The New Propaganda War
Autocrats in China, Russia, and elsewhere are now making common cause with MAGA Republicans to discredit liberalism and freedom around the world.
Autocrats in China, Russia, and elsewhere are now making common cause with MAGA Republicans to discredit liberalism and freedom around the world.
I argued that Jens Söring was wrongfully convicted of a double murder, and in 2019, he was released on parole after three decades in prison. Then I started having doubts about the case.
His 2024 considerations are less about logic or persuasion and more about personality.
An awkward, unfunny cold open fails to meet the moment.
As Tibetan Buddhism spreads through China, Xi sees an opportunity to consolidate his rule.
If the former president really did order an assassination—as his lawyers argue he could—does anyone believe it would cost him his supporters?
A war between two Latin American states is nearly unimaginable. Then again, so was Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Jane Schoenbrun, the director of the unsettling new film I Saw the TV Glow, has some ideas.
Photographs from a pivotal day in American history
Flag dishes you want to make, or don’t: The point of this practice is pleasure, not pragmatism.
If you feel too rushed even to read this, then your life could use a change.
The Atlantic’s editor endorsed Abraham Lincoln for the presidency in the 1860 election, correctly predicting that it would prove to be “a turning-point in our history.” (From 1860)
“I think that the charge that men have become emasculated by the competence of women is both depressing and untrue.” (From 1959)
Some scientists are starting to reopen a provocative debate: Are plants intelligent?
A new season of the How To series from The Atlantic