How Wrestling Explains America
Awash in strobes, Seth “Freakin” Rollins begins his waltz to the ring. His nemesis, the YouTube star Logan Paul, is…
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The ’90s Blockbuster That’s Also a Symphony
This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day,…
The Child Tax Credit Was a Little Too Subtle
Why doesn’t anyone care about the expanded child tax credit? A $100 billion policy—effective, important, elegantly…
The ‘SNL’ Sketch That Perfectly…
Earlier this week, Merriam-Webster announced its 2022 word of the year: gaslighting. The dictionary’s selection of…
How Did America End Up With the Z.O.M.B.I.E.…
Judging by the titles of bills they propose, members of Congress occupy a space between used-car salesperson and…
America After Affirmative Action
This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day,…
Only the GOP Celebrates Political Violence
Updated at 2:40 p.m. ET on October 29, 2022In March 2020, a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives…
Trump’s New Recruits
This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day,…
Ukraine Defiant––The Atlantic Publishes Special…
Six months into Ukraine’s defiant stand against Russia’s invasion, The Atlantic is publishing a special cover…
The Novel That Captures New York City Right Now
Colson Whitehead once wrote that all it took to belong in New York City was an act of remembrance—the summoning of…