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This one benefited enormously from conversations with Timothy Snyder and Benjamin Nathans, and I highly recommend both their recent books, Snyder's "On Freedom" and Nathans's "To the Success of Our Hopeless Cause." theatlantic.com/culture/archiv…

Fourteen paragraphs into this story, we find out why Absolute Bagels closed: "...Inspectors noted a raft of violations when they visited on Wednesday, including evidence of roaches and rats..." Fourteen paragraphs. nytimes.com/2024/12/12/nyr…

More than a century ago, the United States backed a coup that destroyed Hawai‘i’s sovereign government. What does America owe the Islands now? Adrienne LaFrance reports on the Hawaiians pushing for self-determination: theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…

The Supreme Court should not be ruling on puberty blockers, Helen Lewis argues; gender care for minors should be a question of evidence, not politics. theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

Many friends, Eliot A Cohen has found, are despondent over Trump's victory. "I respect their points of view but have decided to look elsewhere for advice, and so have turned to a different set of friends—those sitting on my bookshelves." theatlantic.com/politics/archi…

"Iran’s Axis of Resistance, an informal coalition of anti-Western and anti-Israeli militias, was already having a terrible year. But the loss of the Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad may have dealt the knockout blow," Arash Azizi آرش عزیزی writes: theatlantic.com/international/…

The author of Black Hawk Down with a chilling assessment of the hollowing out of America's military arsenal after years of neglect. The obstacles the U.S. has faced in trying to supply Ukraine during the past two years have revealed a systemic, gaping national-security weakness,

Big piece from Mark Bowden, one of the greats: theatlantic.com/politics/archi…

Bob Dylan’s identity was a performance. His writing was sleight of hand. He bamboozled his own audience, James Parker writes. theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…

Some advance praise for "Stuck":

X is demonstrating what can happen when a platform’s rules effectively mean nothing, Kaitlyn Tiffany writes. theatlantic.com/technology/arc…

One reader feels excluded after accidentally finding out about her friends’ group text thread. Another asks if it’s okay to exclude a family member from the holiday card. James Parker has advice for both in this week’s “Dear James”: theatlantic.com/culture/archiv…

"Nobody will miss the Axis of Resistance. But the history of the Middle East has demonstrated that the demise of a bad actor is not sufficient to produce better ones. The Axis will leave a vacuum that other unsavory forces could fill." theatlantic.com/international/… Arash Azizi آرش عزیزی

Last year, the winter COVID wave was nearing its peak at Christmas. This time around, the wave—if there is one—is only just getting started, writes Yasmin Tayag. theatlantic.com/health/archive…

Elon Musk is one of the most powerful men in Washington right now. Asma Khalid, Mark Leibovich, Ashley Parker, and Vivian Salama join Jeffrey Goldberg on Washington Week with The Atlantic | PBS to discuss this and more: theatlantic.com/national/archi…

The horrific murder on the F train yesterday is just the latest proof that New York City has lost control of crime. In The Atlantic I explain how, why, and what to do.

A couple of years ago, I wrote about the Charlie Brown Christmas Special… theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

Walmart’s defenders argue that the company's low prices are a boon to poor and middle-class families, Rogé Karma writes. But new research suggests that Walmart “makes the places it operates in poorer than they would be if it had never shown up at all”: theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

James Murdoch is breaking his silence in a very big way. This McKay Coppins story is a blockbuster: theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…

I've spent the past year talking to James Murdoch about his father's "twisted" behavior, the mind games at the family-counseling retreat, and the war over Rupert's media empire. You can read our April cover story now: theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…