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Is the GOP Starting to Defy Trump?
Republicans aren’t automatically falling in line anymore.
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Each week, a new idea. Hosted by Hanna Rosin.
Narrated Articles
American Grass Could Ruin the World Cup
Scientists have spent years studying turf to keep it from spoiling the tournament.
Your Search Results Are Getting Sloptimized
How companies are gaming the chatbot internet
The DOGE Bros Want Another Shot
Two former staffers have created a new, perplexing company.
Off Campus Is Driving Women Wild. Why?
The Amazon show dares to dream that romantic love need not be a clash of wills.
American Christians Face a Choice
The faithful can still repair the wreckage they have wrought.
How Britain Became as Poor as Mississippi
A case study in self-sabotage
The Screwworm Is Messing With America’s Beef
The parasite couldn’t have come back at a worse moment.
A Disorienting Weekend With the Women of Turning Point
Some sounded vaguely feminist; one doesn’t want women to vote.
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Pablo Martinez Monsivais / AP The Revolutionary Gordon Wood
The historian who recovered the radicalism of the American founding died on Sunday.
Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Getty. Why This Summer’s Airfares Are Unaffordable—And Unpredictable
The normal patterns of price changes may no longer hold true.
Gareth Cattermole / Getty The Defiance of Marjane Satrapi
The author of the best-selling graphic memoir Persepolis, who died last week, made rebellion into a lifelong project.
Illustration by The Atlantic. Sources: Anna Moneymaker / Getty; Ian Maule / Getty. What Donald Trump Will Never Understand About Fighting
Mixed martial arts has a lot to teach the president.
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Illustration by Alicia Tatone* The DOGE Bros Want Another Shot
Two former staffers have created a new, perplexing company.
Fred de Noyelle / Universal Images Group / Getty American Christians Face a Choice
The faithful can still repair the wreckage they have wrought.
Ariana Gomez for The Atlantic A Disorienting Weekend With the Women of Turning Point
Some sounded vaguely feminist; one doesn’t want women to vote.
Lyndon French for The Atlantic Obama’s and Trump’s Presidential Centers Have One Thing in Common
The new Obama Presidential Center, in Chicago, is inspiring—but departs from other presidential libraries in a crucial, and risky, way.
