A Wild Plan to Avert Catastrophic Sea-Level Rise
The collapse of Antarctica’s ice sheets would be disastrous. A group of scientists has an idea to save them.
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Illustration by Paul Spella / The Atlantic* The Next Great American Mega-Genre
Men with guitars are back in fashion—and categorizing their sound isn’t easy.
Matt Rourke / AP The President’s Son Is Found Guilty
The case is a personal and family tragedy, but it is also a demonstration of the strength of rule of law.
Jack Guez / AFP / Getty Is Israel Guilty of Perfidy?
It seems doubly perverse to apply rules against perfidy when perfidy is being used to free hostages, but to let other war crimes slide when their objective is to kill civilians.
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Illustration by Adam Maida What America Owes the Planet
Climate reparations would hold the globe’s biggest polluters—including the United States—responsible for their actions. They might also be the best hope those nations have for saving themselves.
Illustration by Paul Spella / The Atlantic; Sources: Getty. The Far Right’s New ‘Badge of Honor’
Extremist influencers no longer need to preserve their anonymity at all costs.
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Team USA’s historic win by in the current global tournament was a shot heard around the world. Now it just needs a domestic audience.
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Trump: Americans Who Died in War Are ‘Losers’ and ‘Suckers’
The president has repeatedly disparaged the intelligence of service members, and asked that wounded veterans be kept out of military parades, multiple sources tell The Atlantic. (From 2020)
Chip Somodevilla / Getty The Great Cousin Decline
Families are shrinking. But the weirdest family role is a vital one. (From 2023)
Stella Blackmon Confessions of a Novelist
“I remember saying to myself, when the book was done: ‘I don’t yet know how to write a novel; but I know how to find out how to.’” (From 1933)
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The tragedy of our exploding ghettos has historical roots in the false expectations of the Reconstruction era, and in the refusal of American citizens to sense the frustration and violence gathering in the slums. (From 1967)
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Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Bethany Mollenkof / The New York Times / Redux. radio atlantic•Episode 75A Supreme Court Ruling on Homelessness That’s Both Crucial and Useless
City of Grants Pass v. Johnson skips over the real issues.
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We can learn things from games that can make us better at life.
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The many factors that determine public opinion on the subject
