Atlantic Three Days to See
“I have often thought it would be a blessing if each human being were stricken blind and deaf for a few days at some time during his early adult life.” (From 1933)
Getty Undersea
“To sense this world of waters known to the creatures of the sea we must shed our human perceptions of length and breadth and time and place, and enter vicariously into a universe of all-pervading water.” (From 1937)
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Ethan Miller / Getty radio atlantic•Episode 174‘If You Win One Penny, You’re in the Top 2 Percent of Bettors’
McKay Coppins on his experiment with sports gambling—and why it’s a losing game for nearly everyone
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Beto O’Rourke on the Texas Democratic Senate primary and what it means for a key race in the 2026 midterms. Plus: chaos at DHS and Samuel Fleischacker on Adam Smith’s The Wealth of Nations.
galaxy brain•Episode 19Why Is It So Hard to Make a Good Weather App?
We asked the Dark Sky guy what it takes to get the forecast right.
LIMITED SERIESAutocracy in America
There are authoritarian tactics already at work in the United States. To root them out, you have to know where to look.
Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Getty. how to age up•Episode 6How to Age Up on a Warming Planet
Younger generations are having a hard time imagining their future.
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