Britain’s Smoking War Lights Up
The U.K. enjoys a bipartisan consensus on phasing out tobacco use. But some see it as a new front in a culture war against the nanny state.
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Ever feel like your life is determined by powerful forces beyond your reach? HBO has a show for that.
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Exceptional circumstances, too often repeated, cease to be exceptions.
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Terence Tao, the world’s greatest living mathematician, has a vision for AI.
© Zoya Cherkassky. Courtesy of the artist and Fort Gansevoort, New York. The Israeli Artist Who Offends Everyone
Zoya Cherkassky-Nnadi has made wrenching portraits of her nation’s suffering—and has become a target of protest abroad.
Illustration by Dadu Shin How Do You Forgive the People Who Killed Your Family?
Thirty years after the genocide in Rwanda, survivors and perpetrators live side by side.
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Jack Smith’s new filing shows why January 6 should hurt Trump. But don’t expect a major public reaction.
Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Getty. Lithium Is Making a Comeback
Longevity enthusiasts are microdosing a 19th-century cure-all. Are they onto something?
You Are Going to Die
Oliver Burkeman has become an unlikely self-help guru by reminding everyone of their mortality.
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Snoopy can’t help but feel overwhelmed in a tumultuous world. Sound familiar? (From 2023)
TCD / Prod.DB / Alamy The Big Pepper and Brine Man
“If we should ask at random one hundred persons what they connected with pickled peppers, we can scarcely doubt that ninety-nine answers would be in unison: ‘Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.’ Just study the import of that fact. Imagine the talents of the man.” (From 1993)
Fernando Gomez / Trunk Archive What’s Good About Children’s TV
American television is fair game for its critics, but think twice, says this student of TV, before you disparage The Friendly Giant, Misterogers’ Neighborhood, and Captain Kangaroo. (From 1969)
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Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Millennium Images / Gallery Stock. radio atlantic•Episode 92The Fight to Be the Most ‘Pro-Family’
So many wives and daughters in campaign ads
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I mean, it’s one kidney. What could it cost?
Illustration by Colin Hunter / The Atlantic we live here now•Episode 3Thank You for Calling, President Trump
How Micki Witthoeft, the mother of Ashli Babbitt, got the former president’s attention—and may have changed the course of history
Illustration by Christopher Chester / The Atlantic. Source: Shutterstock. autocracy in america•Episode 5The Danger of Campaigning for ‘Freedom’
When one party tries to claim the concept for itself, will the other party’s voters reflexively oppose it?
