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My year as a degenerate gambler
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Samuel Corum / Sipa / Bloomberg / Getty The Obvious Is Taking Its Revenge on Trump
The reasons other U.S. presidents avoided war with Iran are becoming all too evident.
Illustration by Paul Spella. Source: Marili Andre, Courtesy of Young Recordings. The Midlife Crisis Comes for Millennial Pop
On her first album in eight years, Robyn reckons with motherhood and midlife desire.
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Illustration by Lucy Naland. Sources: Joe Raedle / Getty; Majid Saeedi / Getty. Netanyahu’s Very Useful War
The Israeli leader is trying to make the Iran war work to his political advantage. He may not succeed.
Courtney Pedroza / Getty Arizona Is Now at the Center of Election Investigations
Both the Department of Homeland Security and the FBI are probing the results of the 2020 election in Arizona.
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These six books demand discussion—with a pal, a date, or a book club.
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The rise and fall of the player piano indicates a robust demand for human labor that machines cannot replace.
Nordin Catic / The Cambridge Union / Getty Can Democrats Actually Win in Texas?
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.
The Pete Hegseth Exception
Nearly a year after a national-security scandal erupted on my iPhone, no one in the Trump administration has faced consequences.
Illustration by Katie Martin. Source: Library of Congress. The Unspoken Wedge Between Parents and Grandparents
Each generation has its own norms for parenting. Arguing over the differences can be an emotional minefield. (From 2021)
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The Atlantic Sex and the College Girl
“I think that the charge that men have become emasculated by the competence of women is both depressing and untrue.” (From 1959)
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Nordin Catic / The Cambridge Union / Getty the david frum show•Episode 50Can Democrats Actually Win in Texas?
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.
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.
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Younger generations are having a hard time imagining their future.
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