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The Supreme Court's decision to uphold birthright citizenship is less a victory than a reprieve, Adam Serwer argues. theatln.tc/ILxfSjBk theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0…
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In the new season of "How To," Julie Beck and Natalie Brennan explore the fraught and always-changing relationship people have with technology—and how the terms of that relationship are being renegotiated. Subscribe to get the first episode on July 27 theatlantic.com/podcasts/202…

Introducing How to Touch Grass

It may be time to rethink our relationships with our devices.

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Zohran Mamdani and a series of insurgent leftists think they’ve found a solution to the affordability crisis: “consumer socialism,” @imkahloon writes. It could make everything worse: theatlantic.com/magazine/202…

The ‘Consumer Socialism’ Trap

The wrong way to solve the affordability crisis

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"One of the more marvelous things about the World Cup is that its 39 days afford you the time to develop unreasonable affections for teams not your own," @SallyJenki writes. theatlantic.com/culture/2026…

When France Plays Soccer, You Can’t Look Away

On the joys of watching Les Bleus at the World Cup

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These days, “corporate America is more likely to stay silent on anything deemed risky—even, in some cases, celebrating our nation’s founding. Patriotism can still sell in 2026, but not like it used to,” @anniejoyw8 writes: theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0…

American Brands Seem Lukewarm on America’s Birthday

Does patriotism still sell in 2026?

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Many literary classics have a way of appealing to our lizard brain while making us ask why we find their stories compelling, @Borisk argues in the Books Briefing. theatlantic.com/newsletters/…

The ‘Have It Both Ways’ Theory of Great Books

Many literary classics have a way of appealing to our lizard brains while making us question why we're so compelled by them.

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The highest reaches of government are championing the idea that God favors Americans, Jim Rasenberger writes. He explores how John Adams’s warning against this belief could help the country address its predicament in 2026: theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0…

America’s Most Enduring Belief Is Also One of Its Most Dangerous

How the simultaneous deaths of two Founding Fathers entrenched the idea that the United States was chosen by God

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By re-centering executive power in the president, the Supreme Court’s decision in Trump v. Slaughter “portends a coming age of diminished administrative power—a necessary corrective to our age of undemocratic bureaucracy," Philip Hamburger argues. theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0…

A President With More Control but Less Power

Slaughter is a necessary corrective to our age of unaccountable bureaucracy.

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Doug Jones’s campaign for governor has a long-shot logic, Howell Raines reports. He spoke with “Alabama’s proven upset artist” about how the state is changing: theatlantic.com/politics/202…

The Alabamafication of National Politics

What the race between Doug Jones and Tommy Tuberville says about America’s past and future

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Modern musicians are contending with feeling betrayed by the attention economy, writes @skornhaber: theatlantic.com/culture/2026…

How Lizzo Became One of Pop Culture’s Great Flops

The singer is experiencing a new form of downward mobility—and she’s not alone.

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Extended tarmac delays—the most torturous delay in all of aviation—are getting more common, @nicholasflorko reports. He explores why: theatlantic.com/science/2026…

Prepare for Airplane Purgatory

The chances of getting stuck for hours in a grounded plane are soaring.

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Pope Leo XIV, the first U.S.-born pope, had an unmistakable message for America on July 4, Francis X. Rocca argues. theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0…

Pope Leo’s July 4 Message to America Was Unmistakable

By spending the semiquincentennial mourning the plight of migrants, Leo sent a clear challenge to his native country.

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President Trump is running out of time to change the country’s voting policies ahead of the midterms, because the courts, Congress, and the Constitution seem to keep getting in the way, @ToluseO reports. theatlantic.com/politics/202…

Trump Is Getting Tired of Losing Election Cases

Even the judges he appointed aren’t buying the arguments.

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Revisiting our history can “help America remember what it once was, help us better understand who we are today, and point us to a united shared future,” Lonnie G. Bunch III argues. He writes about creating the Smithsonian’s “American Aspirations” exhibit. theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0…

How to Define America in 30 Objects

What artifacts capture 250 years of work to attain the dreams of the Declaration?

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Ten years ago, J. D. Vance called Trump “cultural heroin” in The Atlantic: “To every complex problem, he promises a simple solution … He never offers details for how these plans will work, because he can’t," Vance wrote of Trump. Read the piece: theatlantic.com/politics/arc…

Opioid of the Masses (From 2016)

To many, Donald Trump feels good, but he can’t fix America’s growing social and cultural crisis, and the eventual comedown will be harsh.

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"Once you give in to spending the day inside—with a good movie or the right book, or just dancing around the kitchen with your loved ones—you’ll find that beauty exists there," @IsabelFattal writes. In The Wonder Reader, she explores finding joy at home: theatlantic.com/newsletters/…

How to Find Joy on a Quiet Day In

Home can be a place of adventure, not just stasis.

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In Lahore, only a small percentage of the population has access to air-conditioning. In 2024, @andersen visited the ER of Pakistan’s largest hospital and reported on the effects of extreme heat affecting patients: theatlantic.com/science/arch…

A Trip to One of the Hottest Cities on the Planet

Where almost no one has air-conditioning

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Roger Deakin’s book, “Waterlog: A Swimmer’s Journey Through Britain,” galvanized the practice of wild swimming in rivers, ponds, and lakes. In 2021, Anelise Chen explored how the book is also a manifesto on the idea that water is inherently political. theatlantic.com/culture/arch…

Swimming in the Wild Will Change You

One man’s journey through public waterways—whether sparkling or dirty or algae-filled—challenges us to look differently at the commons.

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“You lose the news, / you shake the hour of seated transit off / and stand quiet with whatever you’ve seen” Read “From Idaho B Roll”: A poem by Brian Blanchfield: theatlantic.com/magazine/202…

From ‘Idaho B Roll’

A poem by Brian Blanchfield

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Multiple studies show a mysterious health benefit to ice cream—but scientists don’t want to talk about it, @davidmjohns reported in 2023. theatlantic.com/magazine/arc…

Nutrition Science’s Most Preposterous Result: Could Ice Cream Possibly Be Good for You?

Studies show a mysterious health benefit to ice cream. Scientists don’t want to talk about it.

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